Donald Yealy, MD

Dr. Yealy is a clinician, scientist, and leader in medicine; he oversees the training of 54 emergency medicine residents and fellows in 5 programs, the acute care research created by one of the consistently top funded EM departments in the U.S., and care delivered to over one million acutely ill or injured patients a year at 42 emergency departments. He is Chair and Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President at UPMC, the largest integrated academic finance and health care delivery system in the country.

Dr. Yealy obtained a bachelor of science degree in biology at Villanova University (1981) and a medical degree at the Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP, 1985). He completed an emergency medicine residency and a research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Yealy is Editor in Chief of Annals of Emergency Medicine, edited four scientific textbooks in multiple edits each, and serves as a referee for 25 scientific journals. He has authored over 250 scientific manuscripts, edited 7 texts, and garnered over $40m of federal funding and served on multiple NIH study sections.

Dr. Yealy is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly IOM) of the National Academies of Science. Dr. Yealy received the highest research recognition by both the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), the highest educational award by ACEP, the leadership award for SAEM, and the Distinguished Service Award from AACEM. He was bestowed the Ralph C. Wilde Award for excellence in care and leadership by the Allegheny County Medical Society, and the Alumni Achievement Award of Women’s Medical College/MCP, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Drexel University College of Medicine.