John Hansen-Flaschen
researcher
John Hansen-Flaschen is an American pulmonologist, critical care physician, and medical educator. He is an emeritus professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. His work has focused on pulmonary and critical care medicine, chronic respiratory failure, and palliative care for patients with advanced lung disease. He served as chief of Penn’s pulmonary and critical care division and was the founding editor-in-chief of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Early life and education
Hansen-Flaschen was born John Flaschen. He earned an A.B. in chemistry from Brown University in 1972 and received his M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine in 1976. He completed his internship, residency, chief residency, and pulmonary medicine fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Career
Hansen-Flaschen joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 and was appointed professor of medicine before becoming the Paul F. Harron Jr. Family Professor of Medicine in 2012. He became emeritus professor in 2019.
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