Bob McNamara and Darin Wiggins: What Matters in Emergency Medicine

Robert McNamara, MD, FAAEM a Professor and Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. He is the past president of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and currently Chief Medical Officer, AAEM Physician Group. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1982 and then completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania.  He stayed on as faculty at MCP and was the residency program director until he departed for Temple University School of Medicine in 1999.  At Temple, Dr. McNamara along with his faculty was successful in the creation of a full academic department of EM in 2001 and he currently serves as Chairman at Temple University Hospital, the busiest Level 1 Trauma center in the Delaware Valley.  His scholarly contributions include over 100 peer reviewed articles and abstracts and numerous textbook chapters.  He was involved in the first studies bringing intra-osseous infusion and magnesium therapy for asthma to attention of the EM community.  Nationally, Dr. McNamara is a leading figure in the specialty of Emergency Medicine.  He has been active in leadership roles within a number of medical societies but is best known for his achievements as a founding member of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM).  Dr. McNamara served as AAEM’s President from 1996 until 2002. Under his leadership the organization gained national and international stature while representing board certified emergency physicians.  In 2015, he became the Chief Medical Officer of the newly created AAEM Physician Group which seeks to preserve physician-owned practices in Emergency Medicine. Dr. McNamara currently serves as the Premier Open Coach of the US National Dragon Boat Team. Teams under his direction have won 135 medals at the World Championships. Dr. McNamara was born and raised in Philadelphia and currently resides in Lafayette Hill, PA. Follow Bob on twitter and LinkedIn

Darin G Wiggins MD is the vice chair Department of Emergency Medicine Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. He is the chair of the physician leadership committee Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.