Dr. Steven Rosenzweig

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Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College
Emergency Medicine
Integrative Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor
Jefferson University Hospital
Jefferson- Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine
Academic Director and Attending Physician

Mailing Address

1015 Chestnut Street
Suite 1212
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (215) 955-4717
Fax: (215) 503-0414
steven.rosenzweig@jefferson.edu

Qualifications

Board Certification, American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine, 1991.
Medical License, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1987.
M.D., University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, 1986.
Post-baccalaureate premedical, New York University, 1981.
B.A., Brandeis University, Philosophy, magna cum laude, 1979.

Expertise and Research Interests

Academic Integrative Medicine:
Past (Founding) Medical and Academic Director of Center for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital.

Clinical Practice Focus:
Evidence-based integration of complementary therapies to reduce symptom burden and improve quality of life.

Medical Education Focus:
Educating compassionate, rigorously trained physicians committed to service, reflective practice and lifelong learning.

Research Focus:
Complementary therapies in symptom palliation. Investigator INDs held for Iscador (European mistletoe) and ammonium tetrathiomolybdate.

Other Expertise

Integrative Medicine Training:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Teacher Development Intensive (92 hours).
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Professional Development Training (57 hours).
Interactive Guided Imagery, Academy for Guided Imagery -- Level 1 Completed.
Board Prepared in Anthroposophic Medicine.

Current Teaching Activities:
Coordinator, Professional Wellness Selectives, Jefferson Medical College.
Course Director, The Healer's Art.
Course Direcor, Integrative Medicine Clinical Elective.
Seminar Instructor: Mindfulness Meditation for Medical Students.
Seminar Instructor: Art, Image and Healing.
Lecture Topics: Pharmacology of Botanical Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Mind-Body Medicine, Personal Wellness, Integrative Managment of Osteoarthritis, Racism in Medicine.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Alternative Medicine, Emergency Health Services, Humanities Funding, Medical Education, Social Sciences.

Memberships

Academic Consortium on Integrative Medicine
American College of Emergency Physicians
Physicians Association for Anthroposophic Medicine
Physicians for a National Health Plan
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Honors and Awards

2005-2005, The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Arnold P. Gold Foundation
1993, Innovation in Medical Education Award, Emergency Medicine Foundation / Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
1976, Phi Beta Kappa,

Profile Details

Last Updated: 11/14/2006

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