Heidi Engel
Physical Therapist
COO
Chancellor/EVC/FAS
Heidi Engel has been a physical therapist for 35 years and works at University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She has worked in the ICU at UCSF since October 2008, and over the course of her career has worked in every Acute Care PT service, as well as Outpatients and Home Health Settings.
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She received the UCSF Outstanding Colleague of Nursing Award in 2012, a Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine in 2013, and the American Physical Therapy Association Jack Walker Award for Research Excellence in 2014. She currently teaches at UCSF, conducts research in ICU Rehabilitation, has given over 100 presentations outside of UCSF, and is an author on 14 peer reviewed publications. She is a founding member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine ICU Liberation Campaign.
Awards
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- Jack Walker Award for Research in Physical Therapy, American Physical Therapy Association, 2014
- Presidential Citation, Contributions to Critical Care Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2014
- Outstanding Colleague of Nursing, UCSF, 2012
Education & Training
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- DPT Doctorate of Physical Therapy Boston University
- MPH Masters Public Health Boston University
- BS Physical Therapy Boston University
Interests
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- ICU acquired weakness
- physical activity
- physical rehabilitation
- oncology
- intensive care
- ICU
- palliative care
- early mobility
- critical care
- delirium
- critical illness
- physical medicine
- cancer
Publications (13)
Top publication keywords:
Academic Medical CentersQuality ImprovementPatient Care BundlesEarly AmbulationSan FranciscoEvidence-Based PracticeNorth CarolinaProgram DevelopmentPhysical Therapy ModalitiesBaltimoreIntensive Care UnitsCooperative BehaviorCritical CareCritical IllnessWalking
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Mobilizing to Restore the Lives of Critically Ill People.
Critical care medicine 2020 Engel HJ -
Walk This Way-Early Mobility for ICU Patient Recovery.
Critical care medicine 2020 Engel HJ -
Author response.
Physical therapy 2013 Engel HJ -
ICU early mobilization: from recommendation to implementation at three medical centers.
Critical care medicine 2013 Engel HJ, Needham DM, Morris PE, Gropper MA -
Physical therapist-established intensive care unit early mobilization program: quality improvement project for critical care at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.
Physical therapy 2013 Engel HJ, Tatebe S, Alonzo PB, Mustille RL, Rivera MJ
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ICU-Induced Disability Persists With or Without COVID-19-This Is a Call for F to A Bundle Action.
Critical care medicine 2022 Engel H -
Common Challenges to Effective ABCDEF Bundle Implementation: The ICU Liberation Campaign Experience.
Critical care nurse 2019 Balas MC, Pun BT, Pasero C, Engel HJ, Perme C, Esbrook CL, Kelly T, Hargett KD, Posa PJ, Barr J, Devlin JW, Morse A, Barnes-Daly MA, Puntillo KA, Aldrich JM, Schweickert WD, Harmon L, Byrum DG, Carson… -
Implementing the ABCDEF Bundle: Top 8 Questions Asked During the ICU Liberation ABCDEF Bundle Improvement Collaborative.
Critical care nurse 2019 Stollings JL, Devlin JW, Pun BT, Puntillo KA, Kelly T, Hargett KD, Morse A, Esbrook CL, Engel HJ, Perme C, Barnes-Daly MA, Posa PJ, Aldrich JM, Barr J, Carson SS, Schweickert WD, Byrum DG, Harmon L, … -
Caring for Critically Ill Patients with the ABCDEF Bundle: Results of the ICU Liberation Collaborative in Over 15,000 Adults.
Critical care medicine 2019 Pun BT, Balas MC, Barnes-Daly MA, Thompson JL, Aldrich JM, Barr J, Byrum D, Carson SS, Devlin JW, Engel HJ, Esbrook CL, Hargett KD, Harmon L, Hielsberg C, Jackson JC, Kelly TL, Kumar V, Millner L, … -
Improving Health Care for Critically Ill Patients Using an Evidence-Based Collaborative Approach to ABCDEF Bundle Dissemination and Implementation.
Worldviews on evidence-based nursing 2018 Barnes-Daly MA, Pun BT, Harmon LA, Byrum DG, Kumar VK, Devlin JW, Stollings JL, Puntillo KA, Engel HJ, Posa PJ, Barr J, Schweickert WD, Esbrook CL, Hargett KD, Carson SS, Aldrich JM, Ely EW, Balas MC -
Geriatric Age Is Not a Barrier to Early Physical Rehabilitation and Walking in the Intensive Care Unit.
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 2015 Heidi J. Engel, Maika N. Rivette, Sean McBride, Nancy K. Hills -
Geriatric Age Is Not a Barrier to Early Physical Rehabilitation in the ICU.
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 2015 Engel HJ, Rivette, M, McBride, S, Hills, N. -
Balas, Clemmer, Hargett, M. (2015). ICU Liberation: The Power of Pain Control, Minimal Sedation, and Early Mobility (p. 178-184). Mount Prospect, IL: Society of Critical Care Medicine
“Walking Patients on Mechanical Ventilation: Where, When, and How Far” Engel HJ.