CONTACT INFORMATIONBIOGRAPHYCREDENTIALSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOSTimothy E. Lum, M.D.Contact InformationPhone NumbersOffice: (585) 341-6880Fax: (585) 341-8221A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty GroupgroupAn Accountable Health PartnerassignmentNot Accepting New PatientsLocationsEmergency Medicine, Box 31Box HHFaculty AppointmentsAssociate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine - Department of Emergency Medicine (SMD) Patient Care SettingsEmergency Medicine, Hospital MedicineBiographyTimothy E. Lum, M.D. is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and is Chief of the Emergency Department at Highland Hospital. www.urmc.edu/highland/departments-centers/emergency.aspx Dr. Lum was born and raised in Rochester, NY and attended Aquinas Institute. He went on to graduate from Boston College with a degree in English, and then spent two years in Truk, Micronesia where he taught high school as a Jesuit International Volunteer. Dr. Lum earned a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He attended medical school and completed a three-year residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.CredentialsSpecialtiesEducation2002MD | University of RochesterPost-doctoral Training & Residency06/24/2003 - 06/23/2005Residency in Emergency Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center06/18/2002 - 06/23/2003Internship in Emergency Medicine at University of Rochester Medical CenterPublicationsJournal Articles7/2005Lum TE, Fairbanks RJ, Pennington EC, Zwemer FL. "Profiles in patient safety: misplaced femoral line guidewire and multiple failures to detect the foreign body on chest radiography." Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.. 2005 Jul; 12(7):658-62. VIEW ALL PUBLICATIONSVideosplay_circle_filledA Geriatric-Friendly ED at Highlandplay_circle_filledHighland ED Partners with EMS to Care for Growing Elderly Population