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@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.

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Education

Medicine, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Epidemiology, MS, Boston University School of Public Health

Psychology, BA, Tufts University

Publications

Published on 10/13/2026

Bosch NA, Walkey AJ. Response to correspondence. J Hosp Med. 2026 Oct 13. PMID: 42866971.

PubMed

Published on 10/12/2026

Bradley T, Feeney M, Law AC, Peterkin AF, Fantasia KL, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Comparative Effectiveness of Phenobarbital vs Diazepam for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 Oct 12. PMID: 42862568.

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Published on 9/2/2026

Piland R, Hill AD, Burry L, Juurlink DN, Bosch NA, Teja B, Stelfox HT, Iwashyna TJ, Walkey A, Wunsch H. Choice of initial opioid for continuous infusions in patients receiving mechanical ventilation: a retrospective cohort study. Can J Anaesth. 2026 Aug; 73(8):763-772. PMID: 42681402.

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Published on 8/27/2026

Akoum A, Wang C, Wehbeh BED, Guo YY, Bockus L, Chiang J, Chen K, Kwon Y, Lin H, Malhotra R, Walkey A, Li JP. C-reactive protein and incidence of symptomatic peripheral vascular disease (sPVD): Findings from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Oct; 70:100872. PMID: 42733468.

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Published on 7/24/2026

Heybati K, Xie G, Deng J, Walkey AJ, Gajic O, Yadav H. Haemodynamic responses to tracheal intubation are context-dependent rather than patient-specific: a multicentre cohort study. Br J Anaesth. 2026 Sep; 137(3):872-874. PMID: 42498664.

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Published on 7/13/2026

Ofosuhene B, Tatere H, Tatere MY, Orwig T, Wang Z, Soni A, Lilly CM, Anders S, Dunlap D, Lin H, Walkey A, Ghezzi C, Picard MA, Ayyaswami V, Buchholz B, McManus DD, Hafer N. Patients' preferences and perceptions of point-of-care technologies: Survey results from the lung disease community. J Clin Transl Sci. 2026; 10(1):e128. PMID: 42534423.

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Published on 6/8/2026

Zai AH, Adibuzzaman M, McManus DD, Walkey A. The HALO Model: A Learning Health System Framework for Artificial Intelligence. Learn Health Syst. 2026 Jul; 10(3):e70100. PMID: 42273552.

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Published on 6/1/2026

Law AC, Bosch NA, Song Y, Tale AP, Nelson J, Wadhera RK, Barnato AE, Walkey AJ. Improved agreement between in-hospital and time-delimited mortality by including hospice discharges. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Jun 01; 23(6):998-1000. PMID: 41849433.

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Published on 5/6/2026

Shireen Kanamgode S, Cucchi E, Anders S, Fouayzi H, Hughes AL, Lin H, Bosch N, Walkey A. Validation and Early Application of the ProVent Score in a Contemporary ICU Cohort. J Intensive Care Med. 2026 May 06; 8850666261447248. PMID: 42089714.

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Published on 5/1/2026

Law AC, Bosch NA, Song Y, Tale AP, Nelson J, Wadhera RK, Barnato AE, Walkey AJ. Trends in discharge to hospice after critical illness among US Medicare beneficiaries, 2011-2023. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 May 01; 23(5):815-818. PMID: 41705500.

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