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 and am one of four editors of the 2009 text Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine.  I am a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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

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)