DouglasMCharMD

Professor, Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine

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Office
400 S Kingshighway Blvd
Dept Med
Saint Louis, MO 63110
Phone+1 314-362-9123

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Douglas Char, MD, is an Emergency Medicine specialist based in Saint Louis, MO. He completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Denver Health Medical Center and his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Colorado, following his medical education at the University of Hawaii's John A. Burns School of Medicine. Dr. Char has expertise in managing myocardial infarction, cardiovascular emergencies, traumatic brain injury-related psychosis, and disaster medicine. His research work includes publications on hospital boarding, disaster healthcare disparities, and emergency department management of conditions like orbital compartment syndrome. He has been recognized as a Fellow by both the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and the American College of Emergency Physicians.

PubMed

Hospital Boarding Creates Critical Shortcomings in Disaster Preparedness.
Samuel E Sondheim, Ryan M Leone, Sriram Venkatesan, Douglas M Char, Sara Burdash
Health Security. 2025-01-17
Disparities in disaster healthcare: A review through a pandemic lens.
Angela Pettit Cornelius, Sharon E Mace, Douglas Mark Char, Constance Doyle, Samantha Noll
American Journal of Disaster Medicine. 2024-12-09
A Case of Painful Visual Loss - Managing Orbital Compartment Syndrome in the Emergency Department.
Jessica Pelletier, Alexander Croft, Michael Pajor, Matthew Santos, Douglas Char
Journal of Education & Teaching in Emergency Medicine. 2024-10-01

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Special ReportNovember 23rd, 2015
Special Report: Ending the Silence : Emergency Medicine NewsOctober 30th, 2015