Zachary J. Kosak - Faculty Biosketch

Zachary J. Kosak, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health

Credentialing Committee Member, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Sub-Internship and Core 3 Director, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Assistant Program Director, University of Pennsylvania Health System Family Medicine Residency Program

Department: Family Medicine and Community Health

Contact information

Penn Family Care
3737 Market Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-8777

Education:
BS (Biology, Neuroscience)
King's College (Wilkes-Barre, PA), 2015.
MD (Medicine)
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2019.

Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Family Medicine, UPMC Medical Education (UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside), 2019-2022.
Co-Chief Resident, Family Medicine, UPMC Medical Education (UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside), 2021-2022.

Certifications
American Board of Family Medicine, 2022.

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Selected Publications

Orr A, Lee J, Bhatt V, Kosak Z, Wilson S, Linganna A.: TaskMaster: The Subintern Adventure Game—game-based learning for medical subintern task prioritization. MedEdPORTAL 19, December 2023.

Weaver-Agostoni J, Kosak Z, Bartlett S: Allergic Rhinitis: Rapid Evidence Review. American Family Physician 107(5): 466-473, May 2023.

Kosak Z: Incorporating telehealth into family medicine training: an emerging need. Family Medicine 54(4): 316-317, April 2022.

Kosak ZJ, Goddaard JD, Nakaishi L: Shout it out: Combating physician burnout with shared expressions of appreciation and gratitude. Poster presented at the 2021 Family Medicine Education Consortium Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA 2021.

Kosak ZJ, Patel DD: Pop goes the patella: A case of patellar tendon rupture. Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine 7: 11-12, April 2017 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visj.2016.10.009.

Roesch SL, Styer AM, Wood GC, Kosak Z, Seiler J, Benotti P, Petrick AT, Gabrielsen J, Strodel WE, Gerhard GS, Still CD, Argyropoulos G: Perturbations of fibroblast growth factors 19 and 21 in type 2 diabetes. PLoS ONE 10(2), Feb 2015 Notes: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116928.

Kosak ZJ, McClelland EE, Ory JJ: Exploring microarray data from Cryptococcus neoformans to identify novel cryptococcal meningitis virulence indicators. Poster presented at 90th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Selinsgrove, PA 2014.

Kosak ZJ, Roesch SL, Argyropoulos G: The role of fibroblast growth factors 19 and 21 in type 2 diabetes. Poster presented at the Third Annual Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium, Danville, PA 2013.