Drexel University College of Medicine

Dr. Steven Rosenzweig is board certified in Emergency Medicine and in Palliative Medicine. He extended his medical training through the study of anthroposophical medicine, a European-based system of integrative medicine. Dr. Rosenzweig participated in professional training under the direction of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC), and has completed the Teacher Development Intensive in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction offered at the Stress Reduction Clinic at UMMC. He also completed Professional Certification Training in Interactive Guided Imagery^sm through the Academy for Guided Imagery.

He is past Founding Medical and Academic Director of the Thomas Jefferson University Center of Integrative Medicine, which opened its doors in 1998. Dr. Rosenzweig has maintained a private practice in integrative medicine since 2007.

Affiliated Hospitals: Hahnemann University Hospital; Abington Memorial Hospital.

Additional Education and Training

• Professional Certification Training in Interactive Guided Imagery^sm

Selected Publications

"Enhanced psychosocial well-being following participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program is associated with increased natural killer cell activity"
Fang CY, Reibel DK, Longacre ML, Rosenzweig S, Campbell DE, and Douglas S
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, in press

"Mindfulness-based stress reduction for chronic pain conditions: Variation in treatment outcomes and role of home meditation practice"
Rosenzweig S, Greeson J, Reibel D, Green J, Jasser S, and Beasley D
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 68(1):29-36 (January 2010)

"Integrative Medicine Research at an Academic Medical Center: Patient Characteristics and Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes"
Greeson J, Rosenzweig S, Halbert SC, Cantor IS, Keener MT, and Brainard GC
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (2008)

"Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is Associated with Improved Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study"
Rosenzweig S, Reibel D, Greeson J, Jasser S, and McMearty K
Alternative Therapies, 13:36-37 (2007)

"Pilot Study of the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Glycemic Control and Psychological Well-Being in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus" (peer reviewed abstract)
Rosenzweig S, Reibel D, Greeson J, Jasser S, and McMearty K
Integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions into Medicine, Health Care, and Society, Annual Meeting (2006)

"Acute pain management in adults" (book chapter)
Rosenzweig S, Lopez B, and Mines D
In: The Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Ann Harwood-Nuss (Ed), J B Lippincott Co., Philadelphia (2005)

"Journal Peer Review in Integrative Medicine"
Hojat M and Rosenzweig S
Seminars in Integrative Medicine, 2:1-4 (2004)

"Mistletoe in cancer: A systematic review on controlled clinical trials"
Kienle GS, Berrino F, Bussing A, Portalupi E, Rosenzweig S, and Kiene H
European Journal of Medical Research, 8:109-119 (2003)

"Mindfulness-based stress reduction lowers psychological distress in medical students"
Rosenzweig S, Reibel DK, Greeson JM, Hojat, M, and Brainard GC
Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 15(2) (2003)

"Emergencies" (book chapter)
Rosenzweig S (contributor)
In: Clinician's Pocket Reference, Leonard G. Gomella and Steven A. Haist (Ed), McGraw Hill (2002)

"Pilot Study of the Arnica Compress to Relieve Acute Soft-tissue Pain" (peer reviewed abstract)
Rosenzweig S, Starrels J, Lopez B, Keener M, Greeson J, Davis-Moon L, and Jasper E
Academic Emergency Medicine, 9(5):396 (2002)

"Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health-related quality of life in a heterogeneous patient population"
Reibel DK, Greeson JM, Brainard GC, and Rosenzweig S
General Hospital Psychiatry, Vol 23;183-192 (2001)

Mindfulness meditation and stress physiology in medical students (peer reviewed abstract)
Greeson J, Rosenzweig S, Vogel W, Keener M, Perry A, and Brainard G
Psychosomatic Medicine, 63:158 (2001)

"Acute pain management in adults" (book chapter)
Rosenzweig S and Mines D
In: The Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Ann Harwood-Nuss (Ed). J B Lippincott Co., Philadelphia (2000)

Dr. Rosenzweig is a clinical associate professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine where he is director of the Medical Humanities and Professional Values Progam in the Office of Educational Affairs. He directs courses in bioethics, community service learning, and professionalism. Dr. Rosenzweig teaches mindfulness and integrative medicine, and has been developing mind-body projects as part of the community service curriculum.

He is also an adjunct associate professor at Jefferson Medical College where he currently lectures on botanical medicine and racial disparities in healthcare.

• Emergency Medicine
• Palliative Care

• Anthroposophical medicine
• Integrative medicine

• Emergency Medicine - Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Poster Presentations

"Immunologic changes following participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program"
C.Y. Fang, D.K. Reibel, S.D. Douglas, and S. Rosenzweig
Integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions into Medicine, Health Care, and Society, Annual Meeting (2005)

"Relationship of psychological type to preference for different forms of mindfulness meditation: Preliminary findings"
D. McCown, D. Reibel, and S. Rosenzweig
Integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions into Medicine, Health Care, and Society, Annual Meeting (2005)

"Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on health related quality of life in chronic pain patients"
S. Rosenzweig, D. Reibel, and J. Greeson
Integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions into Medicine, Health Care, and Society, Annual Meeting (2004)

"Assessment of resident communication skills in the emergency department"
S. Rosenzweig
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Annual Meeting (1995)

"Doctor-patient interaction in the emergency department"
S. Rosenzweig
American College of Emergency Physicians, Scientific Assembly (1992)