Penn Medicine Provider
Emergency Medicine
Edward T. Dickinson, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
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About me

  • Director, EMS Field Operations
  • Medical Director, PennStar Flight
  • Physician Safety Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Program Director, EMS Fellowship
  • Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Residency: Medical Center of Delaware

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Dickinson is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Kumar S, Song J, Reilly PM, Dickinson ET, Buckler DG, Haddad DN, Kaufman EJ. Crossing the line: access to trauma care across state borders. , Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2024;9:e001228: 2024


Dickinson, ET “Renal and Hematology Emergencies” , Emergency Care (14th Edition): 2021,763 - 781


Anesi GL, Meyer NJ, Reilly JP, Schweickert WD, Mikkelsen ME, Myers EV, Dickinson ET, Kelly MP, Pegues DA, Fishman NO. Preparedness Tested: Severe Cerebral Malaria Presenting as a High-Risk Person Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease at a US Hospital. , Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 May 8:1-6. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.53. Online ahead of print., 5: 2020,1-6


Utsha G. Khatri, MD and Edward T. Dickinson, MD Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, or Is It? , Journal of Emergency Medicine: 2018


Du Pont D, Griesser C, Shofer F, Dickinson E The effect of limb elevation on bleeding control in a human venous hemorrhage model , J Trauma Crit Care , 2(1): 2018,12-15


Love JS, Dickinson ET. Toxic Terrorism: A review of chemical warfare agents and updates in treatment , J Emerg Med , 42(9): 2017,52-57


DuPont D, Dickinson ET. Identifying and treating accidental hypothermia , J Emerg Med , 42(11): 2017,54-58


Dickinson, ET Dr. Granito Key Note Address: Is there a Doctor in the (Fire) House? , International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management 2016;10: 23-25., 10: 2016,23-25


Limmer D; O’Keefe MF, Dickinson ET (eds). Emergency Care (13th ed.) , Emergency Care (13th ed.): 2016


Dickinson ET “Renal and Hematology Emergencies” , Emergency Care (13th Edition): 2016