Charles R. WhitemanII, MD

Associate Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Emergency Medicine

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

Undergraduate: West Virginia University, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences

Medical school: West Virginia University School of Medicine

Residency: Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital, Los Angeles, California 1985-1988, Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine 1987-88

Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Professional Affiliations/Leadership Positions

Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians

Member West Virginia Chapter ACEP, a past Board Member and all Officers

Member WV State Medical Society

West Virginia State Trauma Advisory Committee, WV ACEP Representative

Member WVU School of Medicine Academics and Professional Standards Committee, Past Chair

Member WVU Faculty Senate

WV State Trauma Symposium, Coordinator of Research Presentations- Oral and Posters

 

Awards/Honors

WVU School of Medicine Dean’s Award for Clinical Excellence 2013

WVU Emergency Medicine Residency Award for Research Support 2014

 

Research 

Advice on stroke provided by pharmacies in the United States: implications for treatment and care.

Monseau AJ, Whiteman C, Crocco TJ, Davis SM, Barkley J.

South Med J. 2015 Apr;108(4):219-22. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000262.

 

Trauma patient access: the role of the emergency medical services system in North-Central West Virginia.

Whiteman C, Shaver E, Doerr R, Davis SM, Blum F, Davidov D, Lander O.

W V Med J. 2014 May-Jun;110(3):30-5.

 

The use of technology to reduce radiation exposure in trauma patients transferred to a level I trauma center.

Whiteman C, Kiefer C, D'Angelo J, Davidov D, Larrabee H, Davis S.

W V Med J. 2014 May-Jun;110(3):14-8.

 

Injury prevention and recreational all-terrain vehicle use: the impact of helmet use in West Virginia.

Miller M, Davidov D, Tillotson R, Whiteman C, Marshall T, Lander O.

W V Med J. 2012 May-Jun;108(3):96-101.

 

Pediatric bicycle injury prevention and the effect of helmet use: the West Virginia experience.

Bergenstal J, Davis SM, Sikora R, Paulson D, Whiteman C.

W V Med J. 2012 May-Jun;108(3):78-81.

 

Falls and dilemmas in injury prevention in older West Virginians.

Whiteman C, Davidov D, Tadros A, D'Angelo J.

W V Med J. 2012 May-Jun;108(3):14-20.

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Major trauma in West Virginia dementia patients injury patterns, discharge dispositions and implications for treatment and injury prevention.

Whiteman C, Tillotson R, Nicolas D, Stephen D.

W V Med J. 2011 May-Jun;107(3):48-52.

 

Primary care office responses to a stroke scenario.

Jarrell B, Davis SM, Coyner J, Crocco T, Whiteman C.

W V Med J. 2011 Mar-Apr;107(2):24, 26-8.

 

National healthline responses to a stroke scenario: implications for early intervention.

Jarrell B, Tadros A, Whiteman C, Crocco T, Davis SM.

Stroke. 2007 Aug;38(8):2376-8. Epub 2007 Jul 5.

Professional Interests: Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Research Interests:  Trauma, Emergency Medical Services, Acute Stroke Care; especially in West Virginia and rural populations.

Personal Interests: My Family, Youth Baseball, Horticulture, Photography, WVU Sports

C. R. “Chuck” Whiteman grew up in eastern West Virginia.  He received his undergraduate education at West Virginia University with dual Bachelors of Science Degrees in Chemistry and Animal Science. He is a 1985 graduate of the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He completed his Residency in Emergency Medicine at the Martin Luther King, Jr. General Hospital in Los Angeles, California; serving as Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine. He returned to West Virginia and joined the faculty of the School of Medicine, in what was at that time the Section of Emergency Services, Department of Surgery in the fall of 1988.  He helped worked to establish the Department of Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine Residency at WVU. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at WVU.  He has dedicated the last 27 years to providing excellent emergency care to the citizens in the Emergency Department at Ruby Memorial Hospital, to educating medical students and residents in the WVU School of Medicine. His research interests include trauma and stroke emergency care and emergency medical services.

Dr. Whiteman is married with two teenage boys. His non-professional interests revolve around supporting his family.  He has been active in public school Parent Teacher Organizations and Morgantown youth baseball serving as officers in these organizations.

Medical Specialties

• Emergency Medicine