Dr. Bar's Fast Facts
Hometown: Fair Lawn, NJ
Undergrad: Cornell University
Medical School: Weill Cornell
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Cooper University Hospital
EMS Affiliations Past and Present: Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps., Cornell University EMS, Cooper EMS and Cooper Command agencies, NAEMSP
Special Interests: Disaster Medicine, Wilderness Medicine, FOAMed
Hobbies: Hiking, backpacking, grilling
Fun Fact: Dr. Bar has a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do
More About Dr. Bar
Jonathan Bar, MD grew up in Fair Lawn, NJ where he began his career in medicine by joining the local ambulance corps at the age of 16. Dr. Bar continued his passion for EMS while studying at Cornell University. He became director of Operations for Cornell University EMS while earning his BS with Distinction in Human Biology, Health and Society. Dr. Bar completed medical school at Weill Cornell, graduating with his MD with Honors in Research for his work on topical combat hemostatic agents. He finished his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Chief Resident in his final year. After completing residency, Dr. Bar returned to the EMS world, completing his fellowship in Emergency Medical Services at Cooper University Hospital. Most recently, Dr. Bar rejoined Penn Medicine as Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and is currently serving as the Director of Disaster Preparedness.
Dr. Bar is passionate about all topics in austere environment medicine, including: ground EMS, Air EMS, EMS medical direction, disaster medicine, and wilderness medicine. Dr. Bar also loves to teach both in person and online. You can check out his FOAMed site at medicinewithout.com.
In his spare time, Dr. Bar enjoys hiking, backpacking, studying leadership and history, and grilling.
Selected Publications:
Bar, J., Symonds, S., Du Pont, D., South, E., & Conlon, L. (2022). Using the National Incident Management System to Prepare Physicians for Rapid Responses: A Pilot Study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1-6. doi:10.1017/dmp.2022.197
Bar J, David A, Khader T, Mulcare M, Tedeschi C. Assessing Coagulation by Rotational Thromboelastometry (ROTEM) in Rivaroxaban-Anticoagulated Blood Using Hemostatic Agents. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017 Oct;32(5):580-587. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X17006641. Epub 2017 Jun 19. PubMed PMID: 28625215.
Bar J, Rosenberg J, Chan W, Panebianco N. Pearls & Oy-sters: Diagnosis and Monitoring of Elevated Intracranial Pressure through Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve. Neurology. 2019 Feb 5;92(6):299-301. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006888. PubMed PMID: 30718324.
Glick JE, Bar J. Herpes Simplex Virus-Associated Keratitis. J Emerg Med. 2021 May 15:S0736-4679(21)00171-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.02.032. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34006419.
Sangal RB, Bar J, Weiss B, Kelly M, Medina T. Accidental Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion.Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2018 May 18;2(3):262-263. doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2018.4.37749. eCollection 2018 Aug. PubMed PMID: 30083649; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6075491.
Peterson S, Musi M, Bar JL, Tedeschi C. Electronic Tablet Augmented Simulation: A Pilot Study. Wilderness Environ Med. 2015 Jun;26(2):282-4. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.12.023. Epub 2015 Mar 12. PubMed PMID: 25772826.