
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and
Chief, EMS and Disaster Medicine
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Education
1986 West Valley College A.S. Biological Sciences
1990 Santa Clara University B.S. Combined Sciences
1994 Georgetown University M.D. Medicine
1997 Stanford University Residency Emergency Medicine
Positions and Employment
1997-2005
Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Medical Services, Fire
2005-2008
Service Chief, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, Emergency Medicine, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
1997-present
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
2005-present
Chief of Clinical Services, 147th Medical Group
2008-present
Chief, Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine, Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Professional Memberships
American College of Emergency Physicians
American College of Healthcare Executives
American Medical Association
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Harris County Medical Society
National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Texas College of Emergency Physicians
Texas Medical Association
Honors and Awards
1990-1994 Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award, Georgetown University, Sponsored by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
2001- Air Force Commendation Medal, Sponsored by United States Department of Defense (DOD).
2007- Iraq Campaign Medal, Sponsored by United States Department of Defense (DOD).
2007- The Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Citation, Sponsored by Department of the Air Force.
Publications
- Bradley RN, Review of Traynor OT, The streetmedic's handbook, 3(5), 1995
- Howell JM, Newsome JT, Stair TO, Wolfson AR, Bradley RN (Apr 1995) Host response to multiple skin lacerations on the albino guinea pig., Laboratory Animal Science, 45(2)160-2
- Bradley RN (1996) Review of Smith, Rescuers in action, Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal, 4(2)
- Bradley RN, Smith-Coggins R, Oncologic emergencies, EMERGINDEX, , 1997
- Bradley RN (Jul-Sep 2000) Health care facility preparation for weapons of mass destruction., Prehospital Emergency Care : Official Journal of the National Association of Ems Physicians and the National Association of State Ems Directors., 4(3)261-9
- Bradley RN, Sahni R (Oct-Dec 2000) Early defibrillation. National Association of EMS Physicians Standards and Clinical Practice Committee., Prehospital Emergency Care : Official Journal of the National Association of Ems Physicians and the National Association of State Ems Directors., 4(4)358
- Persse DP, Baldwin B, Bradley RN, Rodriguez D, Key C, Dingra A (Jan 2000) Cardiac arrest survival as a function of ambulance deployment in a large urban emergency medical services system, Prehospital Emergency Care, 4(1)97
- Persse DE, Key CB, Bradley RN, Rodriguez (May 2000) Impact of Paramedic Deployment Strategy on Cardiac Arrest Survival in a Large Urban EMS System, Academic Emergency Medicine, 7(5)476
- Bradley RN (July 2000) Health care facility preparation for weapons of mass destruction, Prehospital Emergency Care, 4(3)261-9
- Bradley RN, Schoenstein LJ, Alshanti M, Untrained Volunteers Are Marginally Effective in Delivering Public Access Defibrillation, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 36(4 Suppl):S6, October 2000
- Bradley RN, Sahni R (October 2000) Early defibrillation. National Association of EMS Physicians Standards and Clinical Practice Committee, Prehospital Emergency Care, 4(4)358
- Bradley RN, Preparation for biological terrorism, Texas Pharmacy(Summer):18-9, 2001
- Sirbaugh, PE, Bradley, RN, Macias, CG, Endom, EE (2002) The Houston flood of 2001: the Texas Medical Center and lessons learned, Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 3(4)275-283, Published
- Bradley RN, Treatment protocols for chemical and biological agents, Guide to Emergency Management Planning in Health Care, , 2002
- Bradley RN (15 Mar 2002) Real-time emergency department-based, passive surveillance for bioterrorism, Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference on Unified Science & Technology for Reducing Biological Threats & Countering Terrorism, 224-5
- Boyle MR, Bradley RN, Dryden AD, Hamilton WH, Persse DE, Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in an urban emergency medical services system, Proceedings of the 12th Annual SAEM Midwest Regional Meeting, , 13 Sep 2002
- Bradley RN, Toxic chemical agents reference chart--Symptoms and treatment, Conn's Current Therapy 2003, 1320-1, 2003
- Bradley RN, Biological agents reference chart--Symtoms, tests, and treatment, Conn's Current Therapy 2003, 1321-2, 2003
- Bradley RN, Hamilton WH, Boyle MR, Schoenstein LM (May 2003) Public Access Defibrillation Programs without Training Are Ineffective, Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 10(5)502-3
- Persse DE, Key CB, Bradley RN, Miller CC, Dhingra A (Oct 2003) Cardiac arrest survival as a function of ambulance deployment strategy in a large urban emergency medical services system., Resuscitation, 59(1)97-104, Published
- Richard N. Bradley (2005) , All-hazards approach to decontamination In Keyes, Daniel C., Jonathan L. Burstein, Richard B. Schwartz, Raymond E. Swienton (eds), Medical response to terrorism : preparedness and clinical practice, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, xiii, 449 p., PublishedISBN=0781749867
- Giesler, GM, Vooletich, M, Julapalli, V, Garg, R, Rester, J, Anderson, HV, Sdringola, S, Denktas, A, Bradley, R, Persse, D, Smalling, RW (2005) Coordinated Aggressive Medical and Interventional Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Pre-Hospital Administration of Thrombolysis with Urgent Culprit Artery Revascularization (PATCAR), The American Journal of Cardiology, 96(7,Sup1)56H, Published
- Giesler GM, Vooletich MT, Julapalli VR, Dentkas AE, Anderson HV, Sdringola S, McCarthy JJ, Bradley RN, Persse DE, Smalling RW (2006) Reduction in time to reperfusion and improved myocardial perfusion with pre-hospital facilitated coronary intervention compared to primary PCI in STEMI patients treated in an urban setting, Circulation, 114, II_420, Published
- McCarthy JJ, Vooletich MT, Julapalli Vr, Giesler GM, Richter B, David W, Bradley RN, Persse DE, Sdringola S, Denktas AE, Anderson HV, Smalling RS (2006) Implementation of a Team-Based Approach for the Management of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Improves Symptom Onset to Treatment Time, Circulation, 114, II_464, Published
- Bradley, RN, Mitigating Catastrophic Events Through Effective Medical Response: Hearing Before the Subcomm. On Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack of the House Comm. On Homeland Security, Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office, , 2007
- Bradley, RN (2007) , Plague, Diseases and disorders, New York, Marshall Cavendish, PublishedISBN=2007060867
- Bradley, RN (2007) , SARS, Diseases and disorders, New York, Marshall Cavendish, PublishedISBN=2007060867
- Bradley, RN (2007) , Sick Building Syndrome, Diseases and disorders, New York, Marshall Cavendish, PublishedISBN=9780761477709
- Bradley, RN (2007) , Smallpox, Diseases and disorders, New York, Marshall Cavendish, PublishedISBN=2007060867
- Bradley RN, Huff EN (2007) Development of a model to compare chemical decontamination methods, 2007 Western Regional Meeting, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Published
- Bradley, RN, UT physician serves with critical care air transport team in Iraq, Features File [webpage], Houston, TX, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, , 3 Jul 2007
- Bradley, RN (2007) An academic physician's experience in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, AAMC Reporter, , Published
- Smalling RW, Giesler GM, Julapalli VR, Denktas AE, Sdringola SM, Vooletich MT, McCarthy JJ, Bradley RN, Persse DE, Richter BK, Yagi M, Fujise K, Anderson HV (Oct 2007) Pre-hospital reduced-dose fibrinolysis coupled with urgent percutaneous coronary intervention reduces time to reperfusion and improves angiographic perfusion score compared with prehospital fibrinolysis alone or primary percutaneous coronary intervention:, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 50(16)1612-4
- Richard N. Bradley, Ester N. Huff (2008) Development of a Model to Compare Emergency Chemical Decontamination Methods, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 9(1), Published
Grants
Completed Research Support
Apr 1, 2003 –Dec 31, 2003
Department of the Army
Implementation of the Real-Time Surveillance System Test Site
Role: Principal Investigator
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- Richard N. Bradley, MD
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Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Chief, EMS and Disaster Medicine
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston - Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR)
- 6410 Fannin St. UPB 11.24
Houston, TX 77030 - phone: (713) 500-6404
e-mail: richard.n.bradley@
uth.tmc.edu

