Samuel Josiah Prater MD

Summary

• Samuel Prater, MD, is an emergency medicine specialist with subspecialty training in pediatric emergency medicine, located in Houston, TX. He completed his medical education and fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, and his residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Additionally, he earned a Master's in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. Currently, he serves as Associate Vice President of the Patient Flow Center at Memorial Hermann HealthCare System and is an adjunct associate professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Prior to his current role, he was the Medical Director of Emergency Services at Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center. Dr. Prater has contributed to research with several publications on topics like ketamine for acute pain, integrated treatment programs for opioid use disorder, and emergency nursing perspectives, with some of his work being cited by other publications.