Mark I. Langdorf, MD MHPE, FACEP, FAAEM, RDMS is Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. After medical school at UC San Diego, he did an EM residency, a fellowship in medical education and the Master degree in Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He served as Program Director for the emergency medicine residency for 10 years, Medical Director of the Level I Trauma Center Emergency Department for 18 years, and Division Chief and then Department Chair for 20 years. He consults and speaks nationally and internationally to promote optimum trauma, stroke and emergency care. He is Regional Faculty for the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course and also teaches Advanced Trauma Life Support. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (West JEM), an open-access peer review international journal. He is also the Director of the Academy for Innovation in Medical Education at UC Irvine, and Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education. He is the recipient of the Peter Rosen Award for Academic Leadership from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.