Jessica Ann Palakshappa, MD
- Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)

Jessica Ann Palakshappa, MD
- Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Research Interests
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
- Critical Illness
- Intensive Care Units
- Sepsis
- Cognition and Dementia
- Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices
- Education
- MD, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2010
- Internship
- Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2011
- Residency
- Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2013
- Fellowship
- Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2016
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
- Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Critical Illness Injury and Recovery Research Center (CIIRRC)
- Maya Angelou Research Center for Healthy Communities (MARCH)
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention (CHAAP)
- Center for Healthcare Innovations (CHI)
Research
- Mortality Benefit of Recombinant Human Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist for Sepsis Varies by Initial Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Plasma Concentration. Meyer NJ, Reilly JP, Anderson BJ, Palakshappa JA, Jones TK, Dunn TG, Shashaty MGS, Feng R, Christie JD, Opal SM. Crit. Care Med. 2018 01; 46(1):21-28.
- Survivorship Research: Studying the Past to Define the Future. Palakshappa JA, Christie JD. Crit. Care Med. 2016 07; 44(7):1422-3.
- Admission plasma levels of the neuronal injury marker neuron-specific enolase are associated with mortality and delirium in sepsis. Anderson BJ, Reilly JP, Shashaty MGS, Palakshappa JA, Wysoczanski A, Dunn TG, Kazi A, Tommasini A, Mikkelsen ME, Schweickert WD, Kolson DL, Christie JD, Meyer NJ. J Crit Care. 2016 12; 36:18-23.
- Low Plasma Levels of Adiponectin Do Not Explain Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Risk: a Prospective Cohort Study of Patients with Severe Sepsis. Palakshappa JA, Anderson BJ, Reilly JP, Shashaty MG, Ueno R, Wu Q, Ittner CA, Tommasini A, Dunn TG, Charles D, Kazi A, Christie JD, Meyer NJ. Crit Care. 2016 Mar; 20:71.
- Implementation of Evidence-Based Critical Care Practices: A Sound Strategy, but Not for the Faint of Heart. Palakshappa JA, Mikkelsen ME. Crit. Care Med. 2016 Mar; 44(3):629-30.