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MEET OUR CORE FACULTY

Michael Epter, DO, FAAEM
Residency Program Director
Vice Chair for Education
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Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center
Started as Faculty: 2013
Academic Interests: Resident Education, Physician Wellness, Neurology


Jeffrey Stowell, MD
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine - University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine - Creighton University School of Medicine
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Medical school: University of Arizona
Residency: The University of Texas at Houston
Fellowship: Denver Health Ultrasound Fellowship
Started as Faculty: 2015
Academic Interests: Ultrasound, Critical Care and Resuscitation, Resident Education

Amrita Vempati, MD
Attending Physician
​Associate Residency Program Director
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Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Started as faculty: 2018
Academic Interests: Medical education, Simulation

Aneesh Narang, MD
Attending Physician
​Associate Residency Program Director for Banner-affiliated Hospitals 
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Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Boston University Medical Center
Academic Interests: Simulation, student education, residency curriculum development, difficult airway management

Geoff Comp, DO, FAWM
Attending Physician
​Associate Residency Program Director
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Medical school:  Kansas City University Medical College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency:  Doctors Hospital/Ohio Health
Started as Faculty: 2019
Academic Interests: Wilderness Medicine

Patricia Bayless, MD, FACEP
Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
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Residency: Texas Tech University/El Paso
Started as Faculty: 1986
Academic Interests: Biomedical Ethics, Medical Practice Management, Medical Informatics
Personal Statement: Simple things are simple and don't assume

David Bell, MD, PhD
Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
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Residency: Maricopa Medical Center
Academic Interests: Board preparation, medical ethics
Personal Statement: What 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?


Paul Blackburn, DO, FACOEP, FACEP
Attending Physician
Former Residency Program Director
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
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Residency: Internship Tulsa Regional Medical Center 1983-1984
Emergency Medicine: Michigan State University/Lansing 1989-1992
Started as Faculty: 1992
Academic Interests: Ophthalmology, Medical Education

Levi Filler, DO
Attending Physician
​Associate Director, Emergency Ultrasound Division 
Clinical Assistant professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix 
Clinical Assistant professor, Creighton University
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Medical School: Midwestern University, Arizona 
​Residency: Maricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty: 2018
Fellowship: Emergency Ultrasound, Valleywise Health 
Academic interests: Emergency Ultrasound, curriculum development 

Kara Iskyan Geren, MD, MPH
Attending Physician

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix 
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Residency: Allegheny General Hospital Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
Started as Faculty: 2010
Academic Interests: Advocacy, Public Health

Bruce Horwood, MD, FACEP
Attending Physician
​Prehospital Medical Director
Associate Trauma Director
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Residency: Maricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty: 1993
Academic Interests: EMS, Trauma, Airway Management


Carl Mitchell, MD
Attending Physician
​Director, Emergency Ultrasound Division
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
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Residency: Kern Medical Center
Started as Faculty: 2014
Fellowship: Emergency Ultrasound, Maricopa Medical Center
Academic Interests: Emergency Ultrasound, Regional Anesthesia, Medical Informatics, Medical Education
Personal Statement:  If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Jack Palmer, MD
Attending Physician
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​​Medical School: Suny Upstate Medical University
Residency: University of Cincinnati Emergency Medicine (2013)
Started as Faculty: 2020
Academic Interests: Teaching/education, Leadership, Operations/ Administration

Paul Pugsley, MD
Attending Physician
Clinical Instructor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
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​Medical School: Albany Medical College
Residency: Maricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty: 2019
Fellowship: Valleywise Health-Mayo Clinic Admin Fellowship
Academic Interests: Emergency Department and Hospital Operations, Quality Improvement, Healthcare Economics, Stroke Management, Arrhythmia Management

Shirley Shao, MD
Attending Physician
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​Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY​
Residency: University of Pittsburgh
Started as Faculty: 2020
Fellowship: Toxicology, University of Pittsburgh
Academic Interests: Emergency Department and Hospital Operations, Quality Improvement, Healthcare Economics, Stroke Management, Arrhythmia Management

Dan Quan, DO, FAAEM
Director of Research
Director, Medical Toxicology Consultation Service
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
​Attending Physician
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Residency: Provident Hospital of Cook County, Chicago
Fellowship: Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 
Started as Faculty: 2008
Academic Interests: Toxicology

Thomas Whiting, DO
Clerkship Director
​Attending Physician
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Residency: Creighton/Maricopa Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: Ultrasound, Creighton/Maricopa Emergency Medicine
Started as Faculty: 2020
Academic Interests: Ultrasound, Medical Education

PART TIME FACULTY

Murtaza Akhter, MD
Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
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Medical school: Northwestern University Feinberg SOM
Residency: Grady, Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Neurologic Emergencies, MGH/Harvard 
Started as faculty: 2015
Academic Interests: Neurologic Emergencies and Research

Personal Interests: Conan O'Brien, Basketball, Theatre/Plays, Eating Outdoors, and Cutie Pies

Thomas L. Bostwick, MD, FACEP, AMO, CAPT, USPHS (retired)
Attending Physician
​Director, Advanced Practice Provider Program
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
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Residency:  Maricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty: 1997
Academic Interests:  Aviation/Ship Medicine, MIlitary Medicine, Orthopedics, Clinical Education, EMS 
Personal Statement:  "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unaware"

Brad Butler, MD
Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

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Residency: Maricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty: 1998
Academic Interests: Military medicine, analgesia & sedation, rural medicine, organizational medicine
Personal Interests: Family, Fitness, Commander in US Navy Reserve


Daniel Brooks, MD
Attending Physician
​Medical Director, Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix, Poison Center

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Residency: University of Pittsburgh
Fellowship: Medical Toxicology, Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix

Patrick Connell, MD, FACEP
Attending Physician
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Medical school: University of Arizona College of Medicine, MD, 1974
Residency: University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Academic interests: global medicine, HIV, parasitic diseases
Hobbies: fly small planes, classical piano
Dr. Connell works in Central America 8 months per year doing emergency medicine, teaching, & working to build a new hospital.

Chris Crowe, MD
Attending Physician
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Medical school: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Residency: Maricopa Medical Center class of 2014
Academic interests: CPR quality, Resuscitation

Tim Davie, MD
Attending Physician
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Medical School: UCSD
Residency: Maricopa Medical Center, class of 2015
Started as faculty: 2015
Academic interests: Cognitive heuristics, risk management, efficiency

Jason Grimsman, DO
Attending Physician
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Medical school: Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Emergency Ultrasound, Maricopa Medical Center
Started as Faculty: 2014
Academic Interests: Ultrasounding all of the things, teaching the next generation of EM docs to be better than me
Personal Interests: Saving the world from itself through medicine, sarcasm, and a bit of luck

Kenneth C. Jackimczyk, MD, FACEP
Attending Physician
Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix 
Former Residency Program Director
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Residency: Denver Colorado
Started as Faculty: 1983
Academic Interests: EMS, Trauma, Faculty Development

Personal statement: The path to clinical excellence is a journey not a sprint. Read everyday about the patients you see.

Frank LoVecchio, DO, FACEP
Attending Physician
​Associate Medical Director, Samaritan Regional Poison Control Center
Professor, Research Scholar Track, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
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Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Integrated Program in Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: Medical Toxicology and Medical Forensics
Started as Faculty: 1996
Academic Interests: Infectious Disease, Toxicology, Outcomes Research
Personal Statement: Have fun and learn

Pedro Roque, MD
Attending Physician
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Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Maricopa Medical Center  (2014
Academic interests: Quality improvement, ultrasound

Tim Ryan, DO
Attending Physician
Full-time clinical faculty at Abrazo Central (formerly Phoenix Baptist Hospital); former Chief of Staff
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Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
Residency: Mercy St. Vincent ED Residency, Toledo, OH
Started as faculty: 2014
Academic interests: Sepsis, stroke care, and resident education post residency.
Personal interests: Notre Dame football, fishing, traveling, golf, and spending time with family.

Jesse Shriki, DO
Attending Physician
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Residency:  Maricopa Medical Center
Academic interests:  Ultrasound, toxicology, pediatrics, medical literature & statistics

Alexander Toledo, DO, PharmD, FAAEM, FAAP
Attending Physician
Chief, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Child Health
Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Department, Arizona Children's Center at Maricopa Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Child Health
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Residency: Morristown Memorial Hospital, Mount Sinai College of Medicine, Morristown NJ
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston TX
Started as Faculty: 2014
Academic Interests: Pediatric Emergentology, Pediatric Pharmacology, Forensic Pharmacokinetics

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Department of Emergency Medicine
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ 85008
602-344-5808 - tel
602-344-5907 - fax
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