Description of Research Expertise

Dr. McKenzie graduated from Princeton University where she was awarded the Frederick Douglass Prize for leadership and scholarship and went on to study medicine at Yale University School of Medicine where she was selected to be a Commonwealth Fellow. After completing her Internal Medicine training at New York University/Bellevue Hospital she continued at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health with her Occupational Medicine Fellowship, Masters of Public Health degree and the Epidemiology Research Track. She was a recipient of one of the first resident research awards given at the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) national meeting. Dr. McKenzie is the author of over 100 scientific publications. Her research focuses on Occupational and Environmental Medicine Outcomes and Employee Health, especially in the areas of graduate residency education, occupational exposures and injuries, the cost of work disability and resiliency, wellness and prevention. She also mentors residents publishing scholarly work. A member of the editorial board of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and a reviewer for several journals she serves or has served on the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study sections, on its Board of Scientific Counselors and on several National Academy of Science and Medicine (NASEM) Committees.

Description of Clinical Expertise

Trained in both Occupational/Preventive Medicine and Internal Medicine and listed as one of America's top physicians, Dr. McKenzie's clinical work centers on employee health, wellness and prevention, injury care and disability management for worker populations, and the evaluation and treatment of environmental exposures. Most recently as the Employee COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Medical director she helped create protocols and logistics for the Health System COVID-19 vaccination of employees. She manages the health and wellness of worker populations and individual employees, evaluates and treats Occupational and Environmental Illnesses and Injuries, conducts Independent Medical Examinations, provides Expert Witness and Causation Reports, designs and executes surveillance programs, and serves as a regional and national consultant on Occupational, Environmental and Toxicology Cases.

Description of Other Expertise

Teaching - Dr. McKenzie is Program Director for the largest civilian Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) program in the US, which has trained 7.5% of new diplomates of the American Board of Preventive Medicine-Occupational Medicine over the past decade. She was honored by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), an international medical society, when it bestowed upon her its 2015 Kehoe Award for Excellence in Education or Research in OEM, a lifetime achievement award recognizing an individual who has shown distinction in and made significant contributions to academic excellence or research in the disciplines of occupational medicine (OM), environmental medicine, and/or environmental health. She was recognized in particular for her work and accomplishments as a distinguished educator, specifically for her outstanding leadership as Director of University of Pennsylvania's OEM Residency Program, which has resulted in the development of a unique train-in-place program, an innovative model of post-graduate medical education. Trained in both Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine, she is an appointee to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee (ACGME-RRC) for Preventive Medicine.