Conversation with ACEP President Dr. Gillian Schmitz
ACEP Now Medical Editor in Chief Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP, sat down with ACEP President Gillian…
About Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
A graduate of Morehouse College, Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He holds a master’s degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He completed his residency training at George Washington University where he served as chief resident. Currently, Dr. Dark is an associate professor at the Henry J. N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Dark is the 2017 recipient of the Texas Medical Association’s C. Frank Webber Award, a 2019 American College of Emergency Physicians Choosing Wisely Champion, the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association 2021 Joseph F. Waeckerle Alumni of the Year Award, one of emergency medicine’s Top 45 Under 45, and on Elemental’s List of 50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic. He is currently on the Board of Directors for Doctors for America and the medical editor-in-chief for ACEP Now, the official voice of emergency medicine.
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Posts by Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Are Current Efforts To Increase Access Missing the Point?
For the longest time, efforts to bring health care closer to the patient have fascinated me. Although…
Emergency Physicians Explore the Future of the Emergency Medicine Workforce
Note: Watch a video of the complete Workforce Roundtable here. I recently met with four emergency physicians—Jesse…
Do We Really Want To Limit Physician Chart Access?
Emergency physicians have a difficult job. In no other profession can a person be interrupted more than…
Dr. Cedric Dark: An Unexpected Journey to Medical Editor in Chief
Thank you for entrusting me with the mantle of Medical Editor in Chief of the “Official Voice…
Will COVID-19 Change Medicine for the Better?
Many emergency physicians outside of the initial hot zones remember the first few weeks of the COVID-19…
Frequent ED Users Often Need Extra Help Accessing Health Resources
Recently, one of our frequent emergency department users, an older woman with alabaster skin who I had…
We Must Be at the Forefront in Correcting Racism in Medicine
Since the spring when coronavirus first came to our shores, and throughout a tumultuous summer focused on…
The Nation’s Search for a Solution to Surprise Billing Continues
Nearly two years after I wrote a column about balance billing, the nation still wrestles with how…
To Combat Potential Implicit Bias in EMS, Diversify the Workforce
Unconscious bias, the subject Uché Blackstock, MD, wrote a November 2019 column on in ACEP Now, can…