NickZessisMD

Hospitalist

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics l Division of Hospital-Based Medicine l Department of Pediatrics l Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago l Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Office
225 E Chicago Ave, Box # 152
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-227-7410

Summary

Dr. Zessis is a board certified Academic Pediatric Hospitalist at Northwestern University's Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Prentice Women's Hospital. A Chicago-area native, he obtained Bachelor and Medical degrees from Northwestern University. He completed Pediatric Residency training at Washington University School of Medicine. His clinical interests include Hospital-Based Medicine and General Pediatrics. Medical education, specifically enhancing resident led teaching of medical students, and Neurofibromatosis, constitute his main research interests.

Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Pediatrics, 2016 - 2019
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2016
Northwestern UniversityBA, Biological Sciences, Cum Laude, 2008 - 2012

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
MO State Medical License 2016 - 2019
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Graduation Grand Rounds Speaker Washington University School of Medicine, 2019
Pediatric Resident Quality Improvement Symposium Winner Washington University School of Medicine, 2019
Resident National Scholarship Award Society of Hospital Medicine, 2019
Resident Teacher of the Year Washington University School of Medicine, 2019
Pediatric Clerkship Teaching Award Washington University School of Medicine, 2018
High Five Award Washington University School of Medicine, 2018
Chief Resident Award Washington University School of Medicine, 2018
Biological Sciences Departmental Honors Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, 2012
Adolf Frederick Lange Student Scholar Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2012
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Unusual Presentation of Pediatric Scurvy: A Necrotic Gastrostomy Tube Site in a 14-Year-Old Boy.
Nicholas R Zessis, Sarah W Peters, Jonathan D Samet, Simon Parzen-Johnson, Laura T Russo
The American Journal of Case Reports. 2023-07-19
2 citations
Teaching scripts via smartphone app facilitate resident-led teaching of medical students
Nicholas R. Zessis, Amanda R. Dube, Arhanti Sadanand, Jordan Cole, Christine Hrach
BMC Medical Education. 2021-06-08
6 citations
Height Growth Impairment in Children With Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Is Characterized by Decreased Pubertal Growth Velocity in Both Sexes.
Nicholas R Zessis, Feng Gao, Gayathri Vadlamudi, David H. Gutmann, Abby S. Hollander
Journal of Child Neurology. 2018-07-16

Journal Articles

Severe bilateral adrenal hemorrhages in a newborn complicated by persistent adrenal insufficiency
Zessis NR, Nicholas JL, Stone SI, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2/2018