Department Leadership

Deborah Diercks, M.D.
Professor
Department Chair of Emergency Medicine
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Distinguished Chair in Clinical Care and Research

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D. Mark Courtney, M.D.
Professor
Executive Vice Chair, Academic Affairs

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Angela Gardner, M.D. Professor Vice Chair, Administrative Affairs

Larissa Velez, M.D. Professor Vice Chair, Education Michael P. Wainscott, M.D., Professorship in Emergency Medicine

Ava Pierce, M.D. Associate Professor Associate Chair, Diversity and Inclusion

Jeff Metzger, M.D. Associate Professor Chief of Emergency Services, Parkland Hospital

Ellen O'Connell, M.D. Associate Professor Division Chief, General Emergency Medicine

Carl Piel, Jr., D.O. Assistant Professor Medical Director, William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital

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Residency Leadership
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Dustin Williams, M.D.
Program Director
Associate Professor
​Phone: 214-648-4838
Fax: 214-648-2683
dustin.williams@utsouthwestern.edu

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Jedidiah Leaf, M.D.
Associate Program Director
​Assistant Professor

Walter Green, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Associate Professor

Robert Barnes, M.D.
Assistant Program Director
​Assistant Professor

Melissa Smith, M.D.
Assistant Program Director
​Assistant Professor

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