As executive director, Dac Teoli, MD manages CEMRO in both daily organization-wide operations and long-term projects. He focuses on preserving the sanctity of medicine as an honorable profession and strives to ensure that the good of the patient remains the focal point of healthcare decision-making.

Dr. Teoli previously served as Chief Resident at the emergency medicine program at University of California, Riverside while completing a two-year Healthcare Leadership Program at Cornell University. He is now enjoying subspecialty training at the Mayo Clinic in Hospice & Palliative Medicine fellowship and concurrently obtaining his MBA in healthcare management from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Teoli, at the state-level, also served multiple terms in California as District II Delegate, representing over 1,000 residents spanning 25+ specialties. He has completed duel academic mini-fellowships in Hospital Administration and Patient Safety & Quality Improvement. For his hospital, he was the Founding Chair of the Resident Medical Staff Committee, which provides a collective voice representing the 100’s of voices of physicians-in-training at his hospital. He was chosen as a FAER Fellow. Additionally, he maintained the position of Program Representative for regional to national associations. He greatly values holding a voting seat on these Representative Councils to ensure policies remain truthful to medicine’s timeless ideals. Through his focused academic studies at Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University, in conjunction with his clinical training at University of California, Riverside and the Mayo Clinic, he is well-positioned for identifying areas for improvement/potential for growth and achieving system design, cost, and patient-centered goals.

Dr. Teoli completed his Medical Degree at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was elected as Class Representative on the Student Health Committee and recognized for satisfying an official Area of Concentration in neuroscience. As a medical student, he was awarded funding for his research pursuits and was one of the few to be institutionally awarded a Certificate of Merit & Excellence for his scholarly activities. He is an active contributor to WikEM and other medical periodicals, with his pieces having been read by tens of thousands across the globe. In addition, he was an active participant in several hospital action committees in southern California, including: the Pediatric Improvement Committee, the Resident Wellness Committee, and the Graduate Medical Education Committee.

Dr. Teoli holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from West Virginia University, where he majored in Marketing, graduating summa cum laude. He was chosen for The PNC Roll of Academic Excellence and honored through the Business School by being formally named as the Student Marshal for graduating at the top of his class.

Before pursuing medicine, he spent several years working in the public health academic sector with investigations focusing on adolescent and young adult self-rated health, self-efficacy, and health outcomes. His research was published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, while he authored the first dedicated children’s textbook on public health: Public Health for Kids. A book which has since been acquired and utilized at schools within every state across the nation, it opened the door for other authors to explore traditionally-complex topics and break the fundamentals down into understandable morsels for today’s inquisitive child.

More recent studies have expanded to both midlife and advanced age populations.

Dac enjoys giving professional presentations (most recently a 10-part lecture series on breakthroughs in emergency medicine), traveling with his wife and daughter, and playing at the dog park with his border collie.

Professional interests: Palliative care, Healthcare policy, Administration, Patient satisfaction, Medical device development, and Psychosocial research.

What Dac believes makes an effective leader:

Empowering Others
Communication
Motivational Skills
Integrity
Confidence