Fernando Daniels, III, M.D. is the Medical Director and Chief of the Emergency Medical Services Bureau of the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. He is responsible for developing guidelines, policies, procedures, regulations, and rules designed to monitor and optimize the overall quality of medical care performed by over 2,000 departmental pre-hospital care providers. He is currently improving the District's capability to respond to emergencies through the implementation of enhanced training programs, quality assurance programs, transport unit redeployment, paramedic engine programs, and the ongoing procurement of state of the art pre-hospital medical equipment. He is an Assistant Professor and Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Howard University Hospital. He currently serves as the Emergency Medicine Section Chair of the National Medical Association. He is a member of numerous hospital wide committees and served as the EMS and Trauma Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Howard University Hospital. He serves on the Mayor's Emergency Medicine Advisory Committee, Mayor's Health Policy Council, EMS Sub-control Committee, and Child Fatality Committee. He is past president and vice-president of the DC chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Daniels received his Doctorate of Medicine degree from Meharry Medical College and completed his Emergency Medicine residency training at Howard University Hospital where he was the chief resident. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Born in Augusta, Georgia, Dr. Daniels lives in Bowie Maryland with his wife and their two sons.

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