Michael Epter, DO, FAAEM Residency Program Director Vice Chair for Education
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Fellowship: Medical Toxicology, Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix
Patrick Connell, MD, FACEP Attending Physician
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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