Zaffer A. Qasim, MBBS, FRCEM, FRCPC(EM), EDIC

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Ground Floor Myrin Building
Department of Emergency Medicine
51 N 39th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ground Floor Myrin Building
Department of Emergency Medicine
51 N 39th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-6698
Education:
MBBS (Medicine and Surgery)
Baqai Medical and Dental College (University of Karachi), 2001.
Permanent linkMBBS (Medicine and Surgery)
Baqai Medical and Dental College (University of Karachi), 2001.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Prehospital care, trauma resuscitation, airway management, shock management, cardiac arrest management, medical simulationSelected Publications
Qasim Z: JC: The UK-REBOA trial. Has the balloon popped? St Emlyns blog: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-the-uk-reboa-trial-has-the-balloon-popped-st-emlyns/ July 2023 Notes: St Emlyns blog: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-the-uk-reboa-trial-has-the-balloon-popped-st-emlyns/Christopher D Biedrzycki, MC, USAF, Harald P Bergmann, MC, DEU, Kyle N Remick, MC, USA (Ret.), Zaffer Qasim, MD, Jay B Baker, MC, USA: Brief Comparative Analysis of Trauma Care Specialties in Europe and the United States. Military Medicine May 2023.
Qasim Z: Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta: A Practical Review. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 41(1): 71-88, February 2023.
Qasim Z: What did we learn at the London Trauma Conference 2022? – Part Two. StEmlyn's blog December 2022 Notes: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/what-did-we-learn-at-the-london-trauma-conference-2022-part-two/
Qasim Z: What did we learn at the London Trauma Conference 2022? – Part One. St Emlyn's blog December 2022 Notes: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/what-did-we-learn-at-the-london-trauma-conference-2022-part-one/
Baez AA, Qasim Z, Wilcox S, Weir WB, Loeffler P, Golden BM, Schwartz D, Levy M.: Prehospital Mechanical Ventilation: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document Prehospital Emergency Care 26(Sup1): 88-95, January 2022.
Qasim Z, Graham C: Telemedicine Supervision of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) Catheter Placement. Journal of Special Operations Medicine 22(1): 108-110, Spring 2022.
Murali S, Weingart S, Qasim Z: A RUSH to SALVATION? Practical and Tested Ultrasound-Guided Evaluations of Critically Ill Patients Already Exist Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia August 2021.
Zaffer Qasim: PAN-SCAN CT: NOT JUST FOR TRAUMA? Critical Care Now blog https://criticalcarenow.com/pan-scan-ct-not-just-for-trauma/ July 2021.
Zaffer Qasim: REVISITING IN-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST IN COVID PATIENTS – WORTH THE EFFORT OR LOST CAUSE? Critical Care Now blog https://criticalcarenow.com/revisiting-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest-in-covid-patients-worth-the-effort-or-lost-cause/ June 2021.