Andrew S. Nugent, MD
Biography
Andrew S. Nugent, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and has been the Chair and Departmental Executive Officer of the Department of Emergency Medicine since 2009.
A native Iowan, he grew up in Northwest Iowa and graduated from both the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts in 1992 and the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1996. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, TX, before returning to the University of Iowa in 1999. His accomplishments at UIHC include the development of a residency-training program, a clinical department of Emergency Medicine, and medical directorship of a clinical operation that has grown from 20,000 patient visits per year to 60,000 patients per year. He has served on the AACEM Executive Committee since 2014 and is the current President of the organization.
Andy lives in Coralville with his wife Diana and their four children. When not busy with work or family, his interests include golf, Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs, euchre with friends and playing catch in the backyard with the kids.
A native Iowan, he grew up in Northwest Iowa and graduated from both the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts in 1992 and the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1996. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, TX, before returning to the University of Iowa in 1999. His accomplishments at UIHC include the development of a residency-training program, a clinical department of Emergency Medicine, and medical directorship of a clinical operation that has grown from 20,000 patient visits per year to 60,000 patients per year. He has served on the AACEM Executive Committee since 2014 and is the current President of the organization.
Andy lives in Coralville with his wife Diana and their four children. When not busy with work or family, his interests include golf, Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs, euchre with friends and playing catch in the backyard with the kids.
