![Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD](https://images.medicinenet.com/images/bio/davis.png)
Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.
Dr. Davis obtained a BS degree from St. Edward's University and a PhD in microbiology from the University of Texas, both in Austin, Texas. He completed his MD and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas. He has served as an editor and chapter author for several medical textbooks. He has been the supervising professor for several successful PhD candidates in Microbiology, established a Master's degree for physicians at UTMB and was the supervising professor for its first graduate and is a consultant in Microbiology.
Dr. Davis lives with his wife in Texas. They share hobbies of water activities, snow skiing, fishing (especially eating the catch!), traveling, and reading.