Dr. Alex Qader Joins Brookings Health’s Emergency Department
- August 15, 2022
Dr. Alex Qader, M.D., recently joined the emergency department at Brookings Health System.
As an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Qader will treat and care for patient who visit the ER. Duties include assessing a patient’s health status and condition, beginning treatment, and ordering tests as needed. He will also work with the emergency room team to stabilize and treat patients who experience acute health problems or traumatic injuries.
Dr. Qader received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica, West Indies. He performed his residency in family medicine at the East Tennessee State University Family Residency Program in Johnson City, TN. He also performed a mentorship in emergency medicine at Niswonger Childrens Hospital in Johnson City, TN. He has served as the ER section chief at Royal C. Johnson Veterans’ Memorial Hospital in Sioux Falls.
With the fastest patient throughput time in the local region, Brookings Health System’s emergency department quickly provides excellent emergency care. As the frontline of medicine, familiar, friendly faces connect with patients. The ER team offers reassurance and gives the compassionate care expected from a Top 20 Rural Community Hospital. Discover more at brookingshealth.org/ER.
About Brookings Health System
Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic & Optical, and medical clinics in Arlington, White and Volga, South Dakota. It is a non-profit, city-owned facility that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and extended care services. Brookings Hospital provides local access to doctors in Brookings and offers robotic da Vinci surgery and Mako robotic-arm assisted procedures, making it one of the premier rural community hospitals in South Dakota. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org.