Name: Dr. David J. Pheysey

Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Qualification/Board Certification: Medical Doctor, Emergency Medicine Residency Training

Affiliation(s): Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Northwest Emergency Physicians LLC

Locations: Richland, Washington

Languages Spoken: English

Accepting New Patients: Not listed in the provided profile

NPI Number: 1336317015

About the Doctor

Dr. David J. Pheysey is an emergency medicine physician with between 11 and 20 years of clinical experience, practicing in Richland, Washington. He earned his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Detroit Receiving Hospital) from 2007 to 2010 — a high-volume, urban Level I trauma center that provided rigorous training in the full spectrum of emergency and critical care medicine. His residency at one of Michigan’s busiest and most demanding emergency medicine programs equipped him with the clinical skills, procedural competency, and high-acuity decision-making capabilities essential for managing complex and life-threatening emergencies.

Dr. Pheysey practices with Northwest Emergency Physicians LLC and is affiliated with Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland — a U.S. News Best Hospital ranked number 15 in Washington state. His subspecialty in General Emergency Medicine reflects a broad clinical scope that encompasses the rapid assessment and stabilization of patients presenting with the full range of acute and critical medical and traumatic conditions encountered in a busy regional emergency department. Practicing at a nationally recognized hospital within a team of highly rated emergency medicine colleagues, Dr. Pheysey is well positioned to deliver timely, expert emergency care to patients throughout the Tri-Cities region of Washington state.

He accepts Idaho State Medicaid and offers online appointment booking for patient convenience.

Key Highlights:

• Emergency medicine physician with 11–20 years of experience
• Subspecialty in General Emergency Medicine
• Residency-trained at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University — a high-volume urban trauma center
• Affiliated with Kadlec Regional Medical Center — ranked #15 in Washington state
• Practices at a U.S. News Best Hospital
• Part of Northwest Emergency Physicians LLC team
• Accepts Idaho State Medicaid
• Online appointment booking available

Education & Training

Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Residency: Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Detroit Receiving Hospital) — Emergency Medicine, 2007–2010

Fellowship/Additional Training: Not listed in the provided profile

Medical Conditions Treated

As a general emergency medicine physician, Dr. Pheysey rapidly evaluates, stabilizes, and treats a comprehensive range of acute, urgent, and life-threatening medical and traumatic conditions. Common conditions he treats include:

• Heart attack and acute coronary syndromes
• Stroke and acute neurological emergencies
• Traumatic injuries including fractures, lacerations, and head trauma
• Severe allergic reactions and anaphylaxis
• Drug overdose and poisoning
• Respiratory emergencies including severe asthma and breathing failure
• Sepsis and serious infectious conditions
• Abdominal pain and gastrointestinal emergencies
• Chest pain and cardiac arrhythmias
• Burns and acute wound injuries
• Shock and hemodynamic instability
• Pediatric and adult acute illness and injury

Medical Procedures Performed

Dr. Pheysey performs a comprehensive range of emergency diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including:

• Rapid medical assessment and triage evaluation
• Advanced airway management and intubation
• Intravenous line placement and fluid resuscitation
• Emergency cardiac monitoring and defibrillation
• Wound care, laceration repair, and suturing
• Fracture evaluation and splinting
• Lumbar puncture and diagnostic procedures
• Emergency imaging review (X-ray, CT, ultrasound)
• Chest tube and needle decompression procedures
• Medication administration for acute pain and emergency conditions
• Cardiac resuscitation and advanced life support (ACLS)
• Emergency consultation and hospital admission coordination

Services Offered

Dr. Pheysey provides a full range of general emergency medicine services through Northwest Emergency Physicians LLC at Kadlec Regional Medical Center — a nationally recognized, top-ranked hospital in Washington state equipped with the advanced resources and infrastructure required to manage the most complex and critical emergency cases in the Tri-Cities region.

Emergency medicine demands the ability to rapidly and accurately assess patients presenting with a wide variety of acute and potentially life-threatening conditions, often with limited information and under significant time pressure. Dr. Pheysey’s residency training at Detroit Medical Center — one of the nation’s busiest and most demanding urban emergency medicine training programs — prepared him to work effectively and decisively in high-acuity emergency environments, managing multiple simultaneous patients across a broad spectrum of medical, surgical, and traumatic presentations.

His clinical services encompass the immediate evaluation and stabilization of patients arriving with chest pain, respiratory distress, altered mental status, traumatic injuries, acute neurological events, and a wide range of other emergent and urgent conditions. Working within a team-based emergency medicine practice, Dr. Pheysey coordinates with hospitalists, surgeons, cardiologists, neurologists, and other specialists to ensure patients receive timely, appropriate, and well-coordinated care from initial emergency evaluation through admission or discharge.

His affiliation with Kadlec Regional Medical Center — ranked number 15 in Washington state by U.S. News and World Report — ensures that patients receive emergency care within a well-resourced hospital environment with the diagnostic technology, specialist support, and critical care infrastructure needed to achieve the best possible outcomes for even the most seriously ill or injured patients.

Services offered include:

• Rapid emergency medical assessment and stabilization
• Trauma evaluation and management
• Cardiac emergency evaluation and resuscitation
• Stroke and neurological emergency assessment
• Respiratory emergency management
• Acute pain assessment and management
• Wound care, laceration repair, and minor surgical procedures
• Fracture evaluation, splinting, and orthopaedic injury management
• Toxicology and overdose evaluation and treatment
• Pediatric and adult acute illness and injury management
• Advanced airway management and critical care procedures
• Emergency diagnostic imaging coordination and interpretation
• Hospital admission and specialist consultation coordination
• Online appointment booking

Accepted Insurances

Dr. Pheysey accepts the following insurance plan. Patients are encouraged to contact the office or hospital directly to confirm coverage before or after an emergency visit.

• ID State Medicaid (Medicaid)

Practice Locations

Location 1 Address: 888 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA 99352

Phone: (509) 942-2159

Location 2: Not listed in the provided profile

Hospital Affiliations

• Kadlec Regional Medical Center — Richland, WA (#15 in Washington)