Duane J. Dyson, MD, FAAEM

Medical Director, CEO

Dr. Dyson is a graduate of Cornell University and UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School. After graduating from the New Jersey Medical School in 1986, Dr. Dyson completed a one-year internship in Internal Medicine at UMDNJ and then completed a three-year residency in Emergency Medicine at Albert Einstein School of Medicine on the Long Island Jewish Medical Center campus. Dr. Dyson is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a founding Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  He is currently licensed in New Jersey and New York.  Dr. Dyson is a well respected physician within the Essex County community. He is also very actively involved in many philanthropic projects and community services in Essex County and the State of New Jersey.  He is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Violence Prevention Institute, Inc which presently works with local Boards of Education, New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission and the New Jersey State Attorney Generals Office.  He also served as Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at East Orange General Hospital.  Dr. Dyson has also held positions such as Director of the following services: Emergency Medical and Surgical Services, House Physician Services and Occupation Health Services over the past eight years.  In Dr. Dyson’s previous role as Senior Vice President, he provided leadership and coordination for all functions and aspects of Medical Affairs within the Healthcare system.  During his tenure as Director of Emergency Services and Vice-President of Medical Affairs the Hospital was recognized as one of the 100th most improved hospitals in the United States by Solucients Health Care Information Company. He was named the Citizen of the year by the National Association of Social Workers in 2006, Essex County Outstanding Health Care Professional 2005, Outstanding Citizen of the Year 2003 in East Orange, NJ and Citizen of the Year 2002 in West Orange, NJ.  Dr. Dyson has been the keynote speaker and motivational speaker for many prominent organizations and corporations. He has made multiple media appearances both in print, video and television regarding a host of community and health related issues.
 
While his primary practice specialty is Emergency Medicine and General Medicine, the evaluation and prevention of injuries resulting from falls has been a preventable injury that he has treated in many Emergency Departments over the past twenty years.  Dr. Dyson belongs to the American College of Emergency Medicines injury and prevention section which has listed fall prevention as one of the objectives of all Emergency Medicine Physicians because of the significant Morbidity and Mortality associated with falls resulting in fractured hips or head injuries. The leading cause of trauma in those over age 65 is falls as well as the seventh leading cause of death in those over age 65. It has been also mandated by Medicare , American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Medical Associations that physicians take an active role in preventing falls considering the long term cost to the Medicare system once this occurs resulting in long term injuring and disability. Not to mention the financial and emotional stress on family members and caretakers of those who have suffered the effects of falls.  At Fall Prevention and Rehabilitation, we have therefore developed a state of the art testing and rehabilitation facility to prevent those at risk of becoming an Emergency Room patient because of a fall which could lead to a broken bone, hip or worse. Please call us today for an appointment so that we can provide you with a fall risk assessment profile that could save your life.