Dave Hnida

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Dave Hnida
Born
🏳️ Nationality	American
💼 Occupation	Emergency physician, author, medical journalist
👔 Employer	CBS Colorado
Known for	Paradise General

Dave Hnida is an American emergency physician, author, and medical journalist. He is the author of the memoir Paradise General, which describes his experiences serving as a physician in a United States Army combat support hospital during the Iraq War. The book received a Colorado Book Award and has been reviewed in independent national and academic publications, including The Wall Street Journal and The Journal of Clinical Investigation, with coverage emphasizing its depiction of combat trauma care and the ethical challenges of wartime medical decision-making. Hnida has worked as a medical editor and on-air medical commentator for CBS Colorado. == Career == === Medical career === Hnida is an emergency physician who served in a United States Army combat support hospital during the Iraq War. His deployment experiences informed his later writing on combat medicine and clinical decision-making. He has also been covered in regional news reporting related to medical response and disaster-related healthcare. Hnida’s work in a combat support hospital reflects the broader role of physicians operating in frontline military medical units, which have been described in national media as providing advanced trauma care under active combat conditions. === Media career === Hnida has served as a medical commentator for CBS Colorado. He has also been described in national political coverage as a television medical reporter. == Writing == === Paradise General === Hnida is the author of Paradise General, a memoir based on his experiences as a physician in a military combat hospital during the Iraq War. The book received the Colorado Book Award and was reviewed in multiple independent publications, including The Wall Street Journal, the San Antonio Express-News, and the Chicago Tribune. Critical reception emphasized both the technical aspects of trauma care and the ethical complexity of clinical decision-making in combat settings. A review in The Wall Street Journal highlighted the challenges of providing advanced medical care in wartime conditions, while The Journal of Clinical Investigation examined the work from a clinical and academic perspective, noting its portrayal of trauma medicine in a combat environment. Regional coverage, including the San Antonio Express-News, described the book as a firsthand account of medical practice under combat conditions. Taken together, reviews in both medical and general-interest publications have emphasized the work’s dual focus on the technical realities of trauma care and the ethical demands placed on physicians operating in combat environments. An excerpt from the book, titled "Doctor's Orders", was published in Reader's Digest in April 2010. == Public visibility == Hnida has been mentioned in national media coverage related to the University of Colorado football program controversy in the early 2000s, which involved allegations of sexual misconduct within the program. His involvement in reporting on the incident was in relation to his daughter, Katie Hnida, a former collegiate football player at the University of Colorado. == References ==

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