Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM
David E. Longnecker Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care & Professor of Epidemiology
Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM is an implementation scientist and practicing anesthesiologist and intensive care physician. She is the Executive Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center (PISCE), Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI), and Senior Scholar at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB). Dr. Lane-Fall is also the faculty lead for Accelerate Health Equity, an equity-focused coalition of all the major health systems in metro Philadelphia. She sits on the Boards of Directors of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research.
The Lane-Fall lab focuses on the application of implementation science and engineering-informed approaches to improve patient safety and communication. Dr. Lane-Fall collaborates on implementation research in maternal health, health equity, and HIV/AIDS and is supported by grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NICHD, NHLBI, NIA, OD), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the American Heart Association, and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Dr. Lane-Fall is a dedicated mentor who directs or co-directs multiple health services research training programs, including three early career faculty development programs and Penn’s Implementation Science Certificate. She has more than 90 lifetime mentees from undergraduate students to early-stage faculty.