Dr. Dark is an Associate Professor in the Henry J. N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He currently is on the Board of Directors for Doctors for America, the Board of Trustees for Semester at Sea, and is the Medical Editor-in-Chief for the monthly publication ACEP Now. 

Dr. Dark is the 2017 recipient of the Texas Medical Association’s C. Frank Webber Award, a 2019 American College of Emergency Physicians Choosing Wisely Champion, the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association 2021 Joseph F. Waeckerle Alumni of the Year Award, one of emergency medicine’s Top 45 Under 45, and on Elemental’s List of 50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic. 

Dr. Dark’s media experience includes print, radio, podcast, and television – including outlets such as NPR, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and BBC World News.

Dr. Dark’s policy experience includes work for the United States House of Representatives, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Joe Biden Campaign. Among his policy interests include the study of health reform at the intersection with international health systems on which he has spoken on this topic nationwide. He was the Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions® a blog which ran from 2008-2023 and featured many contributors who have gone on to serve in high level policy positions across the United States. 

A graduate of Morehouse College, Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He holds a master’s degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in Health Policy & Management. He trained in emergency medicine at George Washington University where he served as Chief Resident.