Acute Care Across the Ages

Faculty

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  Thomas Tryon (Learn More)
  Dr. Tom Tryon is a general pediatrician with broad-based experience in adult and pediatric ER and Urgent Care as well as primary care pediatrics and pediatric urgent care. Following residency at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Dr. Tryon practiced for four years as a solo practitioner and sole pediatrician in a rural community, as well as a half-time solo ER physician in a Level III Trauma Center ED. He then moved his pediatric practice to an urban solo practice for six years, where he also worked half-time as an adult minor ER and Urgent Care physician. He is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Tryon has served in multiple leadership roles with three different hospitals including Chief of OB/Peds, Chief of Pediatrics, Chief of Medicine for a 370- bed adult and pediatric health system, and Associate Division Director of Urgent Care for his current children’s hospital. Recently, he served as Pediatric Section Chair for the Urgent Care Association as well as a Director on the Board of Directors and as Secretary of the Board of Directors. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics and a Fellow in the College of Urgent Care Medicine.
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  Kenneth H. Butler, D.O., FACEP, FAAEM, FACOEP (Learn More)
  Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Residency Director and Educational Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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  John K Crane, MD, PhD (Learn More)
  Professor of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Micro & Immunol. and of Pharmacol & Tox. Department of Medicine Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Specialty/Research Focus Bacterial Pathogenesis; DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Infectious Disease; Infectious Diseases; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Pathogenesis; Research Lab; Vitamins and Trace Nutrients