Javier Chavarria Campos

Dr. Javier Chavarria Campos is from Costa Rica, Central America. Though he was born in England, he has been living in Costa Rica since the age of 2. He is the oldest of three boys and is the father of a 6 year old boy (at the time of writing).

From 2008-2013, he attended Costa Rica University to become a general physician. He then worked as a general doctor for a year before returning to Costa Rica University to complete residency in a 3 year emergency medicine program, which he successfully completed in 2018. Following graduation, he started working in the emergency department of Dr. Calderon Guardia Hospital. This hospital is a three level hospital located in the capital city of San Jose. On average it receives 400 patients per day. Most of the critically ill patients spend more than 2 days in the emergency department due to lack of room in ICU. Due to this, Dr. Chavarria Campos is excited about being a fellow in critical care, to share his new learning with his hospital back home.

He is very passionate about emergency medicine and critical care. He also enjoys teaching and is a professor at Costa Rica University for pre and post-grads. Also, he is very involved with academic evaluations of residents at the hospital.