Doctor Goes to Washington with Dr. Joseph Leary - ACEP LAC

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, we sit down with Joseph Leary, DO, MPH, to explore how a single decision in a rural community can ripple across an entire health care system. Early in his career, while working as an emergency physician in the small mining town of Craig, Colorado, Dr. Leary witnessed the abrupt closure of a labor and delivery unit at a critical access hospital, an event that would shape his path into health policy and advocacy.

He shares how that closure didn’t just affect obstetric care, but fundamentally altered emergency preparedness in the re...