Lewisville, TX (PRWEB) November 13, 2014

First Choice Emergency Room, the largest network of independent freestanding emergency rooms in the United States, named Mohammad Siddiqi, MD as the Medical Director of its new Friendswood facility.

“We are pleased to announce Dr. Siddiqi will be the facility medical director of our new Friendswood facility,” said Dr. James M. Muzzarelli, Executive Medical Director of First Choice Emergency Room.

Dr. Siddiqi received his undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Missouri Kansas City – School of Medicine, a combined BA/MD program he started directly after high school. Prior to joining First Choice Emergency Room, Dr. Siddiqi served as the Emergency Room Director for the Cycle IV Chest Pain Accreditation Committee at Methodist St. John and as the Emergency Room Medical Director at Methodist St. John in Houston, Texas. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and lives in Friendswood with his wife, who is also a physician, and their four children.

All First Choice Emergency Room facilities are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The facilities are staffed exclusively with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are equipped with a full radiology suite, including CT scanner, Digital X-ray, Ultrasound, as well as on-site laboratories certified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA) and accredited by the Commission on Office Laboratories Accreditation (COLA).

The [Friendswood facility will be located at 225 E. Parkwood Drive, Friendswood, Texas 77546. For more information, visit http://www.fcer.com/locations/houston-map/friendswood

About First Choice Emergency Room

First Choice Emergency Room (FCER.com) is the nation’s leading network of independent freestanding emergency rooms; it is both the largest and the oldest. First Choice Emergency Room is revolutionizing the delivery of emergency medical services for adult and pediatric emergencies by offering patients convenient, neighborhood access to emergency medical care. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are innovative, freestanding, and fully equipped emergency rooms with a complete radiology suite of diagnostic technology (CT scanner, Ultrasound, and Digital X-ray) and on-site laboratory. All First Choice Emergency Room locations are staffed with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. First Choice Emergency Room has facilities in Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Colorado Springs and Denver. According to patient feedback collected by Press Ganey Associates Inc., First Choice Emergency Room provides the highest quality emergency medical care and received the 2014 and 2013 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence for exceeding the 95th percentile in patient satisfaction nationwide. First Choice Emergency Room is an Adeptus Health (NYSE:ADPT) company.