Emily Wheeler, MD

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Emergency Medicine

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

• MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine

Undergraduate: University of Pittsburgh 
Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Florida State University, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida  
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, St. Luke’s university Health Network, Bethlehem Pennsylvania
Board Certification: Board certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine; Eligible: Surgical Critical Care
Awards/Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society 

Representative publications:

• Lund J, Wheeler E, Peredy T; Clam calamity: five concurrent cases of neurotoxic shellfish poisoning with varying presentations following ingestion of clams from Gulf of Mexico water contaminated with Karenia brevis confirmed by serum brevetoxin assays, Clinical Toxicology, 61:9, 702-704, DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2023.2260558 
• Lynn Lawrence A, Wheeler Emily, Woda Russel, Levitov Alexander B, Stawicki Stanislaw P, Bahner David P. Protocol failure detection: The conflation of acute respiratory distress syndrome, SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and respiratory dysfunction. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock. 2021, 14: 4, 227-231 

Professional interests:  Critical care, End of life care, international medicine 
Personal interests: Art, music, anything outdoors 

Emily Wheeler began her medical career at a young age, finishing a Nurses’ Aide course at 15 years old so that she could begin working in a nursing home as soon as she turned 16—when it was legal. She worked there through high school and college, and during college obtained her EMT certification, followed by her paramedic certification. She worked as a paramedic for 4 years following college until matriculation into medical school.  She has always had a heart for underserved communities and spent several years working for a program in Pittsburgh that served teenaged mothers. She has also taken three trips to Haiti to help with dental work and a trip to Cameroon to help with critical care, emergency medicine, and resident education.   Medicine isn’t her only passion, though. She was raised in the country and remains an outdoorswoman at heart.  She also enjoys painting and playing the piano.

Medical Specialties

• Emergency Medicine

Board Certifications

• Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Training

• Residency, Emergency Medicine
  Florida State University, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida
• Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care
  St Lukes university Health Network, Bethlehem Pennsylvania