Anica C. Law, MD, MS Hear my name
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine

MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
MS, Harvard School of Public Health
AB, Harvard College



Dr. Law is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician, clinical epidemiologist, and health services researcher with a focus on understanding determinants of outcomes after critical illness. An unprecedented number of patients now survive the intensive care unit (ICU) but suffer severe organ dysfunction, requiring forms of long-term organ support, such as mechanical ventilation or artificial nutrition. Using both granular clinical and national claims databases, and leveraging natural experiments where feasible (e.g., policy changes), the goal of her research is to better inform decision-making during critical illness and the optimal delivery of care after acute critical illness.

Dr. Law serves as Deputy Editor at CHEST Critical Care. Within the American Thoracic Society, she is Chair of the Critical Care Assembly's Planning Committee.


Prolonged mechanical ventilation: patterns of post-acute care and patient outcomes
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2025 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5K23HL153482-04



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2023 Prolonged mechanical ventilation: patterns of post-acute care and patient outcomes 5K23HL153482-04
2022 Prolonged mechanical ventilation: patterns of post-acute care and patient outcomes 5K23HL153482-03
2021 Prolonged mechanical ventilation: patterns of post-acute care and patient outcomes 3K23HL153482-02S1
2021 Prolonged mechanical ventilation: patterns of post-acute care and patient outcomes 7K23HL153482-02
2020 Prolonged mechanical ventilation: patterns of post-acute care and patient outcomes 1K23HL153482-01
2020 Trends, Practice Variations, and Outcomes of Gastrostomy Tubes Placed during Critical Illness in the United States 5F32AG058352-03 8
2019 Trends, Practice Variations, and Outcomes of Gastrostomy Tubes Placed during Critical Illness in the United States 5F32AG058352-02 8
2017 Trends, Practice Variations, and Outcomes of Gastrostomy Tubes Placed during Critical Illness in the United States 1F32AG058352-01 8

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  1. Bosch NA, Law AC, Shi Z, Jafarzadeh SR, Walkey AJ. A novel measure to summarize blood transfusion practice during critical illness. Transfusion. 2024 Mar 22.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38515390
     
  2. Feeney ME, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Variation in Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Critically Ill Patients Across the United States. Crit Care Med. 2024 Mar 19.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38501933
     
  3. Bosch NA, Vail EA, Law AC, Homer-Bouthiette C, Walkey AJ, Moitra VK. Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Potassium Repletion Thresholds during Critical Illness. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Mar; 21(3):456-463.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38134433
     
  4. Teja B, Berube M, Pereira TV, Law AC, Schanock C, Pang B, Wunsch H, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Effectiveness of Fludrocortisone Plus Hydrocortisone Versus Hydrocortisone Alone in Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Jan 25.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38271488
     
  5. Kearney CM, Sangani R, Shankar D, O'Connor GT, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Comparative Effectiveness of Mepolizumab, Benralizumab and Dupilumab among Patients with Difficult-to-Control Asthma. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jan 19.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38241013
     
  6. Rucci JM, Law AC, Bolesta S, Quinn EK, Garcia MA, Gajic O, Boman K, Yus S, Goodspeed VM, Kumar V, Kashyap R, Walkey AJ. Variation in Sedative and Analgesic Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Outcomes. CHEST Crit Care. 2024 Mar; 2(1).View Related Profiles. PMID: 38576856; PMCID: PMC10994221; DOI: 10.1016/j.chstcc.2024.100047;
     
  7. Shankar DA, Hawkins F, Alysandratos KD, Wilson KC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA, Law AC. Uptake of Antifibrotics for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2016-2022. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jan; 21(1):170-173.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37879035; PMCID: PMC10867915; DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202308-697RL;
     
  8. Qadir N, Sahetya S, Munshi L, Summers C, Abrams D, Beitler J, Bellani G, Brower RG, Burry L, Chen JT, Hodgson C, Hough CL, Lamontagne F, Law A, Papazian L, Pham T, Rubin E, Siuba M, Telias I, Patolia S, Chaudhuri D, Walkey A, Rochwerg B, Fan E. An Update on Management of Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Jan 01; 209(1):24-36.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38032683; PMCID: PMC10870893; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202311-2011ST;
     
  9. Dinh J, Hinkle CF, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Effect of Respiratory Viral Panel Adoption on Antibiotic Use in Ventilated Patients. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Dec; 20(12):1777-1783.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37748086
     
  10. Law AC, Bosch NA, Song Y, Tale A, Yeh RW, Kahn JM, Stevens JP, Walkey AJ. Patient Outcomes After Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Closures. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Nov 01; 6(11):e2344377.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37988077; PMCID: PMC10663966; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.44377;
     
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LTCH closures send more patients to nursing homes, but are they ready?

McKnights 11/22/2023

Long-term acute care hospital closures may have unintended consequences for patient care

News Medical 11/21/2023

More Evidence That State Lotteries Didn't Boost Vaccination Rates

US News & World Report 1/7/2022

More Evidence That State Lotteries Didn't Boost Vaccination Rates

Health Day 1/7/2022

COVID-19 vaccine lotteries didn't increase inoculation rates: study

CTV 1/4/2022

More Evidence Suggests Few Winners in COVID Vax Lottery Strategy

Medpage Today 1/4/2022

Lottery-Based Incentives Do Not Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Contagion Live 1/4/2022

Speaking does not imply breathing, and this is a dangerous myth

ZME Science 12/10/2021

Are Covid vaccine mandates ethical? Here’s what medical experts think

CNBC 11/24/2021

Vaccine panel recommends J&J boosters after data says vaccine's effectiveness has 'headroom to improve': Live COVID-19 updates

USA Today 11/16/2021

Have vaccine lotteries worked? Studies so far show mixed results

Politifact 8/22/2021

Study: Lottery Incentive Didn’t Increase COVID Vaccination Rates

CBS Denver 7/6/2021

hio Vaccine Lottery Gave Away $5 Million, But Didn’t Increase Vaccination Rates, Says New Study

Forbes 7/4/2021

George Floyd begged for help — it didn’t mean he could breathe. Doctors debunk myth

Miami Herald 7/3/2020

BIDMC Marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Newswise 2/11/2020

Mass. Law On ICU Nurse Staffing Ratios Has Had Little Effect Since 2016, Study Finds

WBUR 9/5/2018

2023 Boston University: David L. Coleman Prize for Junior Faculty
2022 Boston University: Evans Junior Faculty Research Merit Award
2022 Doris Duke: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists
2020 American Thoracic Society: Early Career Achievement Award Nominee
2019 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Center for Healthcare Delivery Sciences Travel Award
2018 American Thoracic Society: Abstract Scholarship Award
2016 American Thoracic Society: Abstract Scholarship Award
2016 American Thoracic Society: Fellows Track Symposium Travel Award
2014 American Thoracic Society: Resident’s Boot Camp Travel Award
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Advance Care Planning
Tracheostomy
Critical Illness
Respiration, Artificial
Outcomes, Critical Care
Shock, Septic

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