Zachary F. Meisel, MD
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, Center for Emergency Care Research and Policy
  • Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • William G. Baxt Professor in Emergency Medicine

Education and training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: 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.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Meisel is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Schapira MM, Chhatre S, Dow PM, Leonard CE, Groeneveld P, Prigge JM, Roberts C, Meisel ZF, Parikh RB, Jayadevappa R, Paulson EC, Krouse RS, Suda KJ, Kumar P, Muluk V, Hubbard RA. The impact of opioid use associated with curative-intent cancer surgery on safe opioid prescribing practice among veterans: An observational study. , Cancer, 131(8): 2025


Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Engel-Rebitzer E, Friedman A, Shofer F, Dolan A, Hess EP, Perrone J, Schapira MM, Meisel ZF. Racial Disparities in Unmet Pain Treatment Preference, Pain Treatment Satisfaction and Subsequent Opioid Misuse: A Secondary Analysis of a National Multisite RCT. , J Gen Intern Med: 2025


Dupuis R, Spergel JM, Brown-Whitehorn TF, Troxel AB, Kenny EL, Block JP, Feuerstein-Simon R, Luna Marti X, Mollen CJ, Meisel ZF, Volpp KG, Gortmaker SL, Cannuscio CC Incidence of accidental food allergic reactions among adolescents with food allergies engaged in food allergy management , Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol , 134(6): 2025,719-723


Doupnik SK, Bowden CF, Worsley D, Keating C, Foster AA, Quarshie W, Min J, Schulz P, Tani IJ, Meisel Z, Marcus SC Impact of telemental health on suicide prevention care in U.S. emergency departments. , Acad Emerg Med: 2025


Unachukwu IC, Adjei-Poku MN, Sailors OC, Gonzales R, South E, Meisel Z, Kelz RR, Cappola AR, Friedman AB. Images in Black and White: Disparities in Utilization of Computed Tomography and Ultrasound for Older Adults with Abdominal Pain. , West J Emerg Med: 2025


Hodgkin D, Thomas CP, Davis MT, Wicks JJ, Greenfield SF, Meisel ZF, Horgan CM The Financial Sustainability of Programs to Initiate Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Department Settings , Acad Emerg Med: 2025


Doupnik SK, Bowden CF, Worsley D, Keating C, Cassidy K, Foster AA, Quarshie W, Min J, Meisel Z, Marcus SC Suicide Prevention and Telehealth in Children’s Hospital Emergency Departments , Pediatr Emerg Care: 2024


Vargas LX, Ariefdjohan M, Page CE, Meisel ZF, Ulrich CM, Alegría M, Pimentel N, Epperson CN, Richmond TS Field Notes from the Border: Lessons Learned in Conducting Mental Health Research Involving Newly Arrived Latinx Immigrants as Study Participants , J Immigr Minor Health: 2024


Nesoff ED, Meisel ZF, Saeed H, Martins SS Neighborhood and Individual Disparities in Community-Based Naloxone Access for Opioid Overdose Prevention , J Urban Health, 101(1): 2024,64-74


Wang X, Meisel Z, Kellom K, Whitaker J, Strane D, Chatterjee A, Rosenquist R, Matone M. Receipt and duration of buprenorphine treatment during pregnancy and postpartum periods in a national privately-insured cohort. , Drug Alcohol Depend Rep, 9: 2023


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