Dr. Sarah Frances McClure Named Medical Director of Harris County (TX) Emergency Services District 11

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Sarah Frances McClure, DO, FAWM, Paramedic-NR

Via Harris County ESD 11 Mobile Healthcare

ESD 11 is pleased to announce Dr. Sarah Frances McClure as its medical director.

Sarah Frances McClure, DO, FAWM, Paramedic-NR is an EMS physician with experience working with EMS systems in wildland fire, industrial EMS, and other specialty EMS systems to help bring prehospital medicine closer to the scene of illness or injury. Dr. McClure started her EMS career as an EMT-IV and swift water and high angle rescue technician in Franklin County, TN.

After college, she worked as a paramedic in Texas with Harris County Emergency Corps and Williamson County Emergency Medical Services before attending medical school at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. McClure completed residency in Emergency Medicine at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, NY, followed by fellowship in EMS in San Antonio, TX – working with San Antonio Fire Department and Bexar County agencies in the office of the medical director associated with University of Texas Health Science Center.

Dr. McClure embraces her role as an EMS physician and is committed to building a system that identifies and bridges gaps in community health resources and provides excellent out-of-hospital health care to the whole community.

In her free time, Dr. McClure practices Jiu Jitsu and enjoys rock climbing and backpacking.

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