Robert Suter, DO

Professor
Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

robert.suter@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. Suter, a Professor of Emergency Medicine at UTSW is past president of both the American College of Emergency Physicians and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, and received his DO and MHA degrees from Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Suter did his residency training in emergency medicine at Brooke Army-Wilford Hall USAF Medical Centers in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Suter has a long history of service to emergency medicine on a state, national, and international level. He was president of EMRA in 1991 - 1992, was elected to the Board of the Government Services Chapter, participated in numerous state and national committees, and served as ACEP liaison to several organizations. Immediately following residency, he was the physician co-chair of the federal project EMS Agenda for the Future. In 1998 Dr. Suter was given the Founders Award, EMRA’s highest recognition of service to emergency medicine and emergency medicine residents. He served as a member of the ACEP Council from 1991 through 1999 when he was elected to ACEP Board of Directors. He also served the College as a member of the Board and was the 2004-05 president. In 2006, he served as President of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. Dr. Suter has practiced emergency medicine in a variety of geographic and practice settings for over 15 years. In addition to being involved in academic medicine throughout his career, his practice experiences include being one of 60 partners in Greater Houston Emergency Physicians, a large democratic group, and as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. He has a long-term commitment to clinical excellence, teaching, and research in emergency medicine

Education

ResidencyBrooke Army Medical Center (1993)
InternshipBrooke Army Medical Center (1990)
Medical SchoolDes Moines University (1989)

Research Interests

Clinical Guideline for Blunt Trauma
Clinical Guideline for Expired CO2
Clinical Guideline for Headache
Clinical Guideline for PE/DVT
Clinical Guideline for Vaginal Bleeding

Publications

Featured
On Credentials and Manpower in Emergency Medicine

Suter RE , Ann Emerg Medicine , September 1993; (22(9)):1494

Featured
EMS Operations Control

Suter RE , Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , September 1992; (7(4))

Featured
Thoraco-Lumbar Spinal Instability During Variations of the Log Roll Maneuver

Suter RE , Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , March 1992;

Featured
EMS Agenda for the Future: Report from the Steering Committee

Suter RE , Ann Emerg Med , February 1998; (31(2)):251-63

Featured
Clinical Guideline for Syncope

Collaborative committee authorship , Ann Emerg Med, accepted/publication pending , 2003;

Textbook chapter: Communications

Suter RE , In: Principles of EMS , 2003; (3rd ed, Mosby):In press

Textbook chapter: History of EMS

Suter RE , In: EMS Medical Direction , 2001; (3rd edition, ACEP)

Textbook chapter: Private Practice of Emergency Medicine

Suter RE , In: Emergency Medicine in Focus: A Guide for Medical Students and Prospective Residents, EMRA , 2000;

Textbook chapter: Needlestick Injuries

Suter RE , In: eMed, Plantz (ed) for Online Textbook , 1999;

Chapter: M.A.S.T.

Suter RE , In: Prehospital Emergency Care Secrets, Pons/Markovchick (Ed), Mosby , 1998;

Honors/Awards

President, International Federation for Emergency Medicine

International Body representing over 30 countries (2006)

President, American College of Emergency Physicians

Specialty Society for Energency Physicians with over 26,000 members (2005)

Top Consultant

Annals of Emergency Medicine (2000)

Distinguished Practitioner, National Academies of Practice

Elected as one of only 100 total NAP members with eligibility through the category of Osteopathic Medicine (1999)

Joseph F. Waeckerle MD, Founders Award-Emergency Medicine Residents' Association

For extraordinary and lasting contributions to the success of the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association and the achievement of its goals. (1998)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Emergency Physicians

American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians

American Medical Association

American Osteopathic Association

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine