We are pleased to announce that Scott Rodi, MD, MPH, FACEP, has been named Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, a role he has held on an interim basis since 2020.
As the clinical leader and department Chair, Dr. Rodi will be responsible for the overall direction, operations and management of the department including the delivery of Emergency Medicine services, faculty development, graduate medical education and providing telemedicine across Dartmouth Health’s service area through the TeleED program. As an academic leader at Geisel, Rodi will be responsible for the department’s educational functions, which include teaching and training medical students, residents and fellows.
Prior to taking on the interim Chair role, Dr. Rodi served as the Interim Section Chief for Emergency Medicine from 2018-2020. His long history of leadership with the department dates back to 2005 when he was Director, Emergency Department Fast Track. Subsequent leadership roles include serving as Medical Director and Section Chief for Emergency Medicine, the Medical Director for TeleEd, Regional Medical Director for Emergency Services including DHART and Founder/Co-Director, Center for Rural Emergency Services and Trauma (CREST).
Scott graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Biology. He received his MD from Cornell University Medical College, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He subsequently received an MPH degree from the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth College (now TDI). After beginning a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery, he transitioned to UCLA Medical Center where he completed his residency in Emergency Medicine.
Scott has successfully led the Emergency Department through some of the most challenging times in recent memory from navigating the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic to managing ongoing staffing shortages and unprecedented patient census numbers.
We hope you will join us congratulating Scott on this well-deserved appointment. We look forward to his continued leadership in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Duane Compton, PhD, Dean, Dartmouth Geisel School of MedicineEdward J. Merrens, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Dartmouth Health