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Meet Our Physicians

Division Leadership Team

Opeolu Adeoye, MD
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
BJC HealthCare Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Board Certification
Emergency Medicine - Certified
Neurocritical Care – Certified

Areas of Clinical Interest
Improving outcomes for patients who have suffered strokes or other injuries to the brain
   
Douglas M. Char, MD Douglas M. Char, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Board Certification
Emergency Medicine -- Certified

Areas of Clinical Interest
Emergency medicine, cardiovascular emergencies, disaster medicine
   
Richard T. Griffey, MD, MPH Richard T. Griffey, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Associate Chief, Emergency Medicine

Board Certification
Emergency Medicine -- Certified

Areas of Clinical Interest
Emergency medicine, quality and patient safety, evidence based imaging, information systems
   
Brent E. Ruoff, MD Brent E. Ruoff, MD
Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Board Certification
Emergency Medicine -- Certified
Internal Medicine -- Certified

Areas of Clinical Interest
Environmental emergencies, emergency radiology, toxicology, sports medicine
   
Robert Francis Poirier, Jr., MD Robert Francis Poirier, Jr., MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Board Certification
Emergency Medicine -- Certified

Areas of Clinical Interest
Emergency medicine

Patients in the Emergency Department are treated by a team of top-tier physicians and providers.

Meet our team of physicians and providers.


Emergency Medicine

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