AlexanderLeeWerneMD

Urgent Care Physician

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Dr. Alexander Werne is a pediatrician in Bay Area and is affiliated with Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group and San Francisco General Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed his residency at University of California San Francisco. Prior to working full time in Urgent Care, he worked for a year as a Pediatric ICU hospitalist and completed a fellowship in Pediatric Clinical Simulation. He is experienced in pediatrics, global health, clinical simulation and public speaking.

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Pediatrics, 2017 - 2020
Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 2017
University of ConnecticutBachelor of Science in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, 2009 - 2013

Gold Humanism Honor Society 2017
Wadleigh Memorial Award for Student Excellence in International and Cross-Cultural Research UCONN School of Medicine, 2014

PubMed

4 citations
Effectiveness of a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Curriculum in a Public Tanzanian Referral Hospital.
Carol C Chen, Alexander L Werne, Katharine A. Osborn, Holly Vo, Upendo George
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019-12-19
Erratum: This Article Corrects: "Effectiveness of a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Curriculum in a Public Tanzanian Referral Hospital".
Carol C Chen, Alexander L Werne, Katharine A. Osborn, Holly Vo, Upendo George
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020-01-17
Changing the conversation: impact of guidelines designed to optimize interprofessional facilitation of simulation-based team training.
Mindy Ju, Naike Bochatay, Alexander Werne, Jenna Essakow, Lisa Tsang
Advances in Simulation. 2024-10-12

Books/Book Chapters

Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors in the Emergency Department
Chapter: New Onset Cancer
Woolridge DLippencott Williams and WilkinsEdition 1,

Abstracts/Posters

A revised, stature-based dosing method of antimicrobial medications for underweight pediatric patients in low resource settings
Werne A, Dieckhaus, Research Symposium at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT, 2017
Knowledge, Attitudes and Barriers of Infection Control among Healthcare Workers in Rural Uganda
Werne A, Dieckhaus K, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Boston, MA, 2015
A Simplified, Stature-Based Method for Dosing Antiepileptic Therapy in Children Presenting with Status Epilepticus
Werne A, Dieckhaus K, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Boston MA, 2015