Megan Rybarczyk, MD, MPH, FACEP
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
Scholar, Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Scholar, Penn Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
3400 Spruce St.
Ground Floor Ravdin
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ground Floor Ravdin
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Links
Penn Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship website
Certification Program in Emergency Medicine (CPEM) website
Penn Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship website
Certification Program in Emergency Medicine (CPEM) website
Education:
BS (Biological Sciences (major); Anthropology (minor))
University of Notre Dame, 2009.
MD
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2013.
MPH (Global Health)
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2019.
BS (Biological Sciences (major); Anthropology (minor))
University of Notre Dame, 2009.
MD
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2013.
MPH (Global Health)
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2019.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/Boston University, 2013-2017.
Fellow, Global Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2017-2019.
Resident, Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/Boston University, 2013-2017.
Fellow, Global Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2017-2019.
Certifications
DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness-Mass Casualty Incident Triage: Awareness, 2014.
Building a Better Response, 2016.
Harvard Humanitarian Academy Humanitarian Response Intensive Course (HRIC), 2016.
United Nations Department of Safety - Basic Security in the Field II Building a Better Rersponse, 2016.
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health: Missioncraft, 2017.
Studer Group: AIDET Certification, 2017.
Unit 6: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies - Building a Better Response, 2017.
United Nations Department of Safety and Security - Advanced Security in the Filed, 2017.
American Board of Emergency Medicine - Board Certification in Emergency Medicine, 2018.
Difficult Airway Course, 2018.
IEDLI Designing Tomorrow's Emergency Department Certification, 2018.
The International Emergency Department Leadership Institute (IEDLI) Leadership Essential Certification, 2018.
Advance Cardiac Life Support, 2018.
United Nations Department of Safety and Security - BSAFE, 2018.
IEDLI Certified Emergency Department Executive (CEDE), 2019.
CITI Certification, 2020.
Pennsylvania Medical Command Physician, 2020.
Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2022.
Permanent linkDelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness-Mass Casualty Incident Triage: Awareness, 2014.
Building a Better Response, 2016.
Harvard Humanitarian Academy Humanitarian Response Intensive Course (HRIC), 2016.
United Nations Department of Safety - Basic Security in the Field II Building a Better Rersponse, 2016.
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health: Missioncraft, 2017.
Studer Group: AIDET Certification, 2017.
Unit 6: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies - Building a Better Response, 2017.
United Nations Department of Safety and Security - Advanced Security in the Filed, 2017.
American Board of Emergency Medicine - Board Certification in Emergency Medicine, 2018.
Difficult Airway Course, 2018.
IEDLI Designing Tomorrow's Emergency Department Certification, 2018.
The International Emergency Department Leadership Institute (IEDLI) Leadership Essential Certification, 2018.
Advance Cardiac Life Support, 2018.
United Nations Department of Safety and Security - BSAFE, 2018.
IEDLI Certified Emergency Department Executive (CEDE), 2019.
CITI Certification, 2020.
Pennsylvania Medical Command Physician, 2020.
Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2022.
Description of Other Expertise
Global Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine program development, emergency care systems development, educationSelected Publications
Ali S, Saleem SG, Arumuganathan P, Mukhtar S, Khatri A, Rybarczyk M.: Harnessing predictive analytics to support high-risk learners in a one-year certification program in emergency medicine (CPEM) in Pakistan. Med Teach 2025.Warrakah CM, Rosenberg N, Rybarczyk M, Guptill M, Sleamsaw H, Sebakeng M.: PMH emergency department triage tool assessment as a predictor of patient disposition. Poster, AfCEM 2024 Nov 2024.
Hexom BJ, Quao NS, Bandolin NS, Bonney J, Collier A, Dyal J, Lee JA, Nicholson BD, Rybarczyk MM, Rees CA, Roy CM: Global emergency medicine: a scoping review of the literature from 2022. Acad Emerg Med 31(1): 71-85, Jan 2024.
Saleem SG, Ali S, Khatri A, Mukhtar S, Farooq W, Maroof Q, Jamal MI, Aziz T, Haider KF, Dadabhoy FZ, Rybarczyk MM.: Clinical outcomes following the implementation of a novel one-year training program in emergency medicine in Karachi, Pakistan. Ann Glob Health 89(1), Jan 2023.
Dozois A, Gonzalez Marques C, Thilakasiri K, Adebisi A, Leanza J, Rybarczyk M, Depp T, Wieland T, Karim N, Muchatuta M, Ali F: A toolkit for decolonizing global emergency medicine education. Front Educ 2023.
Mukhtar S, Khatri SA, Khatri A, Ghouri N, Rybarczyk M.: Underneath the visible - COVID-19 risk prediction tools in a high-volume, low-resource emergency department. Pak J Med Sci 39, 2022.
Kivlehan SM, Rybarczyk MM, Genisca AE, Lubetkin D, Kharel R, Lee JA, Michaeli N, Calvello Hynes EJ, Dixon J, Leifer N, Karim N.: Comparative effectiveness of an in-person and a virtual basic emergency medicine instructor course. Ann Glob Health 88(1), 2022.
Rybarczyk MM, Kivlehan SM.: Thermal Injuries. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 10th Ed. Elsevier, 2022.
Saleem SG, Ghouri N, Maroof Q, Jamal MI, Aziz T, Shapiro D, Rybarczyk M.: Patient perception regarding privacy and confidentiality: a study from the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci 38((ICON Suppl.)), 2022.
Kivlehan SM, Hexom BJ, Bonney J, Collier A, Nicholson BD, Quao NSA, Rybarczyk MM, Selvam A, Rees CA, Roy CM, Bhaskar N, Becker TB on behalf of the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review.: Global emergency medicine: a scoping review of the literature from 2021. Acad Emerg Med 29(10), 2022.