Allan J. Walkey, MD, MSc

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Walkey investigates epidemiology and clinical outcomes of complications that occur in patients who are critically ill. Using clinical and administrative data, Dr. Walkey focuses on interations between organ systems during critical illness and seeks to find effective health care provider practice patterns that are associated with better patient outcomes. His research interests include sepsis, acute lung injury, and atrial fibrillation that occurs during critical illness.

Publications

  • Published 5/5/2025

    Sibley S, Bedford J, Wetterslev M, Johnston B, Garside T, Kanji S, Whitehouse T, Welters I, Ostermann M, Balik M, Lancini D, Dharmaraj B, Benjamin EJ, Walkey AJ, Cuthbertson BH. Atrial fibrillation in critical illness: state of the art. Intensive Care Med. 2025 May 05. PMID: 40323451.

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  • Published 5/1/2025

    Luo J, Pavlov I, Tavernier E, Perez Y, Kharat A, McNicholas B, Roca O, Vines DL, Ibarra-Estrada M, Alhazzani W, Lewis K, Simpson SQ, Rampon G, Liu L, Sun Q, Qiu H, Yang Y, Lapadula G, Qian ET, Gatto CL, Rice TW, Parhar KKS, Weatherald J, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA, Nay MA, Boulain T, Fossat G, Harris TRE, Thwaites CL, Phong NT, Bonfanti P, Yarahmadi S, Hashemian SM, Jayakumar D, Taylor SP, Johnson SA, Guerin C, Laffey JG, Ehrmann S, Li J. Awake Prone Positioning in Adults With COVID-19: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 May 01; 185(5):572-581. PMID: 40063016.

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  • Published 4/25/2025

    Mohanty A, Austad K, Bosch NA, Long MT, Nolen-Doerr E, Walkey AJ, Drainoni ML, Rizo I, Fantasia KL. Assessing Clinician Engagement with a Passive Clinical Decision Support System for Liver Fibrosis Risk Stratification in a Weight Management Clinic. Endocr Pract. 2025 Apr 25. PMID: 40288606.

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  • Published 3/12/2025

    Doerr AJ, Orwig TA, McNulty M, Sison SDM, Paquette DR, Leung R, Ding H, Erban SB, Weinstein BR, Guilarte-Walker Y, Zai AH, Walkey AJ, Soni A, McManus DD, Lin H. Digital Assessment of Cognitive Health in Outpatient Primary Care: Usability Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Mar 12; 9:e66695. PMID: 40073397.

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  • Published 3/4/2025

    Zhang J, Hobbs BD, Silverman EK, Sparrow D, Ortega VE, Xu H, Zhang C, Dupuis J, Walkey AJ, O'Connor GT, Cho MH, Moll M. Polygenic Risk Score Added to Conventional Case Finding to Identify Undiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. JAMA. 2025 Mar 04; 333(9):784-792. PMID: 39841442.

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Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management
    Boston University School of Public Health
  • Investigator
    Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Pulmonary Center
    Boston University
  • Co-Director, Evans Center for Implementation & Improvement Sciences
    Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Education

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MS
  • Tufts University, BA