Jeffrey Gershel
Vice Chairman
Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicin
Yeshiva University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Gershel is the Vice-Chairman of the Lewis M. Fraad Department of PediatricsDr. Gershel has served as president of the Medical Board for Jacobi Medical Center and he chairs the Bylaws Committee and sits on the Credentials Committee. He is board-certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Since 1986, Dr. Gershel has co-edited the Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics, the sixth edition of which will be published in 2018. He also co-edited the Academy of Pediatrics Inpatient Pediatrics Manual (Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics). The second edition is expected in September 2017.
Research Interest
Professional Interests: Academic Pediatrics, JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Care, and Pediatrics.
Publications
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Gershel J, Kreiner R, Spitzer G, Slotkin E, Sterman A et al. (2015) Usefulness of the C-reactive protein in predicting the need for antibiotics among febrile inpatients with sickle cell disease. Open Infect Dis J 9: 32-35.
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Katz-Sidlow RJ, Baer TG, Gershel JC (2016) Providing rapid feedback to residents on their teaching skills: an educational strategy for contemporary trainees. Int J Med Educ 7: 83-86.
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Nelson A, Romo N, Levanon D, Blumfield E, Gershel JC (2017) Gastric bezoar treatment using oral Coca-Cola. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 56: 485-487.
