Jessica Zerzan, MD

Assistant Medical Director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Medical School: SUNY Downstate

Residency: SUNY Downstate

Fellowship - Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Maimonides Medical Center

Professional Interests: Administration and fellowship/residency education

Jessica Zerzan is a pediatric emergency medicine attending physician at Maimonides Medical Center. She graduated from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and stayed on to complete a residency in pediatrics at SUNY Downstate. This was followed by fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Maimonides Medical Center. She has been practicing pediatric emergency medicine for over 10 years and has trained countless residents and pediatric emergency medicine fellows. 

Selected Publications:

Guernsey III, D. T., Slobod, E., Silver, M., Cohen, L., Ali, A., Toure, A., & Zerzan, J. (2023). The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric mental health: A pediatric emergency department's perspective. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 71, 95-98.

Zerzan, J., Butt, M., Kun, K., Fassassi, C., Masoudi, A., LoVerde, A., ... & Motov, S. (2022). 247 Comparison of Nebulized Sub-Dissociative Dose Ketamine at Three Different Dosing Regimens for Treating Acute Pain in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized Double-Blind Trial. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 80(4), S108.

Okereke, M., Zerzan, J., Fruchter, E., Pallos, V., Seegers, M., Quereshi, M., ... & Rizkalla, C. (2022). Educating and empowering inner-city high school students in bleeding control. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 23(2), 186.

Guernsey III, D., Pfeffer, M., Kimpo, J., Vazquez, H., & Zerzan, J. (2022). COVID-19 and serious bacterial infection in febrile infants less than 60 days old. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 23(5), 754.

Arroyo, A. C., Zerzan, J., Vazquez, H., Dickman, E., Likourezos, A., Hossain, R., & Bonadio, W. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for intussusception performed by pediatric emergency medicine physicians. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 60(5), 626-632.

Rizkalla, C., Arroyo, A., Zerzan, J., O’Keefe, M., Okereke, M., Dickman, E., ... & Marshall, J. (2020). Urban emergency department response to measles outbreak. Annals of emergency medicine, 76(1), 78-84.

Terentiev, V., Dickman, E., Zerzan, J., & Arroyo, A. (2015). Idiopathic infant pyocele: a case report and review of the literature. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 48(4), e93-e96.