Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM is the David E. Longnecker Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Professor of Epidemiology, and Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an implementation scientist, anesthesiologist, and intensive care physician. At Penn, she serves as the Executive Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center (PISCE), Penn's academic community for implementation research and capacity building. Her lab’s research focuses on the application of implementation science and systems engineering to improve patient safety and communication in perioperative and critical care settings.
She co-leads an NIH-funded national implementation science hub focused on maternal health equity and collaborates on implementation research in maternal health, health equity, and HIV/AIDS. She is supported by grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NICHD, NHLBI, NIA, OD), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the American Heart Association. Dr. Lane-Fall is the faculty lead for Accelerate Health Equity, an equity-focused coalition of all the major health systems in metro Philadelphia. She directs or co-directs multiple health services research training programs, including three early career faculty development programs and Penn’s Implementation Science Certificate. She has more than 90 lifetime mentees from undergraduate students to early-stage faculty. Dr. Lane-Fall is also on the Boards of Directors of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research.
