Neal Aulick

Neal attended medical school at the University of Kentucky. He graduated in 1995 and completed his residency at the WVU School of Medicine in Morgantown in 1998. He was a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and completed an administrative fellowship in the Emergency Medicine Physicians Scholars program in 1999.

Neal’s medical career was primarily spent as an emergency physician in emergency departments throughout West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, including United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, WV from 1997 to 2005, having served as its director since 1999; Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, WV and East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry, OH (EMSTAR) from 2005 to their closures in 2019, having served as their director since 2007. His final employment was at WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, WV. Neal also became a certified Black Lung Examiner for the Respiratory & Occupational Lung Disease Clinic through the Department of Labor in 2020.

Neal was involved in education, having served as a lecturer and instructor to the OVMC Emergency Medicine Residency Program and Wilderness Medicine Rotation. In addition, he was a clinical assistant professor at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, the Department of Emergency Medicine at West Virginia University, and the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Neal served on numerous committees and boards and held many positions throughout his career, including for West Virginia ACEP and National ACEP.

Neal enjoyed a wide variety of hobbies and interests. He was an avid reader, shared a common love of heavy metal music with his sister Melissa, played guitar for Al Buterol and the Inhalers (a charity cover band of local physicians and healthcare professionals), was a champion Texas Hold’em poker player, appeared in two episodes of Untold Stories of the ER, completed the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH, played racquetball, golf and pickleball, and enjoyed deer hunting. Neal had a huge heart, was a great mentor, and loved without limits. Family and friends were everything to him, and he loved nothing more than spending time with all of them. He shared his interests with all who knew him, and actively learned everything he could about the interests and hobbies of his friends and loved ones.