Attending Physician
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Shira J. Gertz is an Attending Physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ and a Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She is a full-time clinician with an active clinical research career. A participant in many multi-site trials she is an author on over 115 peer reviewed publications. Her research interests include pediatric respiratory failure, sepsis and the intersection of pediatric critical illness and the immunocompromised child. Additionally, Dr Gertz is active in quality improvement work at the hospital, system and national level. She chairs her hospital Pediatric Safety and Pharmacy & Therapeutics Commitees, serves on her local (hospital) Institutional Review Board, and serves on her system Conflict of Interest Committee, System Formulary Committee and Pediatric Quality Council. Dr. Gertz loves to travel, read and spend time with her family.