William D Fales, MD
Division Chief, EMS and Disaster Medicine
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
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William Fales, MD, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician. He is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He earned his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed an emergency medicine residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.
In addition to his board certification in emergency medicine, Dr. Fales also has a board certification in emergency medical services. He serves the Department of Emergency Medicine as Chief of EMS and Disaster Medicine and as the Program Director for the EMS Fellowship program.
Dr. Fales has clinical and educational interests in EMS, healthcare preparedness, and injury prevention.
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- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medical Services)
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- BS 1982, Accounting, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- MD 1990, Thomas Jefferson University
- Residency 1993, Emergency Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center,
- Fellowship 2009, Homeland Security, Naval Postgraduate School
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- Implementation of crashing patient protocol and its effect on EMS provider witnessed cardiac arrest incident. Schiller T, Van Alsten S, Mastenbrook J, Bentley M, Fales W, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Use of a Checklist and Metronome during Simulated Cardiac Arrest by Medical Students Trained as Medical First Responders. Hoyle J, Hughes N, Rantz B, Ford M, Pazderka P, Wheeler J, Harmer B, Mastenbrook J, Fales W, Williams M, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- EMS Pediatric Transport Impressions in the State of Michigan. Higby H, Hoyle J, Ekblad G, Woodwyk A, Brandt R, Fales B, Putman K, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022
- State Protocols During COVID-19: What Weâve Done - Where Weâre Going. Fales W, 6th Annual SaveMiHeart Conference, Virtual, Online, 05/2021
- Supraglottic Airway Device Use Among Emergency Medical Responders Within a Southwest Michigan. DiMezza S, Mastenbrook J, Bentley M, Fales W, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Statewide Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rauch L, Fales W, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Outcomes From Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19 With Monoclonal Antibody Therapy: A Statewide Survey. Root B, Foshee R, Fales W, Cole S, Klepser M, Addis V, Alfred A, Christensen L, Dempsey B, Doan T, Gierka J, Gray M, Hebojiva E, Schmitt C, Shoemaker G, Ziccarello J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021