CHRISTOPHER J. EXNER

Email:  cexner (at) post (dot) harvard (dot) edu

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 


2007-present                Clinical Instructor - University of Illinois, Chicago

                                    Chicago, IL

 

2004-present                Emergency Physician – St. Anthony Hospital

Chicago, IL

 

2004-2005                   Clinical Instructor (Part-Time) – Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, IL

 

2003-2004                   Emergency Physician - Hospital de Clínicas

                                    Tertiary Care Center and Teaching Hospital

                                    La Paz, Bolivia

 

 

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

 


1999-2003                   Emergency Medicine Residency

                                    McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

                                   

 

EDUCATION

 


1995-1999                   University of California, Los Angeles                      

Doctorate of Medicine, June 1999

Alpha Omega Alpha

           

1991-1995                   Harvard University

Bachelor of Arts in Biology, June 1995

Summa Cum Laude

           

 

LICENSURE

 


2004-present                Emergency Medicine Board Certification

2002-present                Controlled Substance Licenses - Illinois, Federal

2001-present                Medical License - State of Illinois

 

  

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 


2001-present                PALS

2000-present                ACLS

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 


2007                            "Organophosphate and Carbamate Poisoning in La Paz, Bolivia."  Journal of

                                    Emergency Medicine.  In press.

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE/PRESENTATIONS

 


2005-present                Medical Student Lectures, St. Anthony Hospital

                                    The EKG in Emergency Medicine

                                    Vaginal Bleeding in Early Pregnancy

                                    Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Emergency Department

                                    Introduction to Toxicology

                                    Introduction to Trauma

                                    Management of the Febrile Infant in the Emergency Department

 

2004                            Bolivian National Health Service, El Alto

                                    Basic Life Support

                                    Advanced Life Support

                       

2004                            Policlinico 9 de Abril, La Paz

                                    Management of the Multiple Trauma Patient

                                   

2004                            UMSA, School of Medicine/Family Practice Residency

                                    Toxidromes and Introduction to Toxicology

                                    Introduction to Trauma

                                    Prehospital Systems and Triage

                                     

2004                            Hospital de Clínicas, Dept of Emergency Medicine

                                    Update – Salmonellosis and Typhoid Fever

                                   

                         

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 


1999-present                American College of Emergency Physicians

1999-present                Illinois College of Emergency Physicians

1999-present                Society of Academic Emergency Medicine

1997-present                American Medical Association

 

 

HEALTH POLICY/VOLUNTEER

 


1996-1997                   UCLA Health Care Symposium -- logistics, speakers, and Web broadcast of

symposium on quality of care and health care reform in the US.

 

 

1997-1998                                      California Hispanic American Medical Association – participated in health

fairs offering health information and basic medical evaluations in poor urban communities

 

 

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

           

1996                            Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia – Completed three-month medical

Spanish program and international medicine preceptorship.

           

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

           

Spanish – fluent

French – advanced

German – intermediate

Aymara – beginner