Frederick Thum Iii - Emergency Medicine

About Me

Dr. Thum is a practicing emergency physician and informaticist with interests in usability, Health IT safety and new paradigms of healthcare delivery and engagement such as telemedicine and digital health. He is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and Board Certified in Clinical Informatics by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Thum graduated magna cum laude from Drexel University after which he completed his MD at Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School.

Dr. Thum has extensive experience in usability, implementation and workflow redesign. He conducted usability testing for a NIH-NIA funded study Improving management of acute pain for older adults in the Emergency Department (ED) setting. He has served as a consultant and advisor to telemedicine startups and has organized nationally attended conferences on connected health. He has used telemedicine to deliver care locally for a fortune 500 company in Midtown and as far away as a military base in Djibouti.

Regional / National Committees / Advisory Boards:

TouchCare Telehealth Consultant

Language

English

Position

ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Emergency Medicine

Hospital Affiliations

Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai West

Education

MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Internship, Transitional Year

St. Barnabas Medical Center

Residency, Emergency Medicine

Mount Sinai Hospital

Fellowship, Other, Not Listed

Mount Sinai Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Emergency Medicine

Insurance Information

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Publications

Publications:4

Selected Publications

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Industry Relationships

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Thum III during 2023 and/or 2024. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Outside Employment

Medrite

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.

Frederick Thum Iii, MD

Emergency Medicine

About Me

Language

Position

Hospital Affiliations

About Me

Language

Position

Hospital Affiliations

Education

MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Internship, Transitional Year

Residency, Emergency Medicine

Fellowship, Other, Not Listed

Certifications

American Board of Emergency Medicine

Insurance Information

Publications

Selected Publications

Industry Relationships