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Craig Cooley

Contact

cooleyc@uthscsa.edu

Departments & Divisions

Craig W Cooley, M.D.

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2006 - Clinical Fellowship - EMS - SUNY- Buffalo/Erie County Department of Health
    • 2006 - MPH - Master of Public Health - SUNY-Buffalo School of Public Health
    • 2004 - Residency - Emergency Medicine - SUNY-Buffalo
    • 2001 - MD - Medicine - Texas Tech Health Science Center-School of Medicine
    • 1997 - BA - Biology (cum laude) - Austin College
    • 1994 - Certificate - Paramedicine (Valedictorian) - Grayson County Community College

    Appointments

    • 8/2015 - Medical Director - University Hospital EMS - UT Health San Antonio, Emergency Health Sciences, San Antonio
    • 11/2014 - Associate Medical Director - UT Health San Antonio, Emergency Health Sciences, San Antonio
    • 7/2013 - EMS Section Chief - UT Health San Antonio, Emergency Medicine, San Antonio
    • 6/2013 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, Emergency Medicine, San Antonio
    • 12/2011 - EMS Fellowship Program Director - UT Health San Antonio, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Antonio, TX, Emergency Medicine, San Antonio

  • Instruction & Training

    • 11/2017 - Present, Emergency Medicine Longitudinal Curriculum
    • 10/2015 - Present, Global Health Longitudinal Curriculum for Residents, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 8/2015 - Present, Clinical Skills, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 7/2014 - Present, Emergency Medicine Core Clerkship, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 10/2013 - Present, EMED4002 Topics in Emergency Medicine - Wilderness
    • 7/2013 - Present, Emergency Medicine Residency - EMS Longitudinal Rotation, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 7/2013 - Present, Academic Emergency Medicine - Longitudinal Elective, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 7/2012 - Present, Curriculum Director, EMS Fellowship, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 7/2012 - Present, Introduction to Emergency Medical Services-Ambulance, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 7/2012 - Present, Post Graduate Rotation Supervision, University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 9/2011 - Present, Individual Instruction, UT Health San Antonio-Emergency Medicine
    • 9/2011 - Present, Individual Instruction, UT Health San Antonio

  • Publications

      Abstract

      Wampler D, Stewart RM, Summers R, Roakes L, Shown M, Cooley C, Kharod C, Long T, Eastridge B. Biometric Analysis of Thoracolumbar Movement during Ambulance Transport; 2018 Jan. (Prehospital Emergency Care; vol. 22, no. 1). Weiss N, Ross E, Cooley C, Polk J, Valasquez C, Harper S, Walrath B, Redman T, Mapp J, Wampler D. Does Experience Matter? Paramedic Code Volume Effect on Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes; 2017 Dec. (Prehospital Emergency Care; vol. 22). Wampler D, Stewart RM, Summers R, Roakes L, Cooley C, Long T, Eastridge B. Biometric Analysis of Cervical Movement During Ambulance Trauma Transport; 2017 Oct. (Annals of Emergency Medicine; vol. 70, no. 4). Wampler DA, Bailey SR, Epley E, Baker C, Wait D, Cooley C, Alvarez JA. Development of a Regional STEMI Management Guideline Significantly Increases Fibrinolytic Therapy Prior to Emergent Transfer for Percutaneous Intervention; 2017 Oct. (Circulation; vol. 136, no. Sup 1). Winckler CJ, Miramontes D, Cooley C, Wampler D, Pruitt JS, Frausto V, Peters D, Said J. 9-1-1 Dispatch Initiated Stroke Assessment: How to Decrease time to Treatment at Stroke Centers; 2017 Jan. (Prehospital Emergency Care; vol. 21, no. 1). Wampler D, Allen J, Kidd E, Cooley C, Beeson J, Harrell K. EMS Providers Underestimate Body Weight, and Error is Directly Correlated with Body Mass Index; 2015 Jan. (Prehospital Emergency Care; vol. 19, no. 1). Walrath B, Cooley C, Polk J, Flores A, Kidd EG, Mabry R, Wampler D. Impact of End Tidal CO2 on Transport Decision in Out-Of-hospital Cardiac Arrest without ROSC; 2015 Jan. (Prehospital Emergency Care; vol. 19, no. 1). Benjamin Walrath, Craig Cooley, Joan Polk, Amando Flores, Emily Kidd, Robert Mabry, David Wampler. Initial End Tidal CO2 in Predictive of ROSC, Not Neurological Outcome; 2015 Jan. (Prehospital Emergency Care; vol. 19, no. 1).

      Book Chapter

      Cooley C, Dreher, R. Rural EMS. In: Cooley, Craig,
      Dreher, Rebecca. Cooney`s EMS Medicine. New York: McGraw Hill; 2016. p. 112-119.

      Journal Article

      Weiss N, Ross E, Cooley C, Polk J, Velasquez C, Harper S, Walrath B, Redman T, Mapp J, Wampler D. Does Experience Matter? Paramedic Cardiac Resuscitation Experience Effect on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Prehospital Emergency Care 2018 May;22:332-337. Ross EM, Redman TT, Mapp JG, Brown DJ, Tanaka K, Cooley C, Kharod CU, Wampler DA. Stop the Bleed: The effect of hemorrhage control education on laypersons? willingness to respond during a traumatic medical emergency Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2018 Mar;33(2):127-132. Cone DC, Cooley C, Ferguson J, Harrell AJ, Luk JH, Martin-Gill C, Marquis SW, Pasichow S. Observational Multicenter Study of a Direct-to-CT Protocol for EMS-transported Patients with Suspected Stroke Prehospital Emergency Care 2017 Aug;22(1):1-6. Clemency B, Martin-Gill C, Rall N, May P, Lubin J, Cooley C, Van Dillen C, Silvestri S, Portela R, Cooney D, Knutsen C, March J. Association between EMS Question Bank Completion and Passing Rates on the EMS Certification Examination Prehospital Emergency Care 2017 Mar;21(4):498-502. Wampler DA, Chloe P, Polk J, Kidd E, Leboeuf D, Flores M, Shown M, Kharod C, Stewart R, Cooley C. The Long Spine Board Does Not Reduce Lateral Motion During Transport: A Randomized Healthy Volunteer Crossover Trial American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016 Apr;34(4):717-721.

  • Clinical

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Emergency Medicine