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Bon S. Ku, MD, MPP
Marta & Robert Adelson Professor of Medicine & Design
Assistant Dean, Health & Design
Director, IDeA Program
Director, Health Design Lab
Contact Information
1020 Sansom Street
Thompson Building, Suite 239
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-955-6844
215-923-6225 fax
Marta & Robert Adelson Professor of Medicine & Design
Assistant Dean, Health & Design
Director, IDeA Program
Director, Health Design Lab
Education
Medical School
Milton S. Hershey Medical School
Residency
Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
(Chief Resident 2004-2005) Internal Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey PA
Fellowship
Emergency Ultrasound, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Exploring the Impact of the Emergency Department Built Environment on Physician Workplace Stress: A Qualitative Study Utilizing High-Fidelity Virtual Reality
- Designing for community engagement: user-friendly refugee wellness center planning process and concept, a health design case study
- A novel simulation module for segmental mandibulectomy and mandible reconstruction using 3D models
- Can hospitalists think like designers?
- Design principles for cultivating a creative mindset in medicine
Board Certification
Emergency Medicine
Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Expertise & Research Interests
Expertise: Emergency Ultrasound
Research Interests:
Emergency ultrasound, improving health care for disadvantaged populations.
Memberships
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine