Meet Dr. S. Joanne Dames

Dr. S. Joanne Dames provides medical oversight for Arch Program Management and Medical Direction. She has a wealth of experience and expertise as an Emergency Department Physician for 14 years and an Urgent Care Physician for 24 years, with over 10 years as an Urgent Care Physician at One Medical Group in San Francisco. 

Education

• Undergraduate degree from UC Irvine
• Master’s of Public Health from UCLA
• Medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Internship in Obstetrics/Gynecology and residency in Emergency Medicine at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington
• Upon graduation from medical school, received the Janet Glasgow Award for "graduation first in her class" from the American Medical Woman’s Association

Medical Licenses and Memberships

• Board-certified in Emergency Medicine since 1988
• Holds medical licenses in California, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Washington State
• Member of the Medical Advisory Council for Cardio Partners
• Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP): 1990-2002
• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) member: 1984-2002
• Past ACLS Instructor and member of professional associations such as the American Heart Association and the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
• Basic and Advanced Critical Indicent Stress Management Courses completed 02/2001
• International Critical Incident Stress Foundation member: 2000-2004
• Working Group Member of Physicians for a Violence-Free Society: 1993-1995
• Commissioned Officers Association, Public Health Service member: 1987-1989
• Disaster Subcommittee Member for the EMS Agency of the City and County of San Francisco: 06/1990-01/1992
• Emergency Preparedness Committee Member: 07/1990-03/1995

Research and Publications

• Dames, SJ, “Organization of Thalamocortical Projections in the Rat Following Cortical Lesions,” Journal of Undergraduate Research in the Biological Sciences, 06/1978.
• Abstract presented on the above research at the Annual Neurosciences Convention in St. Louis, MO- 1978.
• Master’s Thesis, ECG changes with treadmill testing- 1979-1980.
• Barnhill D, Heller P, Dames J, et. al., “Persistence of Endometrial Activity after Radiation Therapy for Cervical Carcinoma,” Obstetrics and Gynecology, 66(6), 12/1985, pp 805-808.
• Dames, SJ, “Apnea in an Infant,” Case Studies in Emergency Medicine, 2(7), 06/1986, pp 6-10.
• Dames, SJ, “Selective Use of Toxicology Screens in the Emergency Department,” Focus, 1(4), Fall, 1990, pp 1-4.
• Dames, SJ, “Initial Wound Management in the Emergency Department,” Focus, 2(1), Summer, 1991, pp 1-3.

Leadership and Directorships

• Medical Director and past Board of Directors President for Via Heart Project: 02/2010-03/2023
• Quality Assurance Director at California Pacific Medical Center Emergency Department: 03/1995-10/1996
• Director of Education at California Pacific Medical Center Emergency Department: 09/1990-01/1993
• Director of the Annual Paramedic Conference: 07/1990-05/1992