Charles Barbera MD MBA, FACEP
Vice President, Pre-Hospital and Unscheduled Care, Tower Health Chief Medical Officer, Tower Health Urgent Care Former Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital/Tower
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6th Ave And Spruce StreetWest Reading, PA 19611
Phone+1 484-628-8908
Fax+1 484-628-5252
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Education & Training
George Washington UniversityGraduate Certificate in Public Health, Public Health, 2016 - 2018- Alvernia UniversityMBA, Healthcare Administration, 1999 - 2001
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1993- University of PennsylvaniaPost Baccaulareate Pre Health, 1987 - 1989
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1994 - 2026
DE State Medical License 2020 - 2025
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow American Academy of Emergency Medicine
- Fellow (FACEP) American College of Emergency Physicians
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 9 citationsAlternatives to Opioid Education and a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Cumulatively Decreased Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions.Adam Sigal, Ankit Shah, Alex Onderdonk, Traci S Deaner, David A. Schlappy
Pain Medicine. 2021-02-23 - 14 citationsSuccess Of An Expedited Emergency Department Triage Evaluation System For Geriatric Trauma Patients Not Meeting Trauma Activation Criteria.Forrest B. Fernandez, Adrian W. Ong, Anthony Martin, C. William Schwab, Tom Wasser
Open Access Emergency Medicine. 2019-10-29 - The ED challenge: designing for excellence.Doug Childs, James Lennon, Frank Zilm, Michael P. Pietrzak, Charles Barbera
Health Facilities Management. 2005-01-01
Press Mentions
Reading Hospital Named One of “Great Hospitals in America”August 29th, 2024- TowerDIRECT Ambulances 1st in Pa. To Carry Blood Products for Patient TransfusionsMay 14th, 2024
- First Responders Hope for Local Action, Regional Unity as Advanced Life Support Crisis IntensifiesAugust 5th, 2022
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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