Dr. Mojak Dave'...In a nutshell!!
Dr. Dave' was born in Ohio. He went to college at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While in college, he was a volunteer EMT for Orange County Rescue Squad in Hillsborough, NC. Prior to medical school he worked for AMR in South Carolina as an EMT. Dr. Dave' went to med school at University of South Carolina where he graduated Cum Laude in 1999. He then served his residency at the Cleveland Clinic/ Metro Health Medical Center.
During his residency he served as a flight physician for MetroLife Flight, the second busiest aeromedical service in the United States. He has been in practice as an ER physician since 2002 , first in metro Atlanta, and now at Northeast Georgia Medical Center since May 2005.
Dr. Dave' volunteered to serve as Georgia EMS' Region 2 Medical Director after the retirement of Dr. Houldich last year.
His ideas for the website include:
- putting protocols online
- case reviews online
- quarterly medical director page (updated by him after every region 2 council meeting)
- overall philosophy of his medical direction
- perhaps a quarterly review of EMS journals
Dr. Dave's Mission Statement as our Medical Director reads as follows:
" It is an honor to serve as the EMS Medical Director for Region 2. This section of Georgia includes some of the fastest growing counties in the nation. The EMS personnel that compose the numerous services in Region 2 are compassionate, hard-working, and dedicated to delivering the best pre-hospital care. It is my aim as your medical director to be readily accessible, involved, and committed to the medics and patients of the region."