OUR TEAM

Dr. Jack Perkins is board-certified in both Emergency and Internal Medicine and has spent the better part of two decades working as an educator. He spent more than a decade as part of the Core Faculty for the Virginia Tech Carilion Emergency Medicine Residency and continues to work as a Clinical Faculty member.

Dr. Karen Perkins is board-certified in Family Medicine and currently serves as an attending physician in the clinical decision unit (ED observation) at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She is an associate professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion Family Medicine Department and is a clinician and educator.

Dr. Andrew Bouland is the medical director for Wilson County EMS and associate medical director for Pitt County EMS in North Carolina. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University.

Dr. Abraham completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2008.

Dr. Sammy Zakaria specializes in critical care cardiology, and has cared for many patients that have had cardiac arrest. He is the Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC), and also works in the Cardiac Care Unit at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Bob Zemple is currently practicing as both an Emergency Medicine (EM) and local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) physician with Aurora BayCare in Green Bay, WI. He is an avid sports enthusiast, enjoys running, and is both a member of and works with the area's YMCAs.

Seager Wilson has spent his professional career as a CPA in public accounting and is currently an Accounting Manager with Brown Edwards with a focus in the healthcare industry.

Dr. O’Brien received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University. He attended the University of Virginia for Medical school, Internship, and Residency training. Dr. O’Brien performed his Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology fellowships at Wake Forest University.

Jon Blank has been in Fire and EMS for the last 30 Years. Jon is currently a Fire Captain with the Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department, and owner of The CPR Guy, a small local business that teaches CPR and AED instruction.

Richard Lovegrove is a former newspaper and wire service reporter who retired as a university editor and writer at Virginia Tech. His wife, Lisa, is a retired RN and son, Spencer, is an Emergency Medicine physician.

Faith Quenzer, DO MPH obtained her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Cellular Biology and graduated from the Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2015.

Karen is an Associate Professor and simulation coordinator for Averett University. She also practices part-time as an FNP in various settings, specializing in Advanced Wound Care and home-health visits.

Robert is the Local Health Emergency Coordinator for the Roanoke City Alleghany Health District. Prior to joining RCAHD he served as the Deputy Emergency Coordinator in Henrico County, VA for 3 years and the Emergency Management Coordinator in Rockbridge County for 11 years.