Penn Medicine Provider
Pulmonary Medicine
Catherine Louise Auriemma, MD
Accepting new patients
Harron Lung Center Perelman

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: UCSF Medical Center and Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Auriemma is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Auriemma CL, Butt M, Silvestri JA, Halpern SD, Courtright KR Stakeholder perspectives on the minimum clinically important difference and non-inferiority margin for hospital-free days , JAMA Intern Med, 183(7): 2023,739-742


Chow CP, Chesley CF, Ward M, Neergaard R, Prasad TV, Dress EM, Reagan S, Kalyani P, Smyk N, Turner AP, Agyekum RS, Ittner CAG, Sandsmark DK, Meyer NJ, Harhay MO, Kohn R, Auriemma CL Patients’ Perspectives on Life and Recovery One Year after Hospitalization for COVID-19 , J Gen Intern Med, 38(10): 2023,2374-2382


Auriemma CL, Minhas J, Blue R, Lapatra T, Kawut SM, Courtright KR “It’s that invisible illness” - Patient and clinician perspectives on outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment , Pulm Circ, 13: 2023,e12236


Ginestra JC, Kohn R, Hubbard RA, Auriemma CL, Patel MS, Anesi GL, Halpern SD, Kerlin MP, Weissman GE Association of time of day with delays in antimicrobial initiation among ward patients with hospital-onset sepsis , Ann Am Thorac Soc, 20(9): 2023,1299-1308


Auriemma CL, O’Donnell H, Jones J, Barbati Z, Akpek E, Klaiman T, Halpern SD How traditional advance directives undermine advance care planning: If you have it in writing, you do not have to worry about it , JAMA Intern Med, 182(6): 2022,682-684


Auriemma CL, O'Donnell H, Jones J, Barbati Z, Akpek E, Klaiman T, Halpern SD Patient perspectives on states worse than death: A qualitative study with implications for patient-centered outcomes and values elicitation , Palliat Med, 36(2): 2022,348-357


Auriemma CL, Taylor SP, Harhay MO, Courtright KR, Halpern SD Hospital-Free Days: A Pragmatic and Patient-centered Outcome for Trials among Critically and Seriously Ill Patients , Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 204(8): 2021,902-909


Auriemma CL, Harhay MO, Haines KJ, Barg FK, Halpern SD, Lyon SM What Matters to Patients and Their Families During and After Critical Illness: A Qualitative Study , Am J Crit Care, 30(1): 2021,11-20


Auriemma CL, Zhuo H, Delucchi K, Deiss T, Liu T, Jauregui A, Ke S, Vessel K, Lippi M, Seeley E, Kangelaris KN, Gomez A, Hendrickson C, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Ware LB, Calfee CS Acute respiratory distress syndrome-attributable mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis , Intensive Care Med, 46(6): 2020,1222-1231


Auriemma CL, Nguyen CA, Bronheim R, Kent S, Nadiger S, Pardo D, Halpern SD. Stability of end-of-life preferences: a systematic review of the evidence , JAMA Intern Med, 174(7): 2014,1085-1092


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