Dr. Don Penney
MD, MSC, FACEP, FAAEM
Neurological Surgeon
Chairman Clinical Education, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Georgia Campus
Professor, Neuroscience and Emergency Medicine, PCOM
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director, PCOM
Medical Director for Gold Shield 1811 (GS1811). (To legally perform certain advanced medical procedures on a patient and obtain prescription medications, GS1811 certified paramedics must work under the direction of a doctor.)
Neurological Surgeon in private practice in Atlanta from 1993 to 2013
Has performed neurological surgery on dignitaries throughout the United States including US Congressmen, judges, district attorneys, athletes, performers, and numerous federal law enforcement agents from the FBI, CIA, and US Marshals Service
Practiced emergency medicine in many of the country’s leading trauma centers, including Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Loyola Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois; Medical College of Georgia Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia; and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Montreal, Canada. All of the centers were designated as Level 1 Trauma Centers by the American College of Surgeons.
Board certified in Emergency Medicine, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Basic Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, and Pediatric Life Support
Previous Director of Neurosurgery at the Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, WY - the only designated trauma center for the State of Wyoming
Recipient of Top Surgeons in America for 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 by Consumer Research Council of America
Physician Finalist for Health Care Heroes, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2003-2004
Voted Top Doc May 2005, Georgia Lifestyle Magazine
Authored numerous articles, texts, and publications for nationally-recognized journals
Delivered multiple lectures for the American College of Emergency Physicians in San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC, and Chicago
Healthcare consultant to FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. Deployed multiple times with the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team on field operations throughout the United States and internationally
Trained at FBI Academy in Anti-terrorism, including evasive driving, personal protection, and counter-intelligence
