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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2 Responses to “Calling Patients Benefits Them, and You, Too”
August 11, 2019
Myles Riner MDI started making follow-up calls many years ago, and had much the same experience and feedback. Here are some tips on how to make these calls: https://www.ficklefinger.net/2013/01/13/ed-patient-follow-up-calls/
October 19, 2019
Ashok guptaI am training even young med students and medical residents to call for follow up on any given condition