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Ava Pierce, M.D.

Professor

Endowed Title
Michael P. Wainscott, M.D. Professorship in Emergency Medicine
School
Medical School
Department
Emergency Medicine

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  • Biography

    Ava Pierce completed her undergraduate degree at Louisiana State University and earned her medical degree at Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport.  She completed an emergency medicine residency at Emory University School of Medicine.  Dr. Pierce is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and an Emergency Medicine attending at Parkland Health and Hospital Systems.  She is the Associate Director for the emergency medicine medical student clerkship, serves as a member of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Medical School Admissions Committee, and is a faculty liaison for Housestaff Emerging Academy of Leaders (HEAL), which focuses on professional development and mentoring for residents and fellows from under-represented groups.  Her research interests include medical education and cardiac resuscitation.  She is a participant in the AAMC s Healthcare Executive Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program and is committed to making innovative changes that will enhance diversity and inclusion and improve excellence in health care, thus strengthening a diverse workforce that will provide culturally competent quality medical care to all.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Louisiana State University Medical Center (1994)
    Internship
    Emergency Health Services (1995), Emergency Medicine
    Residency
    Emergency Health Services (1997), Emergency Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • Asthma
    • Cardiac Resuscitation
    • Medical Education
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    A multicenter observational study of US adults with acute asthma: Who are the frequent utilizers in the emergency department?
    Hasegawa K, Sullivan AF, Hirashima ET, Gaeta TJ, Fee C, Turner SJ, Massaro S, Camargo CA Jr, on behalf of the MARC-36 Investigators J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2014
    An update on U.S. asthma centers: 2013.
    Sullivan AF, Hasegawa K, Linnemann RW, Long AA, Teuber SS, Turner SJ, Massaro S, Camargo CA Jr, on behalf of the MARC-36 Investigators Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2014
    Health- Care-Associated Pneumonia
    Pierce, AE Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine 2012 6 26 1-9
  • Honors & Awards
    • Development Officer for Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM)
      (2014-2014)
    • Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments (LEAD) Program
      (2013-2014)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (2014-2014)
    • American College of Emergency Physicians (1994-2014)
    • National Medical Association (1994-2014)
    • Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (1994-2014)