Dr. Kristen Marks, DO, FACEP

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Get to know Emergency Physician Dr. Kristen Marks, who serves patients in Arlington, Texas.

In practice since 2001, Dr. Marks is a board-certified emergency physician at Medical City Arlington in Texas.

Dr. Marks attended Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine where she earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 1997. She went on to further her training and completed her residency in emergency medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.  She moved to Phoenix, Arizona after training where she practiced until moving to Texas in 2015.  She later earned her Master of Business Administration degree from the W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University in 2017.

Dedicated to excellence, she is board-certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). The ABEM is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Medicine who specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of acutely ill patients with advanced cardiac life support, trauma, and the management of other life-threatening medical issues (emergency physicians).

Emergency medicine, also known as accident and emergency medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. An emergency physician is a physician who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill or injured patients. They care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages.

Originally opened in August 1976 as Arlington Community Hospital in a rural part of town, Medical City Arlington has developed into a 432-bed full-service hospital located in the heart of the growing South Arlington area. A Level II Trauma Center, the hospital was the first certified Chest Pain Center and the first certified Primary Stroke Center in Tarrant County. It is also a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures in heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care as designated by The Joint Commission.

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