About Greg Davenport

In 1991 Greg earned an Associates of Applied Science in Survival and Rescue Operations; in 1993, he graduated from the University of Washington's Medex (PA) program and began practice as a PA working in medically underserved areas and with underserved populations.  

In 2007, Greg went back to school and earned his master’s degree in PA medicine with a focus on wilderness and emergency medicine (he is the only PA to have ever earned this degree concentration) and in 2012, Dr. Davenport earned his doctorate in health science with a focus in leadership and organizational behavior.  

Dr. Davenport began full time academic work in 2009 (as an assistant professor at Harding University) and since then he has personally built three Physician Assistant programs through medical and regional accreditation.  In addition, he created and received regional accreditation for the George Fox University Doctor of Medical Science program (with a focus on 'humanitarian' service). This program is the first of its kind, allowing PA graduates to earn a doctorate through advanced placement, dual enrollment, and taking several asynchronous courses once licensed.

In 2020, Dr. Davenport created the first Emergency Management and Global Health concentration in the Doctor of Medical Science degree.  The program was based on his prior research, boots on ground experience, and education aptitude and used his personal vignettes, videos, photographs, and audio works to advance discussion.

Between 2009 and 2022 Dr. Davenport held the following positions

• Dean 
• Chair
• Program director
• Academic director
• Faculty

Between 2009 and 2022 Dr. Davenport held the academic rank/s of:

• Professor 
• Associate professor
• Assistant profes

Greg's background in Emergency Management and Humanitarian Service began in 1982 when he joined the military and served as a (1) combat casualty care specialist doing and teaching:

• Medical Readiness
• High Stress Leadership
• Teamwork in High Stress Environments
• Healthcare in Austere and Remote Environments
• Healthcare in a Combat Environment
• Healthcare while Under Fire
• Tactical Field Care and Evacuation
• Tactical Evacuation
• Tactical Trauma Care
• Village Stability Operations
• Mass Casualty Operations
• Military Operations on Urban Terrain
• Advanced Trauma Life Support

In addition to his time as a combat casualty specialist, he trained and served as a (2) Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape, (SERE) and Recovery specialist doing and teaching all aspects of readiness and survival in combat and non-combat arenas in remote and austere environments with extremely limited gear.  Areas of focus include but are not limited to:

• Survival Techniques in all seasonal and climatic conditions in remote and austere environments
  • Familiarization
  • Land Navigation
  • Desert Survival
  • Coastal and Open Water Survival
  • Tropics Survival
  • Arctic Survival
  • Rough Land Evacuation
  • Wilderness Medicine
  • Integrated Survival Techniques 
• Survival and Improvised Medical Care
• Evasion Techniques:  Evasion, Survival, and Medical Care in a Combat Setting
• Resistance Techniques: Resistance to Interrogations and Medical Care as a POW
• Escape Techniques: Escape from Captivity  
• Personnel Recovery in Harsh and Unfriendly Territory
• Improvising 

Since completing the UW PA Medicine program, Greg has worked in remote and urban emergency settings and most recently in disaster response.  As a ‘humanitarian’ Davenport has deployed to multiple disasters around the world. 

Recent trips (since 2015) include

• Oaxaca Mexico
• Nicaragua (severely underserved)
• Dominican Republic 
• Honduras (severely underserved)
• Haiti (severely underserved)
• Kolkata India (severely underserved)
• Hawija Iraq (high threat)
• Mosul Iraq (high threat)
• Saint Lucia
• Dhading Nepal (severely underserved)
• Tongua Vanuatu (severely underserved)

In 1996, he formed Greg Davenport, LLC, an experiential education business that taught survival concepts to multiple organizations to include the US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, US Army National Guard, Department of Energy, US Geological Survey, Microsoft, multiple search and rescue teams, several medical centers, medical societies to include the American Medical Association, multiple universities across the United States, and many other organizations.  To help incorporate psychological aspects of survival into the training, Greg built a large high and low ropes complex which was used to promote leadership, teamwork, and various methods of overcoming pre-conceived limits.  

In addition, Greg Davenport, LLC did an annual four-city speaking tour (5 days in each city) between 2007 and 2009.  Areas of training focus include but are not limited to:

• Greg Davenport’s Three Steps to Surviving Anything (this includes identifying and prioritizing all five survival essentials and improvising to meet those needs)
• Disaster Response and Emergency Management
• Austere and Remote Medical Care
• Stress Abatement in Crisis
• Healthcare in Austere and Remote Environments
• Healthcare in a Comat Environment
• Mass Casualty Operations
• Tactical Field Care and Evacuation
• Tactical Evacuation
• Tactical Trauma Care
• Global Health and Humanitarian Service 
• Village Stability Operations
• Overcoming Pre-Conceived Limits
• High Stress Leadership
• Teamwork in High Stress Environments
• Surviving PTSD

Between 1996 and 2010, Greg wrote six books on his concepts of wilderness survival, primitive living, and outdoor adventure.   

• Wilderness Survival (first [1998] and second [2006] edition; also published in Indonesia and China)
• Surviving Cold Weather: Greg Davenport's Books for the Wilderness
• Surviving the Desert: Greg Davenport's Books for the Wilderness
• Surviving Coastal and Open Water: Greg Davenport's Books for the Wilderness
• Wilderness Living (primitive survival techniques)
• Greg Davenport's Advanced Outdoor Navigation: Basics and Beyond

For more details on these books, follow this link.  

As and extension of Greg Davenport LLC, Greg reviewed survival documents, authored guidelines related to survival and wildness medicine, provided expert commentary (print, radio, and televised) on outdoor education and survival, and hosted several education and adventure segments on television.  

   Published Guides

• Essential Items for Cold Weather Survival (History.com)
• Myths of Cold Weather Survival (History.com)
• Cold Weather Injuries (History.com)
• Five Causes of Heat Loss (History.com)
• Cold Weather Survival Guide (History.com)
• You're all Alone, Now What (History.com)
• Primitive Navigation (Wilderness Way Magazine)

   Publisher Requested Professional 

   Review

• Wilderness Survival (Wilderness Medical Society)
• Complete Idiots Guide to Surviving Anything 

   Print Publication (Expert Source)

• Backpacker Magazine:  Tips on Cold Weather Survival
• Mountain Bike Magazine:  How to find Water
• Men's Health:  Improvised Fishing Gear
• Popular Mechanics:  Preparing to Survive
• Backpacker Magazine:  Fill' Er Up, Beat Dehydration
• Men's Journal:  Three Days to Live or Die
• Multiple Other Newsprint and Magazines 

   Televised Expert (Host or Guest)

• The Today Show
• Good Morning America
• PrimeTime Thursday
• Fox, CNN, MSNBC, etc. and more
• History Channel Risk Takers/History Makers (Host)
• Hallmark's New Morning:  Introducing Children to the Outdoors (Segment Host)
• Lifetime's Health Corner:  Outdoor Adventure for Kids (Segment Host)
• Survivor Dude to Survivor Dad (Promo - Host)
• SERE Instructor Challenge Course (Promo - Host)
• Multiple Guest Appearances

   Radio and Podcast Expert (Host or 

   Guest)

•  The Sporting Life Podcast: Outdoor Adventure and Wilderness Medicine (Host)
• WGWG Survival and Medicine Weekly Radio Address (Host)
• Multiple Guest Appearances