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Robert N.E. French, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pharmacy Practice-Science
Assistant Medical Director for Special Operations, EMS Medical Direction Group
Emergency Medical Services Faculty
Medical Toxicology Faculty

Dr. French serves as a core faculty member in the University Campus Emergency Medicine Residency Program and works clinically in the emergency departments at the Banner – UMC Tucson and South campuses. His responsibilities also include shifts with Physician-1, the EMS physician field response program. He also provides medical toxicology consultation services through the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center.

He is an avid recreational scuba diver and particularly enjoys diving along the nearby Baja Peninsula and Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro).

Degrees

  • MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 1994
  • MPH: George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 2000
Internship
Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, 1995
Residency
Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, 1998
Fellowship
George Washington University, Washington D.C., EMS/Disaster Medicine, 2000
Banner Good Samaritan, Phoenix, Medical Toxicology, 2012
Board Certifications
ABEM, EMS, 2013
ABEM, Medical Toxicology, 2012
ABEM, Emergency Medicine, 1999
Research Interests

pre-hospital treatment of hazardous materials exposure, hazardous materials incident emergency management, medical support of technical rescue operations and the toxic hazards of the Sonoran Desert