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Joseph R. Danna, M.D. F.A.C.E.P. |
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Joseph R. Danna is a passionate clinical leader who inspires his colleagues to strive for ever-higher levels of performance and patient satisfaction. He is as respected for his knowledge and impressive accomplishments as he is for his integrity and willingness to leave no idea unchallenged – including his own. Dr. Danna’s passionate commitment to emergency medicine dates back to his days at the Chicago Medical School/University of Health Sciences and subsequent internship at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. There, before emergency medicine was an established specialty, he developed a strong vision of what emergency medicine could and should be. Part of this vision was brought into being when he helped to draft legislation that established Illinois’ first statewide trauma care system. The remainder of his career has been untiringly devoted to implementing, refining and codifying these ideas in actual clinical practice. One central focus of Dr. Danna’s career has involved elevating the Emergency Department at a community hospital on the fringes of the Chicago area into a premiere regional trauma center/EMS system. In a market otherwise dominated by a competitor, this ED has remained an unassailable point of differentiation for its hospital in the eyes of the community. What Dr. Danna has accomplished at St. Mary’s of Kankakee, Illinois, is a potent example of what can be achieved when routine ED Management is replaced by ED Leadership. Dr. Danna's unwavering commitment to emergency medicine continues at all levels. He lectures and consults widely. He is actively involved in guiding and mentoring the medical directors at each of his accounts. He also remains very much a practicing emergency medicine physician – very much willing to do everything he asks of others. He even finds time to conceive and develop new tools such as E Square’s® uniquely effective scribe/template program. His passion and dedication define the concept of ED Leadership.
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