Dr. Stapczynski is a clinician/educator in the specialty of Emergency Medicine. He has been clinician and medical director in both academic medical centers and community hospitals since 1979. Dr Stapczynski has been faculty in the Emergency Medicine department of four allopathic US medical schools and Chair of the department in two; the University of Kentucky College of Medicine 1990-2002) and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix 2011-2014) Dr. Stapczynski obtained a bachelor of science degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972 and a medical degree at the University of California Los Angeles in 1976. He then completed an Internal Medicine residency at Harbor UCLA Medical Center in 1979, joining the Emergency Medicine faculty at that institution upon graduation. Dr Stapczynski is a diplomate of both the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Stapczynski has authored 86 peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters. He has been a co-editor of Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine A Comprehensive Study Guide for the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th editions. Dr Stapczynski was a Decision Editor 1996-2002) and Associate Editor 2002-2008) for the Annals of Emergency Medicine. He has been a co-editor for Emergency Medicine Reports since 2006