Educational background
1975-76 Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
1976-79 Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
Bachelor of Science, 1979, Psychology/Chemistry
Professional Appointments
2014 Elected Coroner, St. Tammany Parish
2003-Present Co-Owner, Doctors Urgent Care, Slidell, LA
2003-2014 Laboratory Director, Doctors Urgent Care, Slidell, LA
2003-2014 Staff Physician, Doctors’ Hospital of Slidell (dba Cypress Pointe East), Slidell, LA
2003-2004 Medical Director, Doctors’ Hospital of Slidell, Slidell, LA
1988-2015 Slidell Memorial Hospital, Slidell, LA
2000-2003 Staff Physician, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA
1988-2004 Staff Physician, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
1988-90 Staff Physician, Humana Hospital, New Orleans, LA
1988-90 Staff Physician, Hotel Dieu Hospital, New Orleans, LA
1986-88 Staff Physician, Plaquemine Parish Hospital, Port Sulphur, LA
1986-88 Staff Physician, East Ascension Hospital, Gonzalez, LA
Medical Education/Licensure/Certifications
1981-85 Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA, Received M.D., 1985
Medical Licensure: Louisiana Granted in 1985, License Number 018284
1985-86 Intern, General Surgery, LSUMC/Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
1986-88 Resident, Emergency Medicine, LSUMC/Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
1989 Board Certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine (Recertified 1998, 2012)
2011 Completed COLA Symposium for Clinical Laboratories Laboratory Director Qualification Program
2012 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: The Commercial Driver Medical Examination
Academic Appointments
1997-2003 Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, LSU School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, LA
1991-1997 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, LSU School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, LA
1990-91 Instructor, LSU School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Clinical Service
Retired From Clinical Practice in November 2014
Attending Physician/Owner, Doctors Urgent Care, Slidell, LA
Referral Staff at Slidell Memorial Hospital and Ochsner Hospital Northshore (Resigned From Ochsner 2014)
Attending Physician in Emergency Department, East Jefferson General Hospital
Attending Physician in Emergency Department, Slidell Memorial Hospital
Attending Physician in Emergency Department, MCL/Charity Hospital
Professional Organizations (Past and Present)
Member, Urgent Care Association of America
Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Member, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Member, Society for Airway Management
Teaching Awards
1994 Emergency Medicine Residents Association, Faculty Member of the Year
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
Aortic Calcification on Plain Chest Radiograph Increases Risk for Coronary Artery Disease. Li J, Galvin H, Johnson S, Langston C, Sclamberg J, Preston CA. Chest 121/ 5. May 2002.
Indications for Computed Tomography in Patients with Minor Head Trauma. Haydel, MJ, Preston, CA, Mills TJ, Luber S ,Bladeau E, DeBlieux, PMC. The New England Journal of Medicine. Vol 343, No 2, July 13, 2000, Pg 100-105.
Complications of Emergency Intubation With and Without Paralysis. Li J, Murphy-Lavoie H, Bugas C, Martinez J, Preston C. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol 17, No 2. March 1999, Pg 141-43.
Reduction of "Callbacks" to the ED Due To Discrepancies in Plain Radiograph Interpretation. Preston CA, Marr JJ, Amaraneni KK, Suthar BS. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 16, No.2, March 1998. Pg 160-162.
Ileocolic Intussusception Secondary to a Lipoma in an Adult. Bui DQ, Preston CA, Stafford UT, Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol 4, No. 7, July 1997. Pg 758-760.
Hypotension, Myocardial Infarction, and Coagulopathy Following Gila Monster Bite. Preston CA. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 7,1989. Pg 37-40.
The Influence of Gender and Use of Barium Enema on Morbidity in Acute Appendicitis. Preston CA, Karch SB. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 7., No. 3, 1989. Pg 253-255.
Regional:
Grand Rounds LSU Department of Medicine, Brain Attack: Stroke in the New Millenium, November 1999.
Grand Rounds LSU Department of Medicine, Snakebite. LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 1997.
Grand Rounds LSU Department of Medicine, RSI for the Non-Anesthesiologist, June 1995.
Abstracts Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
Complications and Deviations from Protocol Based Rapid Sequence Intubation. Marvez-Valles EG, Killeen JP, Martinez J, Preston C, Kochinsky J. (Abstract) Academic Emergency Medicine. Vol 6, No 5. May 1999. Presented at The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Boston Massachusetts. May 23, 1999.
A Prospective Evaluation of the Utility of Computerized Tomography in Minor Head injury Patients. Haydell M, Preston, CA. (Abstract) Academic Emergency Medicine. Vol 6, No 5. May 1999. Presented at The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Boston Massachusetts. May 23, 1999.
Radioopaque Kidney Stones, a 1990's Perspective. (Abstract). Roycraft EL. Preston CA, Amaraneni KK. Academic Emergency Medicine. 1998 (presented at SAEM, Chicago).
University/Instituional Service
1991 Chief, Department of Medicine, Slidell Memorial Hospital, Slidell, LA
1992 Chief, Department of Medicine, Slidell Memorial Hospital, Slidell, LA
1995 Chairman, Hospital Quality Council, Slidell Memorial Hospital
1996 Member at Large to Executive Committee, Slidell Memorial Hospital
1996 - 1999 Member, Emergency Medical Services Committee, Medical Center of Louisiana/Charity Hospital
1996-1998 Member and Co-Chairman, Airway Committee, Medical Center of Louisiana/Charity Hospital
National:
Airway Management and RSI for the Emergency Physician Presented to the Emergency Medicine Board Review Course, New Orleans, LA. September 2002.
Thoracoabdominal Trauma, Presented at The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. September 2000.
Orthopedic Emergencies. Presented to the Emergency Medicine Board Review Course, New Orleans, LA. September 24, 1996.
Thoracoabdominal Trauma. Presented to the Emergency Medicine Board Review Course, New Orleans, LA. September 24, 1996, and annually until the present.
Rapid Sequence Intubation. Presented to the Emergency Medicine Board Review Course, New Orleans, LA. September 23, 1996, and annually through 2001 Clinical Pathology Conference, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Washington, D.C. May 5, 1994.
Lecture Topics:
Pediatric Seizure
Adult Seizure
Emergency Department Resuscitative Thoracotomy
Hypothermia
Febrile Child
Pediatric Shock
Snakebite
Rapid Sequence Intubation
Beyond ACLS
Thoracoabdominal Trauma
Orthopedic Emergencies
Appendicitis
Pediatric Cardiac Emergencies
Neonatal Presentations
Conscious Sedation in the Emergency Department Stroke
Community Service
4th Degree Knight, Knights of Columbus
Member, St. Margaret Mary Men’s Club
Sponsor, Hospice Crawfish Boil
Chairman, Auction Committee, St. Margaret Mary School, Slidell, LA
Fundraiser, Make a Wish Foundation
Grand Patron, Slidell Little Theater
Contributor, Al Lauro Chair in Emergency Medicine
Wheelchair Contributor, Charity Hospital ER Gala