DOCTORS OF INTEREST
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Treasure Coast Medical Report
STEVEN PARR
Age: 47
Lives in: Palm City
Occupation: Emergency medicine
director
Family: Wife, Dr. Amy Eversole;
twins Maddie and Luke, 9; twins
Kate and Lilly, 12
Education: University of
Alabama, Birmingham, B.S. Biology
and Chemistry; University of
of Health Sciences, Kansas City, Mo., Emergency Medicine;
University of Florida, residency in emergency medicine
Hobbies: Kiteboarding, off-road cycling, on-road cycling,
surfing, freediving, scuba diving and spearfishing
What inspires me: “People overcoming adversity —
big and small.”
Something most people don’t know about me: “I was on the
University of Florida NASA medical team for 40 space shuttle
launches and landings.”
Parr enjoys the thrill of kite
boarding when the strong
winds blow off the coast of
Martin County.
MADDIE PARR
These days Parr works 12-14 hour days and then has days
off to spend with his family. His wife, Amy, is a cardiologist,
and the couple has been juggling parental duties for four
children for almost 10 years.
“I like working in the ER and being able to make a huge
impact on people who are really sick,” said Parr. “People
are moments from death and making the right decisions can
save a lot of those people. The variability of what comes in
here. You have to know the essential parts of every aspect of
medicine. The hardest thing is trying to meet the expectations
of every patient you see.”
When a railroad worker was pinned between two cars, it
did not look good. “It nearly cut him in half,” he said. “He
lived. He was in the intensive care unit for a long time, but he
lived. We see minor trauma, some major trauma and unrecognized
major trauma. If the paramedics make the decision
the patient won’t make it to the trauma center (in Fort Pierce)
the patient will come here.”
Amazingly enough, Tradition Medical Center saw a steady
stream of walking-wounded come into the emergency room
during Hurricane Irma and a surge after the storm passed.
“We had to redirect staff,” Parr said. “It was matching our
resources with the needs of patients.”
The day the hospital opened, Martin Health System planners
knew they would have to double the size of the emer- >>
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