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Teaching Faculty

Lisa Drago, DO, FAAP

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric EMS Medical Director
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Education and Training

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA
Internship: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ
Residency: Pediatrics - Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Institute for Children, Wilmington, DE
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Emergency Medical Services

Awards & Honors

2012 Outstanding EMS Physician Nomination, NJ Department of Health, Office of EMS, SJ Magazine "Top Docs for Kids" 2020

About Me

Lisa Drago, DO, is the Pediatric EMS Medical Director at Cooper University Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. She graduated from West Chester University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry. As an undergraduate Dr. Drago became involved in Emergency Medical Services as a volunteer EMT and was the EMS director for West Chester University EMS. She then earned her medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine where she was inducted into the PSI Sigma Alpha National Osteopathic Scholastic Honor Society. Dr. Drago completed a Pediatric Osteopathic Internship at Newark Beth Israel Hospital and a Pediatric Residency at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children. She then went on to complete a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Drago is passionate about prehospital education. She enjoys serving as faculty for Cooper’s EMS fellowship program and providing education to prehospital providers. Dr. Drago received a pediatric prehospital education grant from the Cooper Foundation to provide pediatric education and simulation for prehospital providers. Her special interests include addressing pediatric pain and safe transport of pediatric patients. She has had the privilege of speaking at The National Conference on EMS, EMS Today The JEMS Conference and Exposition, The EMS World Expo and many local/regional conferences.