Staff ED Physician
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
Shreveport, Louisiana
Debbie Fletcher, MD FAAEM is an emergency medicine physician at Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, LA. She attended LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans ('94) then completed a residency in Pediatrics at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport ('97). In the last year of Peds residency, she found that emergency medicine was her true calling, so completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge ('00). She became involved in scope of practice adcovacy a few years ago and now this has become her "free" job, working with AAEM, ACEP, AMA, and the Louisiana State Medical Society on workforce issues. She recently started the non-profit 501(c)(6) Louisiana Physicians for Patients along with Dr. Jamie Kuo and Dr. Etch Shaheen, with the mission of safe healthcare legislation for patients in Louisiana. She was honored to recieve the first AAEM Advocate of the Year Award at Scientific Assembly two years ago. She actively participates in medical missions in Belize every year, and is a crazy Saints fan, but her favorite times are spent with her family.
Advocacy in Emergency Medicine
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
8:10am – 8:55am CT
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose