MY STORY​

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Michael A. McGee, MD, MPH, FACEP is the Medical Director of the Emergency Department for the University of Chicago multispecialty care center in Crown Point, IN. He was recently a partner with Vituity Emergency Medicine in Gary and Merrillville, Indiana, as well as, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Premier Urgent Care and Occupational Health Center in Chicago Hyde Park.  He graduated from Purdue University w/a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology/Psychology.  Dr. McGee also has a Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Illinois in Chicago, a Medical Doctorate from Rush Medical College in Chicago, and completed his Internship and Residency in the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York University (NYU) / Bellevue Hospital Medical Center in New York, NY. Upon completion of residency, Dr. McGee worked as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory/Grady Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He later became the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an independent Methodist ER Group called Northwest Emergency Associates (NEA), LLC. In 2019 NEA merged with Vituity Healthcare where Dr. McGee is a full partner.   

Dr. McGee is presently the Chair of the Firearm Violence and Injury Prevention Committee of the ACEP Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity (DIHE) Section for the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is also the National Chair of the Violence Prevention Action Committee for 100 Black Men of America.  In 2020, Dr. McGee received special recognition for his work with Firearm Violence which included: The National Medical Association, EM Section, Tamara O’Neal, MD Social Justice Award; Vituity Dr. Wes Curry Award in Social Justice; February Healthcare Hero Recognition Award by Vituity; and the Rush Medical College Black History Month Graduate Spotlight.  In 2021, he received ACEP’s Community Emergency Medicine Excellence Award.  Dr. McGee is also the Founder of a Violence Prevention Nonprofit Organization called Project Outreach and Prevent (POP) on Teen Violence, Inc. In 2022, Dr. McGee won the IHEART Media Brilliantly Black Business Award and recently became the Chair of the National Medical Association’s Violence Prevention Council.