Daniel J. Scherzer, MD

Daniel J. Scherzer, MD, is an attending physician in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the newly instituted Patient Safety and Simulation Center and a member of the Pediatric Analgesia and Sedation Service. Dr. Scherzer’s clinical interests include promoting the practice of cost-effective and common sense medicine, the reduction of iatrogenic morbidity, critique of clinical pathways and appropriate use of laboratory and radiology resources. Educational interests include the incorporation of Crew Resource Management principles and human actors into medical education and practice, direct precepting and experiential teaching of residents and medical students, as well as providing lectures and participating in educational seminars for pediatric emergency medicine fellows. Dr. Scherzer’s primary administrative interest is the development of the new simulation center of which the primary goal is the integration of simulation-based techniques into the hospital’s educational curricula and safety culture. He participates in the Doctor-Patient Relationship and Capstone courses for The OSU College of Medicine.

Gender:

• Male

Languages Spoken:

• English

Medical School

• Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  Date Completed: 05/30/1989

Internship

• Institute of Living
  Date Completed: 04/30/1990

Internship

• University of Connecticut
  Date Completed: 10/01/1990

Residency

• University of Connecticut
  Date Completed: 06/01/1992

Residency

• University of Connecticut
  Date Completed: 06/01/1993

Fellowship

• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  Date Completed: 06/30/1994

Fellowship

• Nationwide Children's Hospital
  Date Completed: 06/30/1996

Department:

• Pediatrics

Section:

• Emergency Medicine

Speciality:

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  
• Pediatrics
  

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital:

• 11/19/1996

• Scherzer D, Leder M, Tobias JD. 2012. Pro-con debate: etomidate or ketamine for rapid sequence intubation in pediatric patients.  J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. Vol. 17(2), no. April: 142-9.
• Daniel J. Scherzer, M.D. 2008. Rehydration Therapies and Antiemetics in Pediatric Patients in the ED.  Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine. Vol. 25, no. 10. (May).
• Daniel J. Scherzer, M.D. 2008. Giving Birth to a Simulation Center.  Neonatology Today. Vol. 3, no. 8. (January).
• Daniel J. Scherzer, M.D. 2008. Heat Related Injury: Knowing the Warning Signs.  Critical Measures, Nationwide Childrens’ Hospital. Vol. 9, no. 2. (January).
• Bonsu BK, Harper MB. 2007. Leukocyte counts in urine reflect the risk of concomitant sepsis in bacteriuric infants: a retrospective cohort study.  BMC Pediatr. Vol. 7, no. June: e24.
• Gary A. Smith, M.D., DrPH, Daniel J. Scherzer, M.D. 2004. Pediatric Farm Related Injuries: A Series of 96 Patients.  Clinical Pediatrics. Vol. 43, no. 4. (May): 335-342.
• Koranyi,K,I; Chapman,J; SCHERZER,D. 1997. Irritability and vomiting in a five-month old.  PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. Vol. 16, no. 12. (December): 1186-?.
• Daniel M. Cohen, MD and Daniel J. Scherzer, MD. 1997. Neonatal Resuscitation. In Handbook of Cardiovascular Emergencies. Edited by James Hoekstra, MD. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
• Katalin I. Koranyi, M.D., Jennifer I. Chapman, M.D., Daniel J. Scherzer, M.D. 1997. Irritability and Vomiting in a Five-Month-Old.  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Vol. 16, no. 12. (January).
• Daniel J. Scherzer, MD and Daniel M. Cohen, MD. 1997. Pediatric Resuscitation. In Handbook of Cardiovascular Emergencies. Edited by James Hoekstra, M.D.. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.