Mark R. Sochor, MD, MS, FACEP
Mark R. Sochor, MD, MS, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Research Faculty, EMRO
Medical Director, UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics
Chair, Virginia DMV Medical Board
P. O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0699
Phone: (434) 924-8485
Fax: (434) 924-2877
E-mail: msochor@uvahealth.org
8/1/2022: Dr. Sochor was appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin to the Medical Advisory Board for the Department of Motor Vehicles
Education
- Injury Research Fellow, University of Michigan CIREN Center (2004)
- Residency, Emergency Medicine, Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center (2002)
- M.D., Wayne State University School of Medicine (1999)
- M.S., Wayne State University (1993)
- B.S., Michigan State University (1990)
Clinical and Research Interests
- Forensic radiology
- Blunt force trauma
- Alternative embalming techniques
- Medical resident and student education
- Motor vehicle crashes
- Injury taxonomy
Publications
- Brady, W., Sochor, M., Pepe, P., Maino II, J., & Dyer, K. (Eds.). (2024). Mass Gathering Medicine: A Guide to the Medical Management of Large Events. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Glass, G and Sochor MS. Approach to the Patient with Blunt Trauma (V2641) Clinical Overview -Project Artemis. ClinicalKey/Elsevier Updated March 19, 2024.
- DeGuzman PB, Abooali S, Sadatsafavi H, Bohac G, Sochor MR. Back to basics: Practical strategies to reduce sensory overstimulation in the emergency department identified by adults and caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder. International Emergency Nursing, Volume 72, 2024, 101384, ISSN 1755-599X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2023.101384 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755599X23001234)
- Kent R, Cormier J, McMurry TL, Johan Ivarsson B, Funk J, Hartka T, Sochor M. Spinal injury rates and specific causation in motor vehicle collisions. Accid Anal Prev. 2023 Mar 30;186:107047. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107047. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37003164.
- Sadatsafavi H, Vanable L, DeGuzman P, Sochor M. Sensory-Friendly Emergency Department Visit for Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders –A Scoping Review. J Autism Dev Disord, 2022-04-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-022-00318-6
- Alshareef A, Giudice JS, Forman JL, Shedd DF, Reynier KA, Wu T, Sochor S, Sochor MR, Salzar RS, and Panzer MB (2020). Human Brain Deformation During Dynamic Rotation of the Head. Journal of Neurotrauma. 37:1-10. Published Online:13 Mar 2020, https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2019.6847