Torsten A. Joerger, MD

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

MD - Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
Pediatrics - Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA and Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases
Pediatric infectious disease
Antimicrobial stewardship
Epidemiology
Cost effectiveness
Clinical trials
Fungal disease
Parent, M., et al.. Murine Macrophage Inflammatory cytokine production and Immune activation in response to Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection. Microbiology and Immunology. 2013, Apr; 57(4): 323-328. Cited in PubMed; PMID: doi: 10.1111/1348-04.
McLane, M.A., Joerger, T., Mahmoud, A .. Disintegrins in health and disease. Frontiers in Bioscience. 2008, May; 1(13): 6617-6637.
Joerger, Torsten. (2017). An Antimicrobial Stewardship Restriction Policy Administered in the Electronic Health Record Reduces Palivizumab Use Poster presented at: NIAID/IDSA Infectious Diseases Research Careers Meeting; Bethesda, MD.
Joerger, Torsten. (2016). Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Restriction on Palivizumab Administration Implemented through the Electronic Health Record Poster presented at: Pediatric Academic Society 2016 Annual Meeting; Baltimore, MD.
Joerger, Torsten. (2016). Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Restriction on Palivizumab Administration Implemented through the Electronic Health Record Oral Presentation presented at: Platform presentation at the Eastern Society For Pediatric Research 2016 Annual Meeting; Philadelphia, PA.
2011, Herma Heart Center Summer Research Scholar
2015-present, Infectious Diseases Society of America
2015-present, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society