PHYSICIAN PROFILE NICK ZENAROSA, M. D.
Nick Zenarosa, M. D., officially began his career in emergency medicine in 1995. Since then, he has served as both faculty and attending staff at multiple teaching and trauma centers throughout Texas. He is currently practicing at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney and John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.
Dr. Zenarosa holds a master’ s degree in molecular biology and a bachelor’ s degree in human physiology, both from the University of Illinois. He received his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.
During his internal medicine residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, he discovered his love of emergency medicine.
“ I loved the excitement, variety and teamwork,” recalled Dr. Zenarosa.“ You came in, gave it your all and went home— it was an exhilarating hospitalbased practice, and I was hooked.”
Following his residency at Parkland, Dr. Zenarosa completed an emergency medicine residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where he was also the chief resident.
Dr. Zenarosa is the founder and chief executive officer of Integrative Emergency Services, LLC,( IES) and
Dr. Nick Zenarosa
the chairman of the board for Baylor Scott & White’ s Century Integrated Partners. IES manages more than 500 providers. Since its founding in 2011, Dr. Zenarosa has overseen more than 20 regional and systemlevel quality initiatives for more than 7 million patient visits. He leads a team of experienced physician leaders and advanced practice practitioners who manage emergency departments across Baylor Scott & White Health, including the Riggs Emergency Department at Baylor Dallas.
If we were to spend a night observing the comings and goings of the Riggs Emergency Department, what would we be surprised to learn?
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People’ s perceptions of emergency medicine are heart attacks, car accidents, adrenaline-pumping trauma. However, trauma is only about 3 percent of total volume.
I hope they would see emergency medicine is the Leatherman tool of health care … if you come in with a gunshot wound, we treat you; if you don’ t have access to health care and need a medication refill, we treat you; if you are a victim of human trafficking, we treat you; if you are a teenager who has overdosed on drugs, we treat you.
We are tied in closely with first responders. Together, we are an accurate, leading-edge barometer of our society. We see and treat issues prevalent in the community – we know what to look out for. We recognize health care patterns that need to be monitored, such as spikes in drug overdoses, people showing up with high fevers who recently traveled to Africa, etc. We look for trends and escalate issues to civic leaders when we know that there are threats to our community. We are front line defenders for the communities we serve.
How can emergency medicine providers support Baylor Scott & White’ s focus on advancing population health initiatives?