Meet Dr Stanley
For 40+ years, Dr. Vernon Stanley, MD, PhD has worked to develop quality continuing medical education courses with a focus on interpretation of the 12-lead ECG. A veteran Emergency Physician and previous Regional Medical Director, Dr. Stanley has been a guest lecturer for physicians, medical professionals and medical students.
What Makes Dr Stanley’s 12-lead ECG & Rhythm Courses Different?
Dr Stanley has long believed that all members of the medical team are vital keys to early intervention of the Acute STEMI. His teaching style blends his Electrical Engineering PhD background to craft courses which help the provider Analyze, not Memorize the common 12-lead ECG and Rhythm patterns. Quality educational content and exceptional customer support remain the cornerstone of ECGcourse.com.
Dr Stanley received his doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO, and his MD degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. He then spent 20 of his next 40 practicing Emergency Medicine at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV – one of the largest cardiac centers in the country and a Level I Trauma Center.
Learn more about Dr Stanley in his latest interview with Collabs Magazine, please click below.
Academic Positions & Teaching Experience
Dr. Stanley has lectured electrocardiography widely to paramedics, physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and medical students. He has long believed that all members of the medical team need to engage with every step of previewing, analyzing and reading the 12-lead ECG and ECG Rhythm.
His academic experience includes a fifteen-year nationwide lecture circuit, speaking on electrocardiography to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nursing staffs, medical students, emergency first responders, paramedics, and EMTs. He has presented seminars for the National Conference of the American Academy of Physician Assistants New York, NY (1996), Minneapolis, MN (1997), Philadelphia, PA (2007) and San Antonio, TX (2008). Sponsors of his seminars have included PhysioControl, Marquette Electronics, Genentech, InPhynet and Southeastern Emergency Physicians.
- Two years Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute.
- Seven years Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University Institute of Technology.
- Eight years Adjunct Professor at Mountain State University, Physician Assistant Program.
- Eleven years Adjunct Professor at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Visiting Lecturer 2009, 2010, 2011 – Drexel University, PA Program
Publications and Pioneering
- Online ACLS Prep Course – 2019
- Online STEMI Review Course – 2017
- ONLINE 50 Case Studies Course — 2008
- ONLINE ECG Animated Rhythm Interpretation Course – 2005
- 12-Lead Workbook for the Medical Practitioner – 1996
- Adjunct writer, cardiology section, 1998 Paramedic National Standard Curricula Project.
- Emergency Physicians Monthly (Professional journal targeted to 30k ED physicians) Contributing Editor and Editorial Advisory Board — “12-Lead ECG Lesson -of-the- Month” — 2006
- ONLINE 52-Week Lesson-of-the-Week – 2006
- ONLINE 12-Lead ECG Interpretation Course – 2004
- Author of 12-Lead ECG Interpretation for Emergency Personnel – 1995
- Pioneer of the first pre-hospital 12-lead ECG cellular-to-hospital system West Virginia.
