EDMOND HOOKER, M.D.
Dr. Hooker is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration at Xavier University in Cincinnati Ohio. He also is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville and at Wright State University. His areas of expertise include: emergency medicine, epidemiology, health services management, and public health.
Dr. Hooker received his B.S. degree from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He earned his M.D. degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School. He then completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville. As a full-time faculty member at the University of Louisville from 1991 until 1996, Dr. Hooker served as an Associate Professor and Director of Resident Research. He was very active in brain trauma and stroke research. Dr. Hooker most recently practiced emergency medicine at a private hospital in Cincinnati Ohio where he was active cardiac research.
Since 2005, Dr. Hooker has been teaching in the Department of Health Services Administration at Xavier University and has almost completed a Doctorate in Public Health degree from the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Hooker continues to be active in emergency medicine and public health research. He has authored more than 20 publications in leading emergency medicine journals, published many book chapters, and continues to have an active research agenda. Dr. Hooker serves as an editor for Emedicine, an online clinical knowledge base.
Dr. Hooker lives in Cincinnati Ohio with his wife and four children.
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