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Jacob W. Ufberg, MD

Professor, Emergency Medicine

Residency Program Director, Emergency Medicine

Telephone:  215-707-5308

Email: jacob.ufberg@tuhs.temple.edu

Department of Emergency Medicine

Undergraduate degree, University of Pennsylvania, 1992

 

MD, Temple University School of Medicine, 1996

 

Internship, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1997

 

Residency, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1999

 

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• Resident education
• Medical student education
• Procedures in emergency medicine
• Emergency airway management

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American Board of Emergency Medicine

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• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
• American Academy of Emergency Medicine
• Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine

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• Resident and medical student education
• Aspiration during emergent airway management
• Hypertension in the emergency department
• Procedural skills in the emergency department

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Bell J, Ufberg JW. Tripod Fractures. In: Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, Capbell CJ, Morocco AP, Salvaggio CA, Spencer MT (eds). Greenberg’s Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005.

Vega L, Ufberg JW. Spinal Cord Compression. In: Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, Capbell CJ, Morocco AP, Salvaggio CA, Spencer MT (eds). Greenberg’s Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005.

Vega L, Ufberg JW. Vertebral Compression Fractures. In: Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, Capbell CJ, Morocco AP, Salvaggio CA, Spencer MT (eds). Greenberg’s Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005.

Stumpf M, Ufberg JW. Breech Delivery. In: Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, Capbell CJ, Morocco AP, Salvaggio CA, Spencer MT (eds). Greenberg’s Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005.

Stumpf M, Ufberg JW. Postpartum Hemorrhage. In: Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, Capbell CJ, Morocco AP, Salvaggio CA, Spencer MT (eds). Greenberg’s Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005.

Stumpf M, Ufberg JW. Nuchal Cord. In: Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, Capbell CJ, Morocco AP, Salvaggio CA, Spencer MT (eds). Greenberg’s Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005.

Stumpf M, Ufberg JW. Hyperemesis Gravidarum. In: Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, Capbell CJ, Morocco AP, Salvaggio CA, Spencer MT (eds). Greenberg’s Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005.

Stumpf M, Ufberg JW. Spontaneous Abortion. In: Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, Capbell CJ, Morocco AP, Salvaggio CA, Spencer MT (eds). Greenberg’s Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005.

Ware C, Ufberg JW. Bradycardia. In: Brady WJ, Chan TC, Harrigan RA, Ornato J, Rosen P (eds). ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care. Philadelphia, Elsevier. 2004.

Ufberg JW. Sinus Pause/Arrest. In: Brady WJ, Chan TC, Harrigan RA, Ornato J, Rosen P (eds). ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care. Philadelphia, Elsevier. 2004.

Ufberg JW. Sinoatrial block. In: Brady WJ, Chan TC, Harrigan RA, Ornato J, Rosen P (eds). ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care. Philadelphia, Elsevier. 2004.

Ufberg JW, McNamara RM. Management of Common Dislocations. In: Roberts JR, Hedges JR. Roberts and Hedges Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 4th Edition.  Philadelphia, Saunders. 2004.

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Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

22621938. Repanshek ZD, Ufberg JW, Vilke GM, Chan TC, Harrigan RA, Alternative treatments of pneumothorax. J Emerg Med 44:2(457-66)2013 Feb

21515183. Horn AE, Ufberg JW, Appendicitis, diverticulitis, and colitis. Emerg Med Clin North Am 29:2(347-68, ix)2011 May

20888722. Marco CA, Lu DW, Stettner E, Sokolove PE, Ufberg JW, Noeller TP, Ethics curriculum for emergency medicine graduate medical education. J Emerg Med 40:5(550-6)2011 May

20196878. Mauri T, Berra L, Kumwilaisak K, Pivi S, Ufberg JW, Kueppers F, Pesenti A, Bigatello LM, Lateral-horizontal patient position and horizontal orientation of the endotracheal tube to prevent aspiration in adult surgical intensive care unit patients: a feasibility study. Respir Care 55:3(294-302)2010 Mar

18945243. Shayne P, Lin M, Ufberg JW, Ankel F, Barringer K, Morgan-Edwards S, DeIorio N, Asplin B, The effect of emergency department crowding on education: blessing or curse? Acad Emerg Med 16:1(76-82)2009 Jan

18280090. Vilke GM, Ufberg JW, Harrigan RA, Chan TC, Evaluation and treatment of acute urinary retention. J Emerg Med 35:2(193-8)2008 Aug

17499391. Karras DJ, Kruus LK, Cienki JJ, Wald MM, Ufberg JW, Shayne P, Wald DA, Heilpern KL, Utility of routine testing for patients with asymptomatic severe blood pressure elevation in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 51:3(231-9)2008 Mar

17239740. Harrigan RA, Chan TC, Moonblatt S, Vilke GM, Ufberg JW, Temporary transvenous pacemaker placement in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med 32:1(105-11)2007 Jan

17046484. Chappell S, Vilke GM, Chan TC, Harrigan RA, Ufberg JW, Peripheral venous cutdown. J Emerg Med 31:4(411-6)2006 Nov

16551775. Murray SB, Bates DW, Ngo L, Ufberg JW, Shapiro NI, Charlson Index is associated with one-year mortality in emergency department patients with suspected infection. Acad Emerg Med 13:5(530-6)2006 May

16492489. Karras DJ, Kruus LK, Cienki JJ, Wald MM, Chiang WK, Shayne P, Ufberg JW, Harrigan RA, Wald DA, Heilpern KL, Evaluation and treatment of patients with severely elevated blood pressure in academic emergency departments: a multicenter study. Ann Emerg Med 47:3(230-6)2006 Mar

16308110. Ufberg JW, Clark JS, Bradydysrhythmias and atrioventricular conduction blocks. Emerg Med Clin North Am 24:1(1-9, v)2006 Feb

16293506. Berg DA, Milner RE, Demangone D, Ufberg JW, McKernan E, Fisher CA, Gaughan JP, Grewal H, Dempsey DT, Goldberg AJ, Successful collaborative model for trauma skills training of surgical and emergency medicine residents in a laboratory setting. Curr Surg 62:6(657-62, discussion 663)2005 Nov-Dec

16141017. Karras DJ, Ufberg JW, Heilpern KL, Cienki JJ, Chiang WK, Wald MM, Harrigan RA, Wald DA, Shayne P, Gaughan J, Kruus LK, Elevated blood pressure in urban emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med 12:9(835-43)2005 Sep

15915418. Ufberg JW, Bushra JS, Karras DJ, Satz WA, Kueppers F, Aspiration of gastric contents: association with prehospital intubation. Am J Emerg Med 23:3(379-82)2005 May

15837033. Ufberg JW, Lex J, Abdominal calcifications on unenhanced CT scan due to gummy bear ingestion. J Emerg Med 28:4(469-70)2005 May

15765324. Karras DJ, Ufberg JW, Harrigan RA, Wald DA, Botros MS, McNamara RM, Lack of relationship between hypertension-associated symptoms and blood pressure in hypertensive ED patients. Am J Emerg Med 23:2(106-10)2005 Mar

15726058. Ufberg JW, Karras DJ, Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Imported Lassa fever--New Jersey, 2004. Ann Emerg Med 45:3(323-6)2005 Mar

15666273. Ufberg JW, Bushra JS, Patel D, Wong E, Karras DJ, Kueppers F, A new pepsin assay to detect pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents among newly intubated patients. Am J Emerg Med 22:7(612-4)2004 Nov

15388222. Ufberg JW, Vilke GM, Chan TC, Harrigan RA, Anterior shoulder dislocations: beyond traction-countertraction. J Emerg Med 27:3(301-6)2004 Oct

15028333. Vilke GM, Harrigan RA, Ufberg JW, Chan TC, Emergency evaluation and treatment of priapism. J Emerg Med 26:3(325-9)2004 Apr

12865106. Ufberg JW, McNeil B, Swisher L, Ruptured renal artery aneurysm: an uncommon cause of acute abdominal pain. J Emerg Med 25:1(35-8)2003 Jul

10645830. McNamara RM, Ufberg JW, Emergency physician hiring practices: the effects of certain conditions on employability. J Emerg Med 18:1(17-20)2000 Jan

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