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POSTED: April 19th, 2018
POSTED IN: EPIC - The Official Newsletter of MOCEP, March/April 2018,

Katrina Wade, MD, was selected to receive the 2018 Missouri College of Emergency Physicians’ (MOCEP) R.R. Hannas Physician of the Year Award. She was nominated by her peer, Cindy Bitter, MD, MPH, both of Saint Louis University. The award will be presented to Dr. Wade at the MOCEP Annual General Membership Meeting on April 26, 2018, in Springfield, Mo.

Dr. Wade is Professor of Surgery and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Division. She is a graduate of Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and completed her residency program in combined emergency medicine and pediatrics at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Mich. Dr. Wade is also Director of Medical Student Education, faculty advisor for the Emergency Medicine Interest Group for medical students, preceptor for physician assistant students, and provides continuing education for prehospital colleagues. Her enthusiasm and mentoring skills have earned her multiple teaching awards from students as well as recognition from her peers. She is active in Emergency Medicine at the local, regional and national levels, sitting on multiple university committees and task forces, sitting on the board of a regional ambulance service, and serving as an Oral Board examiner for ABEM. She proudly served in the US military. Dr. Wade is a tireless advocate for patients, provides volunteer medical coverage at many community events, as well as staffing the Saint Louis University student run clinic and speaking at local schools to encourage more underprivileged youth to consider careers in medicine or STEM fields.

The R.R. Hannas Award is presented to an emergency medicine physician and resident each year, and is named after Dr. Ralston R. Hannas, a “founding father” of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Hannas is a past president of the American College of Emergency Physicians and was the co-organizer, with Dr. Wiegenstein, of the first Scientific Assembly in 1969. He was also chairman of the committee that founded the American Board of Emergency Medicine, served on the Board for twelve years and was the organization’s fourth president. Dr. Hannas was also instrumental in helping organize the fifth Emergency Medicine residency program in the country, at Northwestern University, in 1973. In 1976 he moved to Kansas City where he practiced emergency medicine for 21 years.

To learn more about the R.R. Hannas Award, or MOCEP, please visit www.MOCEP.org. The Missouri College of Emergency Physicians (MOCEP) is a not for profit organization created to support and advocate for emergency medicine physicians practicing in the state of Missouri. MOCEP is a state chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

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