Allan J. Walkey MD, MSc

Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management

72 E. Concord Street | (617) 638-4860
Allan Walkey
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

Published on 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.

Published on 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.

Published on 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.

Published on 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.

Published on 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.

Published on 2/14/2025

Bansal 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 2/3/2025

Silver 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 12/18/2024

Silver 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 11/15/2024

Wunsch 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 11/9/2024

Sangani 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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