James H. Moak, MD, RDMS

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs
Director, Fourth-Year Phase 3 Required Rotation

P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699
Phone: (434) 924-8485
Fax: (434) 924-2877
E-mail:  james.moak@virginia.edu

Dr. JamesMoak is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia. He is a graduate of Yale University and earned his medical degree from the University of Mississippi. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Alameda County Medical Center (Highland) in Oakland, California, and subsequently served on the faculty at the University of Cincinnati for six years prior to coming to UVA in 2009. Dr. Moak’s areas of academic interest are trauma, point-of-care ultrasound, evidence-based medicine, and the advancement of Spanish among healthcare providers.

At the University of Virginia, he has served as the Ultrasound Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine (2009-18) and as Director of the pre-clinical skills course for first- and second-year medical students (2013-18). He currently serves as the Director of the required fourth-year medical student course in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Moak speaks Spanish, French, and Mandarin in addition to English. He is the founder and moderator of Spanish Grand Rounds, a monthly Zoom-based emergency medicine lecture series in Spanish.