DAN DIAMOND, MD

A uniquely qualified leader with over 30 years of international disaster experience

I came back from the trenches of Katrina with one question that wouldn't let go: how do some people become unstoppable under pressure?

Thirty years of disaster response taught me the answer. I've directed the Medical Triage Unit at the New Orleans Convention Center, served as incident commander after earthquakes and typhoons, and led a first-response medical team into Haiti. What I learned is that the thing that makes a person unstoppable is the same thing that holds a team together when the pressure is highest. That's the work I do now, helping healthcare, faith-based, and corporate teams turn turbulence into transformation.

As a physician and educator, I don't hand teams theory. I give them tools they can use the moment the pressure hits, drawn from places where getting it wrong wasn't an option.

Dr. Dan Diamond founded and serves as Director of the nation's first state-affiliated medical disaster response team. Over a 30-year career in disaster response, he served as Medical Director for Medical Teams International's First Response Team to Haiti, responded to the typhoon in the Philippines, and directed the Medical Triage Unit at the New Orleans Convention Center following Hurricane Katrina.

The American Academy of Family Physicians named him a Fellow, and he was Board Certified with the American Board of Family Physicians. He has been interviewed on CNN, Larry King Live, and Anderson Cooper. He is a longtime member of the National Speakers Association and a Past President of NSA Northwest.

As an experienced family physician and an award-winning educator, Dr. Diamond delivers practical information with creativity and skill. Participants experience learning through a variety of effective strategies that foster rapid mastery of new information. Well known for creating an exciting learning environment, Dr. Diamond engages the mind of the learner leaving participants with an experience and information they will never forget.

After earning his medical degree from University of Washington, Dr. Diamond completed his residency in Family Medicine in Milwaukee, WI.

Dr. Diamond is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. He was previously an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine for 33 years. He was a member of the Editorial Board for the Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

In 2010, the American Red Cross gave him the “Real Hero” award and he also received the Washington State Governor’s Award of Excellence for his work in Haiti. In 2014, Dr. Diamond received the President's Volunteer Service Award from President Obama and he also received the Quality of Care Lifetime Achievement Award, Healthcare Heroes.

The Diamond family is big on traditions, humor and love.