Richard Hamilton, MD, MBA, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT
Dr. Hamilton is academic chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and executive medical director of pediatric emergency medicine for St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. He has been on the faculty of the College of Medicine since 1997. He is board certified in emergency medicine and medical toxicology and is a retired U.S. Navy Captain as well as a former Naval Flight Surgeon. Dr. Hamilton previously served as System Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Crozer-Keystone Health Systems.
Dr. Hamilton's interests include medical toxicology, occupational and environmental toxicology and aerospace medicine. He is interested in the epidemiology of carbon monoxide poisoning, emergency preparedness and weapons of mass destruction, game theory and medicine, and drug and alcohol withdrawal. He is also interested in acceleration physiology, as well as centrifuge training of commercial space flight participants. Dr. Hamilton was the Centrifuge Medical Officer for the during the training of a number of astronauts, as well as the Virgin Galactic Founders.
Education
MD - Hahnemann University (1987)
University of Pennsylvania (1983)
Internship
San Diego Naval Hospital
Residency
Emergency Medicine - Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship
Medical Toxicology - New York University, Bellevue Medical Center
News/Publications
Books
"Tarascon Pharmacopoeia 2016"
Editor-in-Chief: Hamilton RJ
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA (2015)
"Yearbook of Emergency Medicine 2012"
Editor-in-Chief: Hamilton RJ
Associate Editors: Bruno E, Handley N, Quintana E, Mullin D, Ramoska E, and Minczak D
Mosby Inc., St Louis, MO (2011)