USA Health Hires Vice Chair Of Emergency Medicine

Physician, researcher and educator Dr. Lisa Moreno-Walton was recently appointed vice chair of emergency medicine at USA Health and the University of South Alabama (USA) Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine. As vice chair, her primary responsibilities are overseeing faculty development and establishing a research program within the department. Moreno-Walton came to USA Health from Greenville, North Carolina, where she was a tenured professor of emergency medicine and associate dean in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Moreno-Walton earned a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed residency training at Jacobi Medical Center, both located in the Bronx, New York. She received a master of social work from New York University and an MS in clinical research from Tulane University. She is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and serves on its Stakeholders Advisory Board, in addition to the board of the American College of Academic International Medicine. She is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.