David Wallace

David is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

He attended Oberlin College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neuroscience.

David was awarded a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from Emory University and worked staff epidemiologist in the Emerging Infections Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

He earned his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate and completed his residency training and was chief resident in combined emergency medicine and internal medicine at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.

David completed his critical care medicine fellowship and post-doctoral research training at the University of Pittsburgh, and is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung & Lung Institute to study health care geography for time-sensitive medical emergencies.

His research interests relate to the structural organization of critical care and regional health care quality.

Dr. Wallace has publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Annals of Surgery, CHEST and Critical Care.