Dr. Duncan Dinkha MD

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Get to know Family & Emergency Medicine Physician Dr. Duncan Dinkha, who serves the population of Illinois. Dr. Dinkha completed his undergraduate studies in Iraq and was among the top candidates in the country selected for medical school. He then attended the University of Baghdad College of Medicine, where he graduated with distinction in 1986, giving him over three decades of experience in his field. This is where he also completed his internship. He then relocated to the United States where he completed a transitional year at Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago Medical School. He then did his Family Practice residency at Rush Copley Medical Center, Rush Medical College, where he was named Chief Resident. Dr. Dinkha is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. He currently practices as Emergency Department Medical Director and Chief of Staff at Morrison Community Hospital. He is also affiliated with Acute Care, Inc. and Marshall Browning Hospital. Emergency Medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. As first-line providers, emergency physicians manage patients of all ages with undifferentiated ailments of all types. They are primarily responsible for initiating resuscitation and stabilization and beginning investigations and interventions to diagnose and treat illnesses in the acute phase. Emergency physicians generally practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units, but may also work in primary care settings such as urgent care clinics. Emergency physicians may subspecialize in disaster medicine, medical toxicology, ultrasonography, critical care medicine, hyperbaric medicine, sports medicine, palliative care, or aerospace medicine.

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