David Sklar

Dr. Sklar attended medical school at Stanford, and trained in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico and University of California San Francisco. At the University of New Mexico, he has been a program director for the emergency medicine residency, Chair of the Emergency Department, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, and most recently Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 articles on topics such as medical error, quality improvement, medical education, international health, and literature and medicine.

From a leadership standpoint, he has served as President of the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Chair of the Board of Directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Most recently, he was Editor-in-Chief of Academic Medicine, the leading journal in medical education, sponsored by AAMC.