Robert Kosnik, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Robert Kosnik is a certified occupational medicine specialist in both the U.S. and Canada. In Canada, his practice provided professional services for more than 20 years to a variety of industry sectors, including health care.

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At UCSF, Kosnik provides leadership to Occupational Health Services with a focus on maintaining the health of the staff and preventing the transmission of communicable diseases in the UCSF Medical Center and the research laboratories.

Kosnik has contributed to professional associations as a past president of the Occupational and Environmental Association of Canada, a past chair of the examination committee for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in the specialty of occupational medicine, and president of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics in the United States. He is a clinical professor of medicine in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at UCSF.

Education & Training

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• M.D. School of Medicine University of Toronto 1976

Publications (5)

Top publication keywords:
Occupational MedicinePatient RightsOccupational ExposureAcademies and InstitutesNeedlestick InjuriesEnvironmental MedicineSentinel SurveillanceProfessional Practice LocationHospitals, UniversityBlood-Borne PathogensOccupational HealthHealth PersonnelHospitals, VeteransHotlinesTask Performance and Analysis

• Increased Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Hotline Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Unexpected Phenomenon.
  Workplace health & safety 2022 Kiok M, Guntur S, Blanc PD, Lozato O, Domingo G, Kosnik R, Ugbaja CE, Chan N, Ramos A, Domeracki S
• Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Symptomatic Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Health Care Workers During the Delta Variant Surge.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2022 Lopez A, Kosnik R, Blanc PD, Taylor BR, Guntur S
• Temporal Trends in COVID-19 Incidence in Two Healthcare Worker Cohorts.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2021 McNicholas JE, Kosnik R, Blanc PD, Taylor BR, Guntur S
• AOEC patient rights and relationship to ACOEM.
  International journal of occupational and environmental health 2008 Doyle E, Firestone J, Kosnik R, Goldsmith DF, Rogers B, Mulloy K, krantz A, Buckley L, Udasin IG, Rosenman K, Meyer J, AOEC Board of Directors
• Characteristics of occupational medicine practitioners and practice in Canada.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 1997 Holness DL, House RA, Corbet K, Kosnik R