Date: 7/9/2010 12:00:00 AM

Wilson joins Emergency Department

     Christopher J. Wilson, M.D., recently joined Clearfield Hospital’s Emergency Department.

     Dr. Wilson, a native of State College, earned a medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Med with High Distinction from Pennsylvania State University.

     Dr. Wilson completed an Emergency Medicine Residency, serving as Chief Resident, at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. He is Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine.

      He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians (National and Pennsylvania chapters), Emergency Medicine Residents Association and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

     Mark R. Shaw, D.O., F.A.C.E.P., medical director of the Emergency Department, is pleased to welcome Dr. Wilson to the staff.

     “I'm excited to have Dr. Chris Wilson join our emergency department staff. I believe he will bring an exciting, fresh, enthusiastic approach to the contemporary practice of Emergency Medicine. I look forward to a long and prosperous association,” he said.

     Clearfield Hospital’s Emergency Department is a 17-bed unit located on the ground floor of the North Wing of the hospital. It has 12 monitored beds and five low acuity beds located next to the outpatient waiting room. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Emergency assessment, treatment and stabilization are the focus of the department.

     The department's Fast Track service, adjacent to the main emergency department, is designed to quickly and effectively treat people with less serious illnesses and injuries to minimize their time in the emergency department.

     The physicians, nurses and physician assistants have many years of experience in emergency care and are dedicated to providing quality care to patients.