Christopher Strear, MD, FACEP, earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and English from Williams College and a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Dr. Strear is currently the director of patient flow, as well as director of revenue cycle management, for Northwest Acute Care Specialists and is an attending emergency physician at a Level 1 trauma center in Portland, Oregon. He is a member of the board of directors and the president-elect of the Oregon chapter of ACEP, and he serves on the ACEP National Reimbursement Committee. Dr. Strear is a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. In addition, he has served as patient flow advisor and internal consultant to multiple hospital flow committees throughout the Pacific Northwest.

 

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