Daniel L Beskind, MD, MPH, FACEP

Dan Beskind, MD, MPH, joined the department in 2002, coming from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson. He is the emergency medical services director at Banner – University Medical Center South. He is a co-developer of the educational series “Advanced Disaster Preparedness & Response,” a four-hour course for health professionals designed to improve care for disaster victims. He also is the head of the College of Medicine – Tucson medical student Resuscitation Education and CPR Training Group, known as REACT. The Resuscitation Research Group, in collaboration with the Sarver Heart Center, pioneered the research and advocacy of chest-compression-only CPR.

Previously he served as physician evaluator and triage for patients in the Hurricane Katrina disaster for the Arizona Department of Health Services, Pima County, and as a member of Disaster Preparedness Committee National Association of Emergency Medicine Service Physicians.

He has published book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed publications, has been named Best Doctor for the past five years and voted best medical student educator by College of Medicine – Tucson medical students.