AAENP Founder: Arlo Weltge
Dr. Arlo Weltge, M.D., MPH, FACEP is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth (University of Texas Medical School in Houston). He holds academic appointments at the Baylor College of Medicine, UT Houston School of Nursing, and the Houston Community College Program in EMS. Education. Dr. Weltge is a graduate of MIT (BS in Life Science, 1975), UT Houston Medical School (MD 1978) and the UT Houston School of Public Health (MPH 1995). He completed the Management Program (1988) at Rice Jesse Jones Business School and was in the first American College of Emergency Physicians Teaching Fellowship (1989-1990). Clinical Practice. He is a Board Certified Emergency Physician and currently practices as a clinical faculty in Emergency Medicine in the Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center (MHH-TMC) ), a Level I Trauma Center and base for the Hermann Life Flight program, and the Harris County Hospital District’s (HCHD) LBJ General Hospital, both in Houston. Professional. Dr. Weltge has served in a number of professional roles including serving as President of the Texas College of Emergency Physicians in 1993-1994 and as Council Officer and Speaker for the American College of Emergency Physicians and as Council Officer 2007-2011. He is currently Vice Chair of the Harris County Medical Society’s delegation to the Texas Medical Association (TMA), and a member of the TMA delegation to the American Medical Association. Community. Dr. Weltge has served on the Board of the Star of Hope Mission in Houston since 2006 and on the Executive Committee and as a Board Officer since 2011. He also serves on the Board of the Houston Recovery Center LGC which recently opened a sobering center. Personal. He is married and his wife, Janet Macheledt (MACK-el-LET) MD is a medical oncologist and hematologist practicing in Houston and they have three children. Appointments:Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Med School Houston Medical Director Program in EMS, Houston Community College & Adjunct Faculty Adjunct Clinical Professor, Acute & Continuing Care, UT Houston School of Nursing Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Medical Director, AMR Houston Operations EducationMIT BS Life Science 1975 MD UT Houston Medical School 1978 MPH UT School Public Health 1995 TMP: The Management Program, Rice Jones School of Business, 1989 ABMS Board Certified in:ABEM, Emergency Medicine, 1985, 1995, 2005 (to 2015)… ABPM Preventive Medicine/Occupational Medicine, 1999-2009 Positions and BoardsSpeaker, ACEP Council, 2009-2011, Council Officer American College of Emergency Physicians, 2007-2011 Board of Directors, Officer, Star of Hope Mission, Houston Texas Board of Directors, Houston Sobering Center Past President Texas Chapter of ACEP Officer, Harris County Medical Society TMA Delegation, Vice-Chair 2012-2014 Past Chair of the HCMS EMS Committee Texas Medical Association Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association |
