Penn Medicine Provider
Infectious Diseases
Zsofia Szep, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
  • Residency: Temple University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Szep is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Duong MT, Ungemach A, Malik F, Wasserman N, Cooper, K, Pantel AR, O'Neil JC, Szep Z Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor of the spinal cord: Case report and literature review , Journal of Neuroimmunology: 2024


Duong MT, Tebas P, Ancha B, Baron J, Chary P, Isaacs SN, Szep Z Combination of Extended Antivirals with Antiretrovirals for Severe Mpox in Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Case Series of 4 patients , Open Forum Infectious diseases, 11(3): 2024,2


Zsofia Szep, David Bennett, Paulina Pok, Vincent Mason, Corina Ramos, Adrian Jones, Rachel Fox Linkage rates and factors associated with linkage from a medication for opioid use disorder mobile clinic in Philadelphia with a focus on African American individuals , Oral Presentation, American Public Health Association, November 2022, Boston, MA: 2022


Benjamin Semeao, Alyssa Mezechow, Zsofia Szep A Fishy Situation:An Unusal Case of a Liver Abscess , IDSA, ID week poster presentation, Washington, D.C.: 2022


Grethlein D, Pirrone V, Devlin K, Dampier W, Szep Z, Winston FK, Ontaon S, Walshe EA, Malone K, Tillma S, Ances BM, Kandadai V, Kolson DL, Wigdahl B Examining virtual driving test perfromance and its relationship to individuals with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders , Frontiers in Neuroscience: 2022


Mainville J, Gracely E, Szep Z Drexel Medicine Resident Knowledge Attitudes and Practices Regarding Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis , IDSA Virtual Conference, Boston, MA: 2020


Szep Z., Conway H., Cui S, Evans A. Weight Gain in Treatment Naïve Newly Diagnosed HIV Infected Persons after Initiation of Integrase Inhibitor Based Regimens. , IDSA Virtual Conference, New Orleans, LA: 2020


Szep Z. Incorporating Telemedicine into Care at an Urban HIV Clinic. , National Ryan White Conference, Washington, DC: 2020


Coppock D, Lee I, Weintraub C, Connors D, Althoff A, Szep Z Buprenorphine Naloxone (Suboxone) Initiation Protocol for Patients using Heroin or Short Acting Opioids , National Ryan White Conference, Washington, DC: 2020


Brown-Valentine C, Connors D, Carroll, T, Reyer J, Szep Z The Impact of a Gender Specific Support Group in a Philadelphia HIV Clinic. , National Ryan White Conference, Washington, DC: 2020