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Jill M. Baren, MD, MBE, has been named Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, effective July 1, 2011. A member of our medical faculty since 1997, Dr. Baren is Professor of Emergency Medicine and holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Pediatrics. She is an attending physician at both HUP and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Within the larger field of emergency care, Dr. Baren is recognized as an expert in pediatric emergency medicine and was one of the first individuals to hold this subspecialty certification. As a fellow of both the American College of Emergency Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics, she has held major leadership positions in professional organizations of both specialties including President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Chair of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Chair of the sub-board of Pediatric Emergency Medicine of the American Boards of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics.
In 2006, she received a master's degree in bioethics from the Center for Bioethics at Penn and has served as a faculty member at the Center developing and teaching Clinical Ethics courses. Dr. Baren has also lectured and written on informed consent issues in emergency medicine research, bioethical issues in resuscitation, and end-of-life issues in the emergency department. Widely published, Dr. Baren is senior editor of, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, a leading textbook in the specialty, and co-editor of Emergency Medicine Clinical Pearls, a case based text on the practice of Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She was associate editor of Journal Watch Emergency Medicine for 10 years and continues as associate editor of the journal Academic Emergency Medicine.
Since its founding in 1994, Penn Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine has become one of the leading departments in the United States, and one of the top NIH funded emergency medicine research programs. The Department was recently awarded one of only six highly competitive Research Career Development Program awards.
Our faculty are organized into the following divisions:
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Division of Occupational Medicine
- Research Staff at HUP
- Hyperbaric Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, Philadephia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-6698
- Jill M. Baren, MD
Chair Stephanie B. Abbuhl, MD
Vice Chair of Faculty AffairsElizabeth M. Datner, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical OperationsBenjamin Abella, MD, MPhil
Vice Chair of Research
Roger A Band, MD
Director, Medical StudentsLance B. Becker, MD
Director, Center for Resuscitation Science- Brendan G. Carr, MD
- Lauren N. Weinberger Conlon, MD
Associate Director, Residency Program
Anthony J. Dean, MD
Chief, Division of Emergency Bedside UltrasoundDavid F. Gaieski, MD
Director, Quality Management Program- Joshua Lampe, PhD
- Zachary F. Meisel, MD
- Raina M. Merchant, MD
- Angela M Mills, MD
Medical Director, HUP ED
- Nova Panebianco, MD, MPH
- Jeanmarie Perrone, MD
- Stefanie B. Porges, MD
- Iris M. Reyes, MD
Director, Sub-Internship Clerkship
- Karin V. Rhodes, MD
Director, Healthcare Policy Research Group
- Suzanne M. Shepherd, MD
- Frances Shofer, PhD
Director, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- William H. Shoff, MD
- Olanrewaju Soremekun, MD, MBA
Director, Patient Flow
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
51 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-9350
- John Flamma, Jr, MD
Chief
- Christopher Edwards, MD
Assistant Chief
- Patrick Cheatle, MD
- Susan M. Chen, MD
(Part-time)
- Mark B. Falk, MD
- Chad Felsenstein, MD
- Frances K. Furia, MD
- Laurence J. Gavin, MD
- Jeffrey Kramer, MD
- Tracey E Mondul, MD
(Part-time)
- Gerald O’Neill, MD
- Megan E. Rosso, DO
- Donald W. Rucker, MD
(Part-time)
- Peter Sananman, MD
Director, Disaster Preparedness Program
- Matthew Taberski, MD
- Suzana Tsao, DO
Pennsylvania Hospital
8th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Charles Pollack, MD
Chief
- Kristi Artz, MD (CCA)
- Kathleen Nasci, MD (CCA)
Medical Director
- Evelyn Duvivier, MD (CCA)
- Katherine Jenq, MD (CCA)
- Marianne McCormick, MD (CCA)
- Andrew McWilliams, MD (CCA)
- Timothy O'Connor, MD (CCA)
- Suraj Puttanniah, MD (CCA)
- Christopher Rees, MD
- Judy Somers, MD
(Part-time)
- Sujatha Der, MD (CCA)
- Julie Tseng, MD (CCA)
Division of Occupational Medicine
- Amy J. Behrman, MD
Medical Director
- Edward A. Emmett, MBBS
Director, Academic Program
- David A. Allan, MD
- Judith G. McKenzie, MD, MPH
Director, Occupational Medicine Residency
Research Staff at HUP
- Manuel Boller, MD
- Marion Leary, RN, BSN
- Audrey Blewer, MPH
- Anne Grossestreuer
- Tong Da, MD, PhD
- Sung Koo Jung, MD, PhD
(visiting Prof.)
Hyperbaric Medicine
- Christopher J. Logue, MD,
Interim Chief of Operations
- Kevin R. Hardy, MD
- David S. Lambert, MD
Medical Director, ED Observation Unit
- Stephen R. Thom, MD, PhD
