Douglas Rund is a graduate of Yale University and the Stanford College of Medicine. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and has interests in emergency medical services, emergency psychiatry and medical education.
Rund is the founder of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ohio State. He served as Departmental chair from 1990 to 2011. He resigned as chair in 2011 to continue teaching and academic work within the department.
Rund became the Director of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Ohio State in 1978. When the Division became a full Department in 1990, he was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department. During his tenure at Ohio State he has also been named Interim Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Interim Chair of the Department of Family Medicine on two occasions. He was named Associate Dean for Hospital Based Services in 2003. He was elected President of the Faculty Practice Plan, OSU Physicians, in 2003 and served in this capacity until his recent retirement as Chair. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the OSU Hospital System and Board of Directors of the OSU Health Plan.
Under his leadership the Department of Emergency Medicine grew to 40 faculty members with 36 residents in the EM Program. The department has also developed fellowships in Pediatrics, Toxicology, Sports Medicine, Ultrasound, Research, Administration and Education.
Rund became a member of the Association of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine in 1990 and served as President of the organization in 1992. He was selected to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Education Award from ACEP in 1992. He served on the Board of Directors of The American Board of Emergency Medicine from 1988 to 1997; and as President in 1995-96. He was a member of the RRC for Emergency Medicine from 1997 to 2002. He has been active as consultant and site reviewer for new and established EM programs for many years. He has authored and edited many scientific and educational articles and texts including Essentials of Emergency Medicine with Drs. Rosen, Barkin and Sternbach.
The Douglas Rund, MD Oral History (0.25 linear feet) contains the video of the oral history conducted January 10, 2017 by David Bahner.
The Ohio State University Archives has placed the audio and transcript of this oral history into the Knowledge Bank.
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