CHARLES B. CAIRNS, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM, FAHA

Board Member

Annenberg Dean and Senior Vice President, College of Medicine Professor, Emergency Medicine Drexel University

Dr. Charles B. Cairns is an Emergency Medicine physician and the Annenberg Dean and Senior Vice President of the College of Medicine at Drexel University. He received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He was previously the Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona and Dean of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. He is a leader in emergency medicine and critical care research.

Education:

  • University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1986 (M.D.)
  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1989 (Internship)
  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1990 (Research Fellowship)

Honors & Awards:

  • Established Investigator Award, Emergency Medicine Foundation
  • Outstanding Contributions in Research, American College of Emergency Physicians
  • John Marx Leadership Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Major Areas of Research Interest:

  • Host response to acute infections
  • Asthma
  • Cardiac resuscitation
  • Regionalization of emergency and critical care, preparedness and response

CHARLES B. CAIRNS, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM, FAHA

Board Member

Annenberg Dean and Senior Vice President, College of Medicine Professor, Emergency Medicine Drexel University

Dr. Charles B. Cairns is an Emergency Medicine physician and the Annenberg Dean and Senior Vice President of the College of Medicine at Drexel University. He received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He was previously the Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona and Dean of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. He is a leader in emergency medicine and critical care research.

Education:

  • University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1986 (M.D.)
  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1989 (Internship)
  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1990 (Research Fellowship)

Honors & Awards:

  • Established Investigator Award, Emergency Medicine Foundation
  • Outstanding Contributions in Research, American College of Emergency Physicians
  • John Marx Leadership Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Major Areas of Research Interest:

  • Host response to acute infections
  • Asthma
  • Cardiac resuscitation
  • Regionalization of emergency and critical care, preparedness and response

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE MEMBERS OF NFEM’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF LEADING-EDGE, EMERGENCY ROOM SOLUTIONS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE MEMBERS OF NFEM’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF LEADING-EDGE, EMERGENCY ROOM SOLUTIONS