Primary Care & Cardiology;
Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine & Leadership

Hospitalist Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg, NC Associate Professor of Family Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board Certified in Family Medicine with Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine Author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications Former Associate Director, Army's Largest Family Medicine Residency Program Dr. Robert Gauer earned his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in Family Medicine at DeWitt Army Medical Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, completed a Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina, and holds a Designation of Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine. Dr. Gauer has held leadership roles in graduate medical education, including service as Associate Director of Residency Training for the Army’s largest Family Medicine program. He currently serves as hospitalist faculty with the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In addition to his academic responsibilities, he remains clinically active in emergency medicine at Level III and IV trauma centers, ensuring a continued integration of evidence-based practice into both teaching and patient care. Dr. Gauer’s professional focus is graduate medical education, where he is dedicated to the training and mentorship of residents, medical students, pharmacy students, and advanced practice provider trainees. His clinical expertise encompasses the management of complex inpatient medical conditions, with particular interests in cardiology, critical care, emergency medicine, environmental medicine, diabetes, and hematology. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts contributing to evidence-based clinical practice and serves as a peer reviewer for several leading journals, including The Journal of Family Practice, American Family Physician, BMJ, and JAMA. Beyond his academic and clinical roles, he enjoys international travel, cultural exploration, and European sports cars.

Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus, OH Daniel R. Martin, MD, MBA, is a Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He is a distinguished educator who has served in numerous leadership roles, including as the former Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine and as the longtime Program Director for both the Emergency Medicine-Internal Medicine and the Categorical Emergency Medicine residency programs. Dr. Martin received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Indiana University and later earned an Executive MBA from The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Iowa and his Emergency Medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he served as Chief Resident. His clinical and research interests include the treatment of infectious diseases in the emergency department, cognitive errors in medicine, leadership, and the patient experience. In recognition of his extensive contributions to the field, he has received numerous accolades, including the Ohio ACEP Bill Hall Award for Service (2019) and the Woody Hayes Leadership Award (2025). He remains an active leader in national organizations and has been an Ohio ACEP Counselor since 1995.