Jonathan Levi Bar, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Director of Emergency Preparedness, University of Pennsylvania
Penn Medicine Clinician, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
51 N 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Emergency Medicine
51 N 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-8215
Education:
BS (Human Biology, Health and Society)
Cornell University, 2013.
MD (Medicine)
Weill Cornell Medical College, 2017.
BS (Human Biology, Health and Society)
Cornell University, 2013.
MD (Medicine)
Weill Cornell Medical College, 2017.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2017-2021.
Fellow in EMS, Cooper University Hospital, 2021-2022.
Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2017-2021.
Fellow in EMS, Cooper University Hospital, 2021-2022.
Certifications
IS 200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, 2009.
IS 100 Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), 2009.
IS 100 Introduction to the ICS for Healthcare/Hospitals, 2018.
IS 700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), 2018.
Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2022.
ABEM Certified, 2022.
X Waivered Physician, 2022.
Pediatric Advance Life Support, 2023.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, 2023.
Pre-hospital EMS Physician Pennsylvandia Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, 2023.
Basic Life Support, 2023.
Pennsylvania Medical Command Physician, 2025.
Permanent linkIS 200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, 2009.
IS 100 Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), 2009.
IS 100 Introduction to the ICS for Healthcare/Hospitals, 2018.
IS 700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), 2018.
Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2022.
ABEM Certified, 2022.
X Waivered Physician, 2022.
Pediatric Advance Life Support, 2023.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, 2023.
Pre-hospital EMS Physician Pennsylvandia Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, 2023.
Basic Life Support, 2023.
Pennsylvania Medical Command Physician, 2025.
Description of Other Expertise
Ground EMSAir EMS
Wilderness Medicine
Disaster Medicine
Medicine in Austere Environments
Selected Publications
Bar J, Symonds S, Du Pont D, South E, Conlon L.: Using the National Incident Management System to Prepare Physicians for Rapid Responses: A Pilot Study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Cambridge University Press, 17(E226), September 2022.Kuc,A, Calabrese, J, Matuzsan,Z, Bar, J, Hunter,K, Shah,A and Carroll,G: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 in EMS Workers in Southern NJ(2022). Prehospital Emergency Care 26(1): 108-163, 2022 Notes: Research Abstracts for the 2022 NAEMSP Annual Meeting.
Murphy, E, Bar,J Shah, A, Kuc, A,Carroll, G, Hunter, K, and Matuzsan, Z: Can EMS Personnel Safely Determine Appropriate Patients to be Transported to Alternative Destinations? Prehospital Emergency Care 26(1): 108-163, 2022 Notes: Research Abstracts for the 2022 NAEMSP Annual Meeting.
Glick JE, Bar J.: Herpes Simplex Virus-Associated Keratitis. J. Emerg Med 61(1): e11-e12, Jul 2021.
Jonathan Bar: What to Expect When You Come to the Emergency Room. http://medicinewithout.com/ 2021.
Jonathan Bar: The Age of the Supraglottic Airway. http://medicinewithout.com/ 2021.
Jonathan Bar: Silent but Deadly: The "Happy" Hypoxemic. http://medicinewithout.com/ 2020.
Jonathan Bar: Surviving Hell: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Firefighters. http://medicinewithout.com/ 2020.
Bar J, Rosenberg J, Chan W, Panebianco N: Pearls & Oy-sters: Diagnosis and Monitoring of Elevated ntracranial Pressure through Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve. Neurology 92(6): 299-301, Feb 2019.
Sangal RB, Bar J, Weiss B, Kelly M, Medina T: Accidental Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med 2(3), May 2018.