MarcoCoppolaDOFACEP

Chief of Medical Staff, The Colony ER Hospital, Brigadier General (TX), Texas State Guard, Retired

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Office
The Colony ER Hospital
4780 SH 121
The Colony, TX 75056
Phone+1 214-469-2500

I am residency trained in emergency medicine and certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. I've been Program Director of 3 emergency medicine residencies, research director of two, academic chair of two, and the first full professor of emergency medicine at Texas A&M University Health Science Center. I've served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Commanded the Texas Medical Command for 47 months.
Until recently, I was the CMO & VP for Medical Affairs for FamilyER + Urgent Care; Chief of Emergency Medical Services for the Texas State Guard; and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at UNTHSC TCOM.

NY State License 1992 - 2026
TX State License 1997 - 2025
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
Emergency Management Institute/FEMABasic Military Emergency Management Specialist

Texas Superior Service Medal Texas Military Department, 2022
Texas Outstanding Service Medal Texas Military Department, 2017
Texas Medal of Merit Texas Military Department, 2016-2017
Council Meritorious Service Award American College of Emergency Physicians, 2016
Commendation American College of Emergency Physicians, 2013
The Legion of Merit Department of Defense, 2011
The Meritorious Service Medal Department of the Army, 2011
The Texas Lonestar Distinguished Service Medal Texas Military Department, 2010
The Army Commendation Medal Department of the Army, 1994, 1996, 2005-2006, 2008
Fellow (FACEP) American College of Emergency Medicine, 1995
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PubMed

67 citations
Prospective evaluation of topical antibiotics for preventing infections in uncomplicated soft-tissue wounds repaired in the ED.
Daniel J. Dire, Marco Coppola, David A. Dwyer, John J. Lorette, Jerry L. Karr
Academic Emergency Medicine. 1995-01-01
167 citations
Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Evaluation of Prochlorperazine Versus Metoclopramide for Emergency Department Treatment of Migraine Headache
Marco Coppola, Donald M. Yealy, Robert A Leibold
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1995-11-01
64 citations
Post-dural-puncture headache: Characteristics, management, and prevention
Robert A Leibold, Donald M Yealy, Marco Coppola, Kimberly K. Cantees
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1993-12-01

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Dr. James Roberts Receives Top ACEP HonorDecember 23rd, 2016
Family ER + Urgent Care and Family Urgent Care PLUS Receive Accreditation from the Joint CommissionDecember 7th, 2015