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Focus on Physicians

Meet Dr. Luis Eljaiek, Emergency Medicine
 
Medical School - Eastern Virginia Medical School
Emergency Medicine Residency - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Internship - Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine
Special training - EMS, Air Medicine, Transport Medicine
Board certified in Emergency Medicine
Joined the Potomac Hospital medical staff in 1999
Dialogue
Q.
At what age did you decide to pursue a medical career and why?
A.
It sounds cliché but I wanted to be doctor as long as I can remember. My mother reminds me that at about age four I received a toy doctor kit for Christmas and ever sense then…well you get the picture!
 
Q
What are your particular interests within your specialty?
A.
Transport medicine and the administrative aspect of helping run an Emergency Department.
 
Q.
What are your interests outside of work?
A.
Music, arts, sports and cars.
 
Q
What’s the best part about being a physician?
A.
As a physician practicing in Emergency Medicine there is nothing more rewarding than being able to positively impact a critically ill or injured patient. The feeling and emotion are amazing and very difficult to describe.



 

This page was last updated on October 10, 2008