Dr. Richard A. Vinroot Jr.

Richard A. Vinroot Jr, MD

Staff Physician, Emergency Medicine Institute

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16

Biography

Richard (Rich) A. Vinroot, Jr., MD, is a Staff Physician in the Emergency Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to Joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Vinroot was a Senior Physician at Ochnser Health Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana, US, and was Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School.

More recently, Dr. Vinroot worked with International SOS as an Emergency Medicine Specialist with Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Vinroot has been actively practicing Emergency Medicine for the last eight years, and worked as an Emergency Physician during the Hurricane Katrina and Haitian earthquake disasters. Following completion of his residency, Dr. Vinroot worked as a Field Physician with Doctors Without Borders in Nairobi, Kenya.

He completed his residency at Louisiana State University/Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, where he served as Chief Resident. He also has a master’s degree in Global Public Health

Dr. Vinroot is a military veteran and served as a Trauma Team Leader with the US Navy in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and as Director of Navy EMS Services in Djibouti, Horn of Africa.

Dr. Vinroot lives in Abu Dhabi and enjoys international travel, sports, and outdoor activities.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

Medical School

1999

1999 - 2004

University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US

Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Masters of Public Health (MPH)

Residency

2004

2004 - 2008

Louisiana State University/Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine

Work Experience

2016

2016 - 2016

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare/International SOS, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Emergency Medicine Specialist, Al Hasa Emergency Medical Services
2012

2012 - 2016

University of Queensland/Ochnser Clinical Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Senior Lecturer/Course Director
2009

2009 - 2016

Ochsner Health Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Senior Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
2008

2008 - 2009

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa

Field Physician, TB/HIV

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