Mark A. Keuchel, DO, FACOEP, FACEP, earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medical degree from the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2013 and completed his emergency medicine residency at the INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center in 2017. As the associate program director at the INTEGRIS Southwest emergency medicine residency, he is enthusiastic about medical education. He has been both a participant and mentor in the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine faculty incubator program. He was named the 2019 OOA Rookie Physician of the Year. He is also an Oklahoma Osteopathic Association and Oklahoma Educational Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine Board member, as well as a Regional Trauma board member. Dr. Keuchel enjoys spending his free time with his wife and two young daughters.

(Dr. Keuchel has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose)

Atul A. Walia, DO, earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medical degree from the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2004 and completed his residency at the OU Medical Center. Following his pain management fellowship at Texas Tech University, Dr. Walia returned to Oklahoma to practice in his hometown. Board-certified in anesthesiology and pain management, Dr. Walia’s pain management practice philosophy is to relieve, reduce, or manage chronic pain and improve a patient’s overall quality of life through procedures specifically designed to diagnose and treat painful conditions. When he’s not managing pain, he enjoys traveling, fishing, and time with his wife, Bindu, and two children.

(Dr. Walia has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose)

Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, is a Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy, and Associate Dean in the College of Public Health, and a Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He serves in the role of Chief Quality Officer for the OU Physicians Group and serves as the Medical Director of the Clinical Skills Education and Testing Center. He was recently named the 2016 Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor at the Health Sciences Center. Dr. Bratzler has worked in the field of healthcare quality measurement and improvement for many years. He has worked on the development and maintenance of national performance measures used to profile and publicly report metrics on quality of inpatient and outpatient healthcare as a contractor to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He has served twice as the President of the American Health Quality Association, is a past member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and a recent member of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He received his medical degree from the Kansas City University College of Medicine and Biosciences and his Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Oklahoma. He is board certified in internal medicine. He is a Master Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists, and a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

(Dr. Bratzler has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose)

Jedidiah J. Perdue, MD, MPH, is the medical director at Arcadia Trails INTEGRIS Center for Addiction Recovery. Dually board-certified in addiction medicine and psychiatry, Dr. Perdue specializes in treating addictive illnesses, psychiatric illness that co-occurs with addiction, and psychiatric illness co-occurring with complex medical problems. Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Dr. Perdue graduated from OU College of Medicine in 2004, then completed his residency training in psychiatry at Duke University, where he also served as chief resident. He has been active in clinical practice in Oklahoma City since 2008 and has served in leadership roles for health systems and medical societies, as well as an instructor of medical students and residents. He serves as adjunct faculty for the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology for the Hudson College of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma.

(Dr. Perdue has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose)