Allan J. Walkey MD, MSc
Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 638-4860allan.walkey@bmc.org
alwalkey@bu.edu

Sections
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Centers
Evans Center for Implementation & Improvement Sciences
Pulmonary Center
Framingham Heart Study
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
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.
Education
Medicine, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Epidemiology, MS, Boston University School of Public Health
Psychology, BA, Tufts University
Publications
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.
Published on 5/1/2025Luo 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.
Published on 4/25/2025Mohanty 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.
Published on 3/12/2025Doerr 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.
Published on 3/4/2025Zhang 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.
Published on 2/14/2025Bansal V, Jain NK, Lal A, Khedr A, Tekin A, Jama AB, Attallah N, Hassan E, Mushtaq HA, Robinson S, Kondori MJ, Koritala T, Armaignac DL, Christie AB, Raju U, Khanna A, Cartin-Ceba R, Sanghavi DK, La Nou A, Boman K, Kumar V, Walkey AJ, Domecq JP, Kashyap R, Khan SA. The association between early corticosteroid use and the risk of secondary infections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a double-edged sword. Results from the international SCCM discovery viral infection and respiratory illness universal study (VIRUS) COVID-19 registry. Front Med (Lausanne). 2025; 12:1466346. PMID: 40027890.
Published on 2/3/2025Silver SR, Jones KC, Kim EM, Khaw-Marchetta S, Thornton S, Kremer K, Walkey A, Drainoni ML, Fantasia KL. Disparities in Diabetes Distress and Nutrition Management Among Black and Hispanic Adults: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Social Determinants. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2025 Feb; 51(1):24-35. PMID: 39901603.
Published on 12/18/2024Silver SR, Jones KC, Hook K, Crable EL, George ER, Serwint JR, Austad K, Walkey A, Drainoni ML. Defining the transition from new to normal: a qualitative investigation of the clinical change process. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 18; 24(1):1592. PMID: 39695655.
Published on 11/15/2024Wunsch H, Bosch NA, Law AC, Vail EA, Hua M, Shen BH, Lindenauer PK, Juurlink DN, Walkey AJ, Gershengorn HB. Evaluation of Etomidate Use and Association with Mortality Compared with Ketamine among Critically Ill Patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Nov 15; 210(10):1243-1251. PMID: 39173173.
Published on 11/9/2024Sangani R, Bosch NA, Govender P, Scarpato B, Walkey AJ, Newman J, Law AC, Gillmeyer KR, Shankar DA. Sarcoidosis Treatment Patterns in the United States: 2016-2022. Chest. 2024 Nov 09. PMID: 39522595.
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