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Shari Schabowski serves as an adjunct lecturer within the Health, Wellness, and Medical Studies department of the Borra College of Health Sciences. Her continuing work as an emergency room physician brings a wealth of practical knowledge to share with her students. She is currently a senior attending physician at Cook County Hospital in the Department of Emergency Medicine and an attending physician at Rush Oak Park Hospital in their Emergency Department. Previously, she has worked in the emergency departments at Loretto Hospital, Westlake Hospital, West Suburban Hospital, Michael Reese Hospital, Annapolis Hospital, and Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Prior to coming to ÖØ¿ÚζSM, Dr. Schabowski taught at Rush Medical College and Malcolm X College. 

Dr. Schabowski serves as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine. She has contributed to a variety of professional book and periodical publications. She has also been an active lecturer presenting on an array of emergency medicine topics. Her current professional memberships include the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. 

Dr. Schabowski earned her M.D. at Rush University and completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital.

Certificates and Licensures
Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners, June 1991
Diplomat, American Board of Emergency Medicine, November 1994-2004, Recertification, December 2004- 2014
Selected Publications

Schabowski, S. (2015). Blow Out Fracture in Schaider J., Barkin, R., Hayden, S., Wolfe, R., Barkin, A., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (eds.), 5 Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (5th ed.), 652-658. Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved from

Schabowski, S. (2015). Dacryocystitis and Dacryoadenitis in Schaider J., Barkin, R., Hayden, S., Wolfe, R., Barkin, A., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (eds.), 5 Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (5th ed.), 1097-1103. Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved from

Schabowski, S. (2015). Hordeolum and Chalazion in Schaider J., Barkin, R., Hayden, S., Wolfe, R., Barkin, A., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (eds.), 5 Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (5th ed.), 1967-1971. Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved from .  

Roberts, R., Hota, B., Ahmad, I., Scott, R., Foster, S., Abbasi, F., Schabowski, S., Kampe, L., Ciavarella, G., Supino, M., Naples, J., Cordell, R., Levy, S., & Weinstein, R. (2009). Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship. Clinical infectious diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 49(8), 1175–1184. DOI:

Cosby, K., Roberts, R., Palivos, L., Ross, C., Schaider, J., Sherman, S., Nasr, I., Couture, E., Lee, M., Schabowski, S., Ahmad, I., & Scott, R. (2008). Characteristics of patient care management problems identified in emergency department morbidity and mortality investigations during 15 years. Annals of emergency medicine, 51(3), 251–261.e1. DOI:

Selected Presentations
Grand Round Lecture – Cook County Hospital Department, Resuscitating the Sick Asthmatic, July 2020 of Emergency Medicine,
Grand Round Lecture – Cook County Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Syncope, January 2020
Grand Round Lecture – Cook County Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Jeopardy, June 2019
Grand Round Lecture – Cook County Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Resuscitation Made Ridiculously Simple, May 2019
Grand Round Lecture – Cook County Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Schticks and Tricks, April 2019
Awards and Grants
Connie Greene Excellence in Teaching Award from the JHS Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Program Class of 2006-7

 

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