Emergency Medicine Residency Program

FACULTY

The HCMC emergency medicine department is affiliated with the University of Minnesota. Dr. Joseph Clinton, Chief of Emergency Medicine at HCMC, is Professor and Head, Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota. All emergency medicine faculty also have university appointments.

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE FACULTY TITLES
(Click on the name to see the faculty CV)

Cheryl Adkinson, MD

Medical Director, Hyperbaric Medicine

Medical Director, Urgent Care
Associate Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: adkin004@umn.edu

Michelle Biros, MS, MD
Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
e-mail: biros001@tc.umn.edu

Douglas Brunette, MD

Assistant Chief of Emergency Medicine for Clinical Affairs
Associate Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: Douglas.Brunette@hcmed.org

Joseph E. Clinton, MD
Chief of Emergency Medicine, Professor and Head, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
e-mail:clint005@umn.edu

Robert Collier, MD
Assistant Director, Hyperbaric Medicine
Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
e-mail: colli046@umn.edu

Richard Gray, MD
Director, Medical Student Education
Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
e-mail: grayx022@tc.umn.edu

Eric Gross , MD

Assistant Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota

E-mail: eric.gross@hcmed.org

Bill Heegaard, MD

Assistant Chief of Emergency Medicine for Business Affairs and Outreach
Medical Director, LifeLink
Associate Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: bill.heegaard@hcmed.org

John Hick, MD

Medical Director, HCMC Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness
Assistant Medical Director, EMS
Associate Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: john.hick@hcmed.org

Jeff Ho, MD
Associate Medical Director, Prehospital Care
Medical Director, Edina Fire Department
Associate Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: jeff.ho@hcmed.org

Scott Joing , MD

Director, PGY-1 Emergency Medicine Rotation
Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota

E-mail: sjoing@mac.com

Christine Kletti, MD
Associate Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: christine.kletti@hcmed.org

Louis Ling, MD
Associate Medical Director, HCMC Medical Education
Senior Associate Medical Director, Hennepin Regional Poison Center
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Minnesota
e-mail:Louis.Ling@hcmed.org

Brian Mahoney, MD

Medical Director, HCMC Emergency Medical Services (Advanced Life

Support Paramedic Service, Ambulance Service  and EMS Education)
Associate Professor- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: mahon010@tc.umn.edu

Marc Martel, MD

Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency

Co-Program Director, Emergency Medicine / Internal Medicine Residency

Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota

E-mail: marc.martel@hcmed.org

John McGill, MD
Director, Emergency Medicine Orthopedic/ & Internal Medicine Education
Assistant Professor – Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota

E-Mail: john.mcgill@hcmed.org

James Miner, MD

Associate Professor – Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
Medical Director, Emergency Medicine Quality Assurance
E-mail: James.Miner@hcmed.org

Dave Plummer, MD

Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: daveplummermd@gmail.com

Rob Reardon, MD
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Program
Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota

E-Mail: rfreardon@gmail.com

Gordon Rockswold, MD
Coordinator for International Studies and Fellowships
Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: Gordon.Rockswold@hcmed.org

Ernie Ruiz, MD

Professor Emeritus- Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota

Robert Rusnak, MD
Associate Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: Robert.Rusnak@hcmed.org

Steve Smith, MD
Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
E-mail: smith253@tc.umn.edu

Steve Sterner, MD

Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Hennepin Faculty Associates
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
E-mail: Steve.Sterner@hcmed.org

Al Tsai, MD
Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
Assistant Professor - Emergency Medicine (UMN Title)
Assistant Professor - Pediatrics (UMN Title)
E-mail: tsaix009@tc.umn.edu

Faculty members have served in state and national organizations at all levels. These have included President, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM); President American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM); Chair, Residency Review Committee for Emergency Medicine (RRC); President MN Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP); ABEM examiners; Chair, ACEP Academic Affairs Committee; Editor-in-Chief, Academic Emergency Medicine; editorial board, Journal of Emergency Medicine; reviewer: Annals of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Emergency Medicine, JAMA, Hyperbaric Medicine.