Faculty - Daniel Logan, M.D., FACEP
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Daniel Logan, M.D., FACEP Assistant Professor |
Dr Logan graduated from the University of Kansas with honors in Political Science. He was a Summerfield Scholar (KU top academic scholarship for men) and received the Veta Lear Award (highest academic award for freshmen). He was in the political science honor society Phi Sigma Alpha and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Dr Logan went to medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston graduating after three years. He was awarded a Texas Medical Association Scholarship.
After initial training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Kansas-Wichita and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN Dr Logan started a career in Emergency Medicine. He practiced Emergency Medicine for 25 years and in 2007 was recertified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He has worked in small to very large community hospitals and large academic institutions as a staff physician, assistant director and department chairman. He has previously been medical director for the Franklin County (KS) EMS service.
A mid-life career change started with work in the Addiction treatment field in Kansas and training at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in Addiction Medicine in February 2008 after working at the Florida Recovery Center under mentors Dr. Scott Teitelbaum and Dr. Kenneth Thompson
Clinical, Educational and Research Interests:
As an Assistant Professor in the Addiction Medicine Division, College of Medicine, Dr Logan lectures to residents, physician assistant and medical students on topics of addiction related emergencies and smoking cessation. He has continued interest in the interface between addiction and emergency medicine and will holds appointments in both the Department of Psychiatry as well as in Emergency Medicine as clinical faculty working on joint research and education projects. Read the latest news on the Addiction Medicine Division & the Florida Recovery Center - Cover story in the June '09 Gainesville Today magazine (gainesvilletoday).
During his fellowship he worked with Dr Mark Gold writing and editing educational programs for nurses and physicians on tobacco abuse and alcohol use in adolescents. He predicated in a study on a potential new surgical management of obesity. He also was a regular participant in the Department of Psychiatry Pain Management Clinic.
A rabid fan of Jayhawk basketball and football he is a member of the Kansas University Alumni Association. He is eligible to take the board exam in Addiction Medicine and is a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the Florida Society of Addiction Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and a Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine.