Faculty

Stephan Stapczynski, MD
TitleDepartment Chair
ResidencyHarbor-UCLA Medical Center 1976 to 1979
Started as Faculty2004
Academic InterestsCardiac Emergencies, Research Methodology
Personal StatementThe Emergency Medicine Department at Maricopa is based in a public teaching hospital with a strong academic mission - to train the best.

Eric D. Katz, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
TitleProgram Director
Vice-Chair for Education
ResidencyAllegheny General Hospital EM/IM program
Started as Faculty2006
Academic InterestsResident Education, Wellness, Infectious diseases
Personal StatementWhen the time comes to make a choice between what is easy and what is right, always find the strength to choose what is right.

Paul Blackburn, D.O., FACOEP, FACEP
TitleAttending Physician
ResidencyInternship Tulsa Regional Medical Center 1983-1984
EM: Michigan State University/Lansing 1989-1992
Started as Faculty1992
Academic InterestsOphthalmology, Medical Education

Patricia Bayless, M.D., FACEP
TitleAttending Physician
ResidencyTexas Tech University/El Paso
Started as Faculty1986
Academic InterestsBiomedical Ethics, Medical Practice Management
Personal StatementSimple things are simple and don't assume

Anita W. Eisenhart, DO, FACOEP, FACEP
TitleAssistant Program Director, EM Residency
Director Resident Education, Pediatric Emergency Department
ResidencySt. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY '98
Started as Faculty2007
Academic InterestsPediatric Emergency Medicine
Personal StatementChildren are not just little adults: but adults are all big babies!

Bruce Horwood, MD, FACEP
TitlePreHospital Medical Director
Associate Trauma Director
ResidencyMaricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty1993
Academic InterestsEMS, Trauma, Airway Management

Kenneth C. Jackimczyk, M.D., FACEP
TitleAttending Physician
ResidencyDenver Colorado
Started as Faculty1983

Jason Knight, M.D.
TitleMedical Director of Maricopa Medical Center Adult Emergency Department
ResidencyMaricopa Medical Center
Started as FacultyJuly 2004
Academic InterestsClinical Teaching, Resident education, Research

Frank Lovecchio, D.O., FACEP
TitleVice-Chair for Research
Medical Director Samaritan Regional Poison Control Center
Residency(Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Medical Forensics)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine Integrated Program in Emergency Medicine
Medical toxicology: Banner Good Samaritan Poison Control Center
Started as Faculty1996
Academic InterestsInfectious Disease, Toxicology, Outcomes Research
Personal StatementHave fun and learn

John A. Sarko, M.D., FAAEM
TitleMedical Student Director
Co-Director of Research
ResidencyMaricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty1996
Academic InterestsNeurology, Cardiology
Personal StatementI'm a Leo with a bad moon rising

Richard A. Seligson, M.D.
TitleQuality/Performance Improvement
ResidencyRotating internship MMC, 1973-74
Grandfathered in to board certification Maricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty1974
Academic InterestsQI, PI, PR, ED Radiology and Cardiology
Personal StatementThe patient encounter, history and physical remain the essence of diagnosis, and should never be deemphasized in the teaching of medicine.

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
TitleMedical Director, Arizona Department of Health Service, Bureau of EMS & Trauma System
ResidencyMaricopa Medical Center Emergency Medicine
Started as Faculty2009
Academic InterestsPre-hospital Care, Cardiac and Cerebral Resuscitation, Traumatic Brain Injury
Personal StatementNot everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." - A. Einstein

Dan Quan, DO, FAAEM
TitleDirector, Medical Toxicology Consultation Service
ResidencyProvident Hospital of Cook County, Chicago
Started as Faculty2008
Academic InterestsToxicology
Fellowship
2008, Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Teresa S. Wu, MD, FACEP
TitleDirector, EM Ultrasound Program & Fellowship; Co-Director, Simulation Based Training Program
Assistant Program Director
ResidencyStanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Program
Started as Faculty2010
Academic InterestsUltrasound, Simulation, Medical Education
Fellowships
Ultrasound and Administration
Medical School
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Personal StatementLive, laugh, love, and learn...

Nishant "Shaun" Anand, MD, FACEP
TitleAssistant Program Director, Co-Director Simulation Based Training Program & Fellowship
ResidencyStanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Program
Started as Faculty2009
Academic InterestsQuality Improvement, ED flow methodology, Medical Simulation, Medical Education
Medical School
Mayo Medical School College of Medicine

David Bell, MD/PhD
TitleAttending Physician
ResidencyMaricopa Medical Center, 2010
Academic InterestsBoard Preparation, Medical Ethics
Medical School
University of Illinois
Personal StatementWhat ideal, immutable Platonic cloud could equal the beauty and perfection of any ordinary everyday cloud floating over, say, Tuba City, Arizona, on a hot day in June?

Daniel Brooks, MD
TitleAssociate Director Banner Good Sam Poison Center
ResidencyUniversity of Pittsburgh
Fellowship
Banner Good Samaritan Poison Center

Kara Iskyan, MD/MPH
TitleAttending Physician
ResidencyAllegheny General EM/IM, 2010
Academic InterestsAdvocacy

Thomas Kelly ("TK"), MD
TitleAssistant Program Director
ResidencyMaricopa Medical Center, 2010
Academic InterestsResident Education, Altitude Medicine
Medical School
International University of the Health Sciences

Patti Eckholdt, MD, FACEP
TitleAttending Physician
ResidencyMaricopa Medical Center, 2005
Academic InterestsClinical Teaching, Medical Education
Personal Statement
Strive to be the doctor to whom you would send your Mom, your best friend, yourself. (Assuming you like all those people.)

Bradley S. Butler, MD
TitleLCDR, Clinical Associate Professor
ResidencyMaricopa Medical Center
Academic InterestsEM billing/coding, sedation/pain control, military medicine
Medical School
University of Arizona
Personal Statement
Life is short, live it to its fullest!