Zaffer A. Qasim, MBBS, FRCEM, FRCPC(EM), EDIC
He/him
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Emergency Department Liaison to Trauma Physician Council
- Emergency Department Representative to the Airway Safety Committee
- Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
My education and training
- Aga Khan University HospitalResidency
- Whiston HospitalResidency
- North West School of SurgeryResidency
- Christiana Care Health SystemResidency
- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma CenterFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
اردو
Urdu
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Qasim is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Emergency Medicine, 2018
- American Academy of Emergency Medicine, National
- American College of Emergency Physician, National
- British Association for Immediate Care-UK, National
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine-UK, National
- Society for Critical Care Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Carunchio M, Qasim Z “World’s Okayest Medic Podcast: Zaf Qasim MD: Crashing Peds, Asthma, Anaphylaxis” , World's Okayest Medic Podcast: 2026
Jaffery SR, Qasim Z Modern Approach to Vascular Access in the Critically Ill Patient , Emergency Medicine Clinics North America, 44(4): 2026
Hutchison-Bazely H, Qasim Z JC: Prehospital Whole Blood in Traumatic Haemorrhage – The SWiFT Randomised Controlled Trial , St Emlyn's Blog https://www.stemlynsblog.org/pre-hospital-whole-blood/: 2026
Picetti E, Demetriades AK, Depreitere B, Peraud A, Catena F, Robba C; and EANS-WSES TBI in Pregnancy Consensus Group The management of severe isolated traumatic brain injury in pregnancy: A joint consensus statement from the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) and the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES). , Brain and Spine: 2026
Zaffer Qasim, Randall Schaefer, Bruce Tilson, John Dunn, Sam Patrick Tactical transfusion—Importance and logistics of integrating prehospital blood in tactical EMS operations , Transfusion: 2026
Hagahmed M, Qasim Z Trauma Talks with Zaf Qasim , EMERGE in EM podcast: 2025
Ferrada P, Shafique S, Brenner M, Burlew C, Catena F, Coleman J, Coleman J, Demetriades D, Demoya M, Di Saverio S, Dissanaike S, Dransfield T, DuBose J, Duchesne J, Elkbuli A, Foianini E, Gambardella J, Garcia A, Goldberg A, Goralnick E, Holcomb J, Jonathan M, Joseph B, Jacobs L, Kerby J, Lawerance R, Leichtle S, Lucas C, Machain G, Macleod J, Maher Z, Martin M, Mendez N, Menegozzo C, Merlini I, Namias N, Narayan M, Ordonez C, Ottolino P, Patel M, Qasim ZA, Quiodettis M, Young LS, Ratnasekera A, Rayburn D, Salamea J, Sarani B, Scalea T, Seamon M, Spain D, Steele P, Taghavi S, Tatebe L, Vega F, Velmahos G, Zakrison T, Biffl WL, Damaskos D, Coccolini F, Vallicelli C, Moore EE, Ansaloni L, Kluger Y. Prioritizing circulation over airway to improve survival in trauma patients with exsanguinating injuries: a world society of emergency surgery-panamerican trauma consensus statement , World J Emerg Surg, 20(1): 2025
Ciesielski I, Qasim Z. Hocus pocus: advanced point-of-care ultrasound from the trauma bay to the surgical ICU , Trauma Surgery Acute Care Open, 14(10): 2025
SPARC Academy; Duchesne J, Piehl M, Antevy P, Qasim Z, Schaefer R, Stotsenburg M, Pineda C, Coyle C, Dransfield T, Byrne T, Van Sumeren A. Evaluating the efficacy of prehospital transfusion: A critical analysis , Academic Emergency Medicine, 12: 2024
Qasim Z, Craugh L ECMO in the trauma patient , EAST TraumaCast: 2024