Daniel DeWeert, M.D.
Biography
Dr. Dan DeWeert serves as the Director of Clinical Skills 2. In his current role, he works closely with the Wayne School of Medicine and Kado teams, clerkship directors and guest faculty, fourth-year medical student near-peer assessors, and standardized patients to prepare second-year medical students for their clerkships through specialty-specific simulated patient encounters in which they practice history-taking, focused physical exams, bedside ultrasound and select procedures, notewriting, and oral presentations.
Dr. DeWeert is a practicing emergency physician in the Henry Ford system. He performs quality assurance as the Assistant Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Fairlane and as a member of the Henry Ford Hospital Stroke Committee. He authored the system policy that implemented emergent MRI use at Fairlane for select patients with suspected strokes to improve patient care, patient satisfaction, and resource utilization. His other teaching responsibilities include instructing at Advanced Trauma Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support courses and co-directing the Michigan College of Emergency Physician’s In-Training Exam Review Course for resident physicians in Michigan. He was previously the Resident Director of Medical Student Education at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
Education
- Bachelor of the Arts in Religious Studies (Chemistry Minor) at Illinois Wesleyan University
- Doctor of Medicine at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Emergency Medicine Residency at Advocate Christ Medical Center