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MEDICAL RESUMES ALM EXPERTS: New Jersey Edition 2020

Thomas Wetjen, D.O.
Emergency Medicine Board Certified (AOBEM)
[email protected]
(856) 625-3005

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Emergency Medicine Physician, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Washington Township Hospital
Skilled in managing acute and urgent causes of undifferentiated illness and injury
Areas of expertise include:
• Infections and Sepsis
• Cardiovascular (Acute Myocardial Infarction and Aortic Disease)
• Cerebrovascular (Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke, Carotid Artery Dissection)
• Spine (Cauda Equina Syndrome and Epidural Abscess)
• Pulmonary (Pulmonary Embolism, COPD, and Asthma)
• Traumatic Injuries and Fractures
• Retained Foreign Bodies and Wound Complications
• Abdominal and Genitourinary (Appendicitis and Testicular Torsion)
July 2005 – present

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Medical Director, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Washington Township Hospital
Manage an Emergency Physician Group that evaluates and treats 70,000 patients annually
Member of Performance Review Committee and Peer Review – Emergency Department, Performance
Management Committee, Sepsis Committee, Neuroscience Committee, Hospital Flow Committee, Patient
Experience Committee
January 2011 – present
Assistant Medical Director, Kennedy Health, Washington Township, NJ
July 2008 – December 2010
Medical Director Ambulance Squad, Washington Township, NJ
January 2011 – present
Litigation Stress Support, Mentor physicians during litigation for a large physician staffing company

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Clinical Instructor Emergency Medicine, Teaching affiliate of the Rowan University - School of
Osteopathic Medicine, Core Faculty

TRAINING
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Emergency/Internal Medicine Combined Residency, July 2000 – June 2005
Kennedy Health System, NJ

EDUCATION
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, 2000
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
B.S., physiology, honors, 1995

LEADERSHIP AWARDS AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Chief’s Award, Internal Medicine/Leadership Recognition, June 2003
Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine, July 2004 – June 2005, UMDNJ
Clinical Instructor of the Year Award Emergency Medicine, 2013, UMDNJ-SOM/KH
Faculty Discussant – Clinical Pathological Case Competition
October 14, 2012, Denver, CO - ACOEP National Conference
October 18, 2015, Orlando, FL – ACOEP National Conference
July 21, 2016, Avoidable Imaging National Webinar Series ACEP E-QUAL Initiatives – Lumbar
Spine
April 5, 2018, Opiate Initiative, Reducing Opiate Abuse and Misuse, TeamHealth National
Conference
September 26, 2018, The Patient Experience – Lecture to Rowan SOM EM Residents

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