Stephen M. Schenkel, MD, MPP

BA, Humanities, magna cum laude, Yale College (1991)

MD, Harvard Medical School (1999)

MPP, Concentration in Health Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government (1999)

Resident (1999-2002), Emergency Medicine & Chief Resident (2002-2003), Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System & St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities from Yale College, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and a Master’s in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.  I completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan, serving as chief resident during his final year.  In 2003 I joined the faculty of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland with primary clinical duties at Mercy Medical Center, becoming medical director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mercy Medical Center in 2007, a position that I held until 2024.  With the Maryland Patient Safety Center, I chaired a statewide Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Collaborative and served on the Board of Directors.  From 2014-15, I was President of the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians where he worked to improve access to care, clarify insurance coverage, respond to Maryland’s scourge of opioid overdose, and encourage alternative approaches to medical malpractice.  In my clinical role, I instruct residents and medical students at the bedside.  I direct several lecture tracks for the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine resident conference series including behavioral health and morbidity and mortality rounds.  I have lectured regionally and internationally on patient safety and Emergency Department administration. I am a Deputy Editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine and Associate Editor for JAMA where much of my work focuses on information display.

Patient safety, vascular access in the Emergency Department, Emergency Department administration, education, morbidity and mortality conference, publication, peer review

1. Spungen H, Burton J, Schenkel S, Schriger DL. Completeness and Spin of medRxiv Preprint and Associated Published Abstracts of COVID-19 Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA. 2023;329(15):1310–1312. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.1784.
2. Schriger DL, Schenkel S. Fine Wine or Stale Bread: The Aging Emergency Physician (editorial). Ann Emerg Med 2023; posted on-line May 15, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.03.030.
3. Fassas, E., Fischer, K., Schenkel, S., Gatz, J. D, & Gingold, D. B. Public Health Interventions in the Emergency Department: A Framework for Evaluation. West J Emerg Med. 2024;25(3)415–422. DOI: 10.5811/westjem.18316.
4. Jackson M, Salerno A, Schenkel S. What happens to reporting when Bandemia becomes a critical alert? Am J Emer Med 2024; posted on-line Oct 28, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2024.10.045.
5. Amonoo HL, Malani PN, Schenkel SM. Expanding Palliative Care Access—Bridging Gaps in Diverse Clinical Settings (editorial). JAMA 2025; Published online January 15, 2025. https://doi:10.1001/jama.2024.24947.
6. Schenkel SM. Emergency Physician Productivity (editorial). Ann Emerg Med 2025; published on-line June 18, 2025. (DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.05.007)

Resident (2006 and 2014) and medical student (2007) teacher of the year awards.

Maryland Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Physician of the Year (2007).

Nominated by medical students to University of Maryland School of Medicine, Beta Chapter, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2012).

Baltimore Magazine “Top Doctor” in Emergency Medicine (2019-2021)

Maryland Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians, Chairperson of the Year (2024)