Dr. Joseph J Zorc M.D.
Emergency Physician (Pediatric) | Pediatric Emergency Medicine
34th & Civic Center Blvd Children's Hospital Philadelphia PA, 19104Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Joseph Zorc is a pediatric emergency medicine physician practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Zorc specializes in providing care for critically ill and injured children. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians possess a vast amount of knowledge in areas such as neonatology, critical care and forensic pediatrics. Children involved in automobile accidents, child abuse or near-drowning episodes are frequent cases treated by pediatric emergency medicine physicians.
Education and Training
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1992
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1992
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A lethargic infant: ingestion or deception?
- Hyponatremic seizures in infancy: association with retinal hemorrhages and physical child abuse?
- Sometimes it's not so clear: altered mental status and transport.
- A cyanotic infant: true blue or otherwise?
- Patient self-management of acute asthma: adherence to national guidelines a decade later.
- Contemporary approach to the emergency department management of pediatric asthma.
- Demonstrated use of metered-dose inhalers and peak flow meters by children and adolescents with acute asthma exacerbations.
- Lyme disease masquerading as brown recluse spider bite.
- A 12-year-old girl with altered mental status and a seizure.
- Emergency physicians' prescribing of asthma controller medications.
- Family presence during pediatric trauma team activation: an assessment of a structured program.
- Bronchiolitis trial and tribulation.
- Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with urinary tract infections.
- High-dose continuous nebulized levalbuterol for pediatric status asthmaticus: a randomized trial.
- Influenza virus infection and the risk of serious bacterial infections in young febrile infants.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2007-2008 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Outstanding Reviewer, Best Abstra
- 2005-2006 Faculty Mentorship Award from Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows, T
- 2003 Entertainment industry award for Controlling Asthma educational video
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Hea 2000 K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award
- 1999 Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award for Divisional Excellence I
- Columbia University 1988 Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award for Divisional Excellence I
- 2012 Philadelphia Super Doctors
Treatments
- Asthma
- Burns
- Gastroenteritis
- Migraine
- Stomach Flu
Professional Memberships
- Membership professional organizations National Societies
- Member American Academy of Pediatrics
- Member American College of Emergency Medicine
- Member Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Fellowships
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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