Laura Jean Bontempo, MD, MEd

Education:

Northwestern University, BS, Biomedical Engineering, Honors Program in Medical Education, 1991

Northwestern University Medical School, MD, 1994

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Master’s Degree in Education, Concentration in Health Professional Education, 2014

Training:

Residency, Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital 1998

Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital 1998

Fellowship, Medical Education, Yale-New Haven Hospital 2011

Dr. Bontempo is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University in 1994 and subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She spent 5 years at Harvard University as the Associate Emergency Medicine Program Director and then was recruited to Yale University to become the Emergency Medicine Program Director, a position she held for 7 years. Dr. Bontempo completed a Master of Education degree with a concentration in health professional education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has received teaching awards in emergency medicine from Harvard, Yale and Northwestern Universities and the University of Maryland. She has received national teaching awards from both the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and the American College of Emergency Physicians. In 2023, Dr. Bontempo joined the AAEM Board of Directors. She is published in multiple emergency medicine textbooks and journals and has lectured nationally in the areas of cardiology and otolaryngology.

Clinicopathologic Case Conference Atrial fibrillation Otolaryngology emergencies

1. Gatz JD, Windsor TA, Chu E, Dezman ZDW, Bontempo LJ. Mentorship as a Catalyst for Academic Writing in Emergency Medicine. AEM Educ Train. 2025 Jun 16;9(3):e70062. doi: 10.1002/aet2.70062. PMID: 40524761; PMCID: PMC12168216.
2. Tran QK, Vashee I, Vanga R, Camp S, Rallo MK, Najafali D, Bontempo LJ, Pourmand A. Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary for anterior epistaxis with packing? Insights from a large database. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Mar 19;93:64-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.03.040. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40147155.
3. Pynnonen MA, Gillespie MB, Roman B, Rosenfeld RM, Tunkel DE, Bontempo LJ, Brook I, Chick DA, Colandrea M, Finestone, SA, Fowler JC, Griffith CC, Henson Z, Levine C, Mehta V, Salama A, Scharpf J, Shatzkes DR, Stern WB, Youngerman JS, Corrigan MD. Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, September 2017; 157(2S): S1-S30.
4. Hines MC, Reed BN, Ivaturi V, Bontempo LJ, Bond MC, Hayes BD. Diltiazem versus metoprolol for rate control in atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response in the emergency department. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2016 Dec;73(24):2068-2076.
5. Bontempo LJ, Frayha N, Dittmar PC. The Internship Preparation Camp at the University of Maryland. Postgrad Med J, 2016 May 27. pii: postgradmedj-2015-133882. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133882.

Thomas R. Mulroy Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine, Evanston Hospital Corporation, 1998

Outstanding Young Attending Award, Harvard Emergency Medicine Residency, 1999        

Partners in Excellence Award for Outstanding Community Contributions, Partners Health Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2001

Dennis Thomson Compassionate Care Award Scholarship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2002

Partners in Excellence Award for Hospital Service, Partners Health Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2002

Best Emergency Medicine Attending Award, Yale University Emergency Medicine Residency, 2006

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013             

Outstanding Service Award for Teaching, University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine, 2015, 2016, 2019,2025

Top Speaker Award of the Written Board Review Course 2020, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, 2021

National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, American College of Emergency Physicians, 2022

James Keaney Award, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, 2023

Outstanding Service Award for Teaching, University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine, 2024

University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Associates, P.A., “Clinicopathological Cases from the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency,” $2,720.00; 2018

Physician, Avon 3-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000 & 2001       

Volunteer, Project Feast Thanksgiving Outreach 2014

Packer, Weekend Backpacks 2021-2025

Instructor, Compress and Shock Foundation 2023-present

Pre-K Classroom assistant 2022-2024

Maryland Responds volunteer 

Institutional Service

Oct 1999  Associate Residency Director, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital

July 2000  Journal Club Faculty Advisor, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency

July 2000   Member, Residency Review Committee Preparation, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital

Oct 2000  Co-Director, Emergency Medicine into the 21st Century, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School

Oct 2003  Senior Director, Emergency Medicine into the 21st Century, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School

Oct 2004  Director, Section of Emergency Medicine, Division of Education, Department of Surgery, Yale University

Oct 2004 Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Oct 2005  Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Yale-New Haven Hospital

June 2009 Director, Division of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine

Oct 2009 Member, Internal Review Subcommittee, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Sept 2011  Member, Clerkship Curriculum Committee, Yale University School of Medicine

June 2010   Director, Education/Simulation Area of Concentration, Emergency Medicine Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Sept 2012   Member, Resident Selection Committee, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center

Feb 2013   Member, Clinical Years Committee, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Sept 2013  Chair, Clinical Competency Committee, University of Maryland Medical Center

June 2016  Representative, School of Medicine Council, University of Maryland School of Medicine

National Service

Nov 2002  Member, Conference Planning Committee, The Rocky Mountain Winter Conference on Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center

July 2003  Member, Trauma and Injury Prevention Committee, American College of Emergency Physicians

May 2007  Member, Academic Assembly Planning Committee, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors

Mar 2008 Member, New Program Director’s Workshop Planning Committee, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors

June 2010  Director of Evaluation, Mentorship Task Force, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors

Oct 2014  Member, Clinical Pathology Conference Task Force, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors

Oct 2013  Member, Planning Committee, The Heart Course

April 2015  Semi-final Judge, Clinical Pathology Conference, Academic Assembly, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors

Dec 2015 Representative, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Evaluation of Neck Mass Guideline Group, American Academy of Emergency Medicine

January 2017  Member, Education Committee, American Academy of Emergency Medicine

March 2017  Medical Student Ambassador Mentor, American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Sept 2017  Member, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Sudden Hearing Loss Guideline Group  

2023 American Academy of Emergency Medicine At-Large Board Member