Zaffer A. Qasim, MBBS, FRCEM, FRCPC(EM), EDIC
He/him
Trauma Surgery, 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

Education and training

  • Medical School: Baqai Medical University
  • Residency: Aga Khan University Hospital
  • Residency: Mersey Deanery
  • Residency: Whiston Hospital
  • Residency: Northwest Deanery
  • Residency: Christiana Care
  • Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center

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.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
  • Lancaster General Hospital
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Qasim is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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


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: 2024


Bosson N, Abo BN, Litchfield TD, Qasim Z, Steenberg MF, Toy J, Osuna-Garcia A, Lyng J. Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Management of the Entrapped Patient - a Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP , Prehospital Emergency Care: 2024,1-13


Carenzo L, Calgaro G, Rehn M, Perkins Z, Qasim ZA, Gamberini L, Ter Avest E. Contemporary management of traumatic cardiac arrest and peri-arrest states: a narrative review , Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, 4(1): 2024


Qasim ZA, Joseph B Intraosseous access in the resuscitation of patients with trauma: the good, the bad, the future , Trauma Surgery Acute Care Open: 2024


Picetti E, Demetriades AK, Catena F, Aarabi B, Abu-Zidan FM, Alves OL, Ansaloni L, Armonda RA, Badenes R, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Barbanera A, Bertuccio A, Biffl WL, Bouzat P, Buki A, Castano-Leon AM, Cerasti D, Citerio G, Coccolini F, Coimbra R, Coniglio C, Costa F, De Iure F, Depreitere B, Fainardi E, Fehlings MJ, Gabrovsky N, Godoy DA, Gruen P, Gupta D, Hawryluk GWJ, Helbok R, Hossain I, Hutchinson PJ, Iaccarino C, Inaba K, Ivanov M, Kaprovoy S, Kirkpatrick AW, Klein S, Kolias A, Konovalov NA, Lagares A, Lippa L, Loza-Gomez A, Luoto TM, Maas AIR, Maciejczak A, Maier RV, Marklund N, Martin MJ, Melloni I, Mendoza-Lattes S, Meyfroidt G, Munari M, Napolitano LM, Okonkwo DO, Otomo Y, Papadopoulos MC, Petr O, Peul WC, Pudkrong AK, Qasim Z, Rasulo F, Reizinho C, Ringel F, Rizoli S, Rostami E, Rubiano AM, Russo E, Sarwal A, Schwab JM, Servadei F, Sharma D, Sharif S, Shiban E, Shutter L, Stahel PF, Taccone FS, Terpolilli NA, Thomé C, Toth P, Tsitsopoulos PP, Udy A, Vaccaro AR, Varon AJ, Vavilala MS, Younsi A, Zackova M, Zoerle T, Robba C. Early management of adult traumatic spinal cord injury in patients with polytrauma: a consensus and clinical recommendations jointly developed by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) & the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) , World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 19(1): 2024