First Choice Emergency Room Announces Dr. Derek Caraway as Medical Director of The Woodlands-Creekside, Texas Facility
Lewisville, TX (PRWEB) March 29, 2016 -- First Choice Emergency Room, the largest network of independent freestanding emergency rooms in the United States, named Dr. Derek Caraway, as the Medical Director of its new Woodlands-Creekside facility.
“We are pleased to announce Dr. Caraway will be the Facility Medical Director of our new Woodlands-Creekside location,” said Dr. James M. Muzzarelli, Executive Medical Director of First Choice Emergency Room.
Dr. Caraway received his undergraduate from the University of Baylor in Waco, Texas and his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. In addition to being announced Facility Medical Director of the new Woodlands-Creekside facility, Dr. Caraway will also continue his current role as Area Medical Director of the north Houston First Choice Emergency Room facilities. He also serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center. Prior to joining First Choice Emergency in 2014, he served as Medical Director at Grimes St. Joseph’s Hospital in Navasota, Texas. Dr. Caraway is board-certified in emergency medicine with over fifteen years of clinical experience.
All First Choice Emergency Room facilities are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The facilities are staffed exclusively with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are equipped with a full radiology suite, including CT scanner, Digital X-ray, Ultrasound, as well as on-site laboratories certified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA) and accredited by the Commission on Office Laboratories Accreditation (COLA).
The Woodlands-Creekside facility will be located at 26306 Kuykendahl Road, Tomball, Texas 77375. For more information, visit http://www.fcer.com/locations/houston-map/the-woodlands-creekside/.
About First Choice Emergency Room
First Choice Emergency Room (FCER.com) is the nation’s leading network of independent freestanding emergency rooms; it is both the largest and the oldest. First Choice Emergency Room is revolutionizing the delivery of emergency medical services for adult and pediatric emergencies by offering patients convenient, neighborhood access to emergency medical care. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are innovative, freestanding, and fully equipped emergency rooms with a complete radiology suite of diagnostic technology (CT scanner, Ultrasound, and Digital X-ray) and on-site laboratory. All First Choice Emergency Room locations are staffed with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. First Choice Emergency Room has facilities in Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. According to patient feedback collected by Press Ganey Associates Inc., First Choice Emergency Room provides the highest quality emergency medical care and received the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for exceeding the 95th percentile in patient satisfaction nationwide. First Choice Emergency Room is an Adeptus Health (NYSE:ADPT) company.
Warren White, Adeptus Health, http://www.adhc.com, +1 (972) 899-6103, [email protected]
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