Dr David Soria: EmCare, Inc.

Dr David Soria is a graduate of the College of Medicine at Ohio State University, where he completed his residency at clinics and hospitals in Cleveland.

After completing his formal training, Dr David Soria was recruited as an Associate Regional Medical Director for EmCare, Inc., where he specialized in new contract startups. EmCare is the leading provider of outsourced facility-based physician services in the United States, and is a division of Envision Healthcare. Dr David Soria was soon promoted to Regional Medical Director for the Southeast United States, overseeing medical affairs for EmCare contracts while also serving as Medical Director for their two key contracts, the Good Samaritan Medical Center and Saint Marty’s Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida.

In 2003, Dr David Soria was recruited to Team Health as Regional Medical Officer. In that role he oversaw all operational aspects of sixteen emergency departments, including budgets and financial management of fourteen million dollars in annual revenues, and human resource management.

At present, Dr David Soria is the President and Managing Partner of TruePartners Emergency Physicians, LLC, his Emergency Medical Practice Management company with hospitals in Florida and Texas. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr David Soria is also active in the ACEP at the local, state, and national levels, and sat on the Board of Directors for the Florida ACEP. He is active with the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, and currently sits on the Board of Directors for its Florida chapter.

Dr David Soria: Keeping Physically Fit

Dr David Soria is a medical professional leading an extremely busy life. He is the Medical Director and Chairman of an Emergency Medicine department in a major hospital, a health and medicine correspondent for two Southern Florida TV stations, the Medical Director of Global Affairs for the National Basketball Association, and the President and Managing Partner of an emergency medical practice management company.

Dr David Soria might not be able to keep up with all of these responsibilities if he did not take good care of himself. But he does: he keeps physically fit with regular workouts that leave him feeling better and give him plenty of energy. As an experienced medical professional, Dr David Soria knows that plenty of exercise and physical activity are the keys to good health, and can even extend his life expectancy.

Getting plenty of regular exercise, Dr David Soria says, goes a long way to preventing excess weight gain by burning a lot of calories. He says that it isn’t necessary to set aside big chunks of time for working out in order to stay trim. He says a simple way of being active include cutting corners, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator.

Another great benefit of regular exercise is that is can reduce the risk of certain conditions and diseases, like high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes. Exercise can also give you an emotional lift, he says, and help you blow off pressure after a particularly stressful day.

Regular exercise, Dr David Soria says, can also leave you with more energy and promote better sleep, and plenty of sack time is always beneficial to good health. The bottom line, he says, is that plenty of exercise and physical activity is an excellent way to feel better.

Dr David Soria: NBA Medical Director

Dr David Soria is the Medical Director of Global Affairs for the National Basketball Association, and has held that post since February 2002. The role consists of providing concierge medical care for NBA players and staff at national and international NBA events. The position has taken Dr David Soria to Europe and Asia, and is taking him to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a preseason game between the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers in October.

As Dr David Soria knows, the game between the Heat and the Cavaliers is of particular interest to basketball fans because it will be the first meeting since NBA superstar LeBron James re-signed with the Cavs after four years with the Heat. LeBron James is a Cleveland native and began his career with the Cavaliers.

In addition to his work with the NBA, Dr David Soria is also a prominent emergency physician. He is the Medical Director and Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Wellington Regional Medical Center in Wellington, Florida. He is also the President and Managing Partner of TruePartners Emergency Physicians in Delray Beach, his Emergency Medical Practice Management company with hospitals in Florida and Texas.

These activities and responsibilities keep Dr David Soria a very busy man. But he is also known to television viewers in Palm Beach County, Florida as the Health Specialist at WPTV Newschannel 5, and WFLX Fox News29. He appears each Tuesday and Wednesday on those channels, speaking on a variety of health related subjects. Dr David Soria has also been a fight physician at the MGM Las Vegas.