Daniel Balcarcel, MD
Locations: Main Building, Middleman Family Pavilion
About Daniel Balcarcel, MD
Dr. Dan Balcarcel is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his pediatrics residency at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and his pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where he also served as a T32 research fellow in Pediatric Lung Diseases and earned a Master of Biomedical Informatics (MBMI) from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Balcarcel’s research focuses on precision medicine approaches to pediatric critical illness. His work leverages clinical informatics, machine learning, and causal inference methods to identify patient subgroups who may benefit from targeted therapies, with a particular focus on pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS).
Titles
Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Research Interests
- Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning
- Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect Analysis
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
Internship
Pediatrics - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Residency
Pediatrics - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Chief Resident)
Fellowship
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Additional Training
Certificate in Clinical Bioethics from McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
T32 Research Scholar - Multidisciplinary Training Program in Pediatric Lung Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA