Dr. Jay Lance Kovar, MD, FACEP is an honors graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School in San Antonio.  He performed his residency training in Emergency medicine at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan where he was selected as Chief Resident of Emergency Medicine and published original human resuscitation research.  He continued his academic career in research and physician education at the University of Texas Medical School at Hermann Hospital as Emergency Medicine Residency Director.  In the Houston community he has served multiple hospital systems as the Chair and ED Medical Director.  Dr. Kovar has 30 years of experience as Medical Director in Emergency Medical Services which have included, Montgomery County Hospital District, PHI Air Medical - Texas, Walker County EMS, Harris County ESD 11, and Spring Creek EMS.  He has served as Medical Director for the Paramedic Education programs for the Lone Star college systems at CyFair and Montgomery County campuses for the past 20 years, educating hundreds of paramedics and flight crews in Texas.  He has been an invited speaker and gained honors at the local, State, National, and International levels on topics critical to the advancement of Emergency Medical care.  His practice philosophy is to bring critical Emergency Medicine training and resources to the patient in multiple setting, meshing it with the hospital resources to improve patient care and beneficial outcomes.