DavidRHoyerJr.MD

Emergency Physician

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I have 42 years experience practicing emergency medicine, largely in the greater Houston area. During those years I have been on the faculties of 3 different emergency medicine residencies, currently voluntary clinical assistant professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. My academic subspecialty is psychiatric emergency medicine, in particular mood and anxiety disorders. I have published original research in peer-reviewed journals and have been an invited speaker at national and international meetings where my topics have been emergency department management of depression and suicidality, anxiety disorders and delirium vs. dementia vs. psychosis.

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 1981
Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor's, Chemical Engineering, High Honor, 1973 - 1977

On-Time Doctor Award 2014
Top 10 Doctor- Texas 2014
Patients' Choice Award 2008-2009, 2011-2014
Compassionate Doctor Recognition 2013
National Defense Service Medal, Army Reserve Achievement Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (Mobilization) & Army Service Ribbon United States Army, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006
Solo Speakers International Speech & Table Topics winner and Area # 21 Outstanding Club President Toastmasters International, Houston, TX, 1987
Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society Georgia Institute of Technology, 1977
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PubMed

15 citations
Screening for depression in emergency department patients.
David Hoyer, Elizabeth David
The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012-11-01
2 citations
Addressing Suicide Risk in Emergency Department Patients
David Hoyer
JAMA. 2014-07-16

Journal Articles

Addressing suicide risk in emergency department patients
Hoyer D, JAMA, 7/16/2014
Screening for Depression in Emergency Department Patients
Hoyer D, David E, The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 11/1/2012

Books/Book Chapters

Behavioral Emergencies for Healthcare Providers
Chapter: Depression in the Emergency Department
Page 89 - 93David HoyerEditors: Leslie Zun, Kimberly Nordstrom & Michael Wilson.Springer, Cham, SwitzerlandEdition 2nd,2021

Lectures

Depression in Papua New Guinea ED Patients
ICEM24, Taipei, Taiwan - 6/22/2024
When can we send home the "suicidal" patient?
ICEM2018, Mexico City, Mexico - 6/8/2018
Delirium vs. Dementia vs. Psychosis
Sixth Inter-American Emergency Medicine Congress, Mendoza, Argentina - 6/10/2016
Management of Anxiety Disorders in the Emergency Department
Sixth Inter-American Emergency Medicine Congress, Mendoza, Argentina - 6/8/2016
Depression and Suicidality in Urgent Care Patients
UCAOA Fall Conference, New Orleans, LA - 9/26/2015
Depression and Suicidality in Emergency Department Patients
AAEM Annual Scientific Assembly, Austin, TX - 3/4/2015
Symptoms of Depression in Emergency Department Patients
3rd MEMC, Nice, France - 1/5/2005
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Immediate Past-Chair, Behavioural Emergencies Special Interest Group, International Federation for Emergency Medicine2016 - Present
Fellow, Texas Public Policy FoundationI served as a consultant on health care policy2013 - 2017