EdwardLifshitzMDFACP

Adolescent Medicine

Medical Director, Communicable Disease Service, NJ Department of Health

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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1987

PubMed

Inferring COVID-19 testing and vaccination behavior from New Jersey testing data.
Ari S Freedman, Justin K Sheen, Stella Tsai, Jihong Yao, Edward Lifshitz
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2024-04-23
Excess death estimates compared with state-reported and observed COVID-19 deaths, New Jersey and the United States, 2020-2022.
Diana Reichbind, Lemlem Mehari, Mojisola Ojo, Nagla Bayoumi, Edward Lifshitz
Frontiers in Public Health. 2024-01-01
9 citations
Bacterial septic arthritis infections associated with intra-articular injection practices for osteoarthritis knee pain-New Jersey, 2017.
Kathleen Ross, Jason Mehr, Barbara Carothers, Rebecca Greeley, Isaac Benowitz
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2019-07-17

Journal Articles

Case Report: Imported Case of Lassa Fever—New Jersey, May 2015
Debra Chew, Gregory Rokosz, David Cennimo, Edward I Lifshitz, Lincoln P Miller, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Monkeypox Vaccines Distributed to Local Health Departments Amid Rise in CasesJuly 20th, 2022
Holiday Gatherings, Travel Uptick, Decline in Mask-Wearing Spur New Rise in NJ COVID CasesApril 22nd, 2022
NJ COVID Emergency Shifts to 'Endemic': What That Means for YouMarch 4th, 2022
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