Robert Gougelet, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center


Robert Gougelet, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School and an attending physician in the Emergency Department at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.  Dr. Gougelet is also recognized as an early member of one of the nation's first Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT).  Through DMAT, he has responded to numerous national and international medical disasters, including Hurricanes Hugo, Andrew, Marilyn and Georges, the Northridge Earthquake, the New York City Anthrax Postal Response, Bam, Iran Earthquake, and, more recently, Hurricane Katrina. 

Dr. Gougelet has worked extensively with the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command to develop a community resources planning guide and several community based surge capacity models.  These efforts have also involved performing functional exercises in mass care and casualty predictions in large civilian populations. 

Dr. Gougelet provides planning assistance for emergency response efforts in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, and also directs the Northern New England Metropolitan Medical Response System and the New England Center for Emergency Preparedness. He has lectured nationally and published several articles on regionalization, community planning and medical surge capacity.