Daniel L Beskind
- Professor, Emergency Medicine (Clinical Scholar)
Biography
Dan Beskind, MD, MPH, joined the department in 2002, coming from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson. He is the emergency medical services director at Banner - University Medical Center South. He is a co-developer of the educational series, “Advanced Disaster Preparedness & Response,” a four-hour course for health professionals designed to improve care for disaster victims. He also is the head of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson medical student Resuscitation Education and CPR Training Group, known as REACT. The Resuscitation Research Group, in collaboration with the UA Sarver Heart Center, pioneered the research and advocacy of chest-compression-only CPR.
Previously he served as physician evaluator and triage for patients in the Hurricane Katrina disaster for the Arizona Department of Health Services, Pima County and as a member of Disaster Preparedness Committee National Association of Emergency Medicine Service Physicians.
Dr. Beskind received his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington and completed residency training at the University of Arizona. Also at the UA, he completed a fellowship in emergency medical services and a master’s degree in public health.
He has published book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed publications, has been named Best Doctor for the past five years and voted best medical student educator by UA medical students.
Degrees
- MPH
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Child restraint devices, a comparison of their use in different cultural populations
- M.D.
- University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States
- B.A. Spanish and Zoology
- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2014 - Ongoing)
- Banner University South Campus (2008 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2003 - 2014)
- Southwest Preventive Health (2002 - 2005)
- Canyon Ranch Health Resort (1999 - 2005)
- St. Joseph's Hospital (Emergency Medicine Associates) (1996 - 2002)
- The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center (1996 - 1997)
- St. Joseph's Hospital (1995 - 1997)
- Department of Emergency Medicine, UMC (1995 - 1996)
Awards
- Recognition of Outstanding EMS service by leadership
- Banner. Dr. Gordon Carr, Summer 2025
- Best Doctors Tucson Lifestyle magazine
- Spring 2019
- Best Doctors
- Tucson Lifestyle magazine, Fall 2018
- One of Best emergency physicians
- Tucson Lifestyle magazine, Fall 2017
- Voted one the Best Emergency Medicine Physicians
- Tucson Lifestyle Magazine Best Doctors award, Fall 2016
- Tucson Lifestyle Magazine Best Doctors award, Fall 2015
Licensure & Certification
- EMS Board Certification, ABEM (2019)
- Board certified in EM, ABEM (2016)
Interests
Research
EMS research interestsREACT- CPR research interests
Teaching
I teach in Societies to the medical students
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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CPR Instruction
EMD 880 (Spring 2025)
2023-24 Courses
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CPR Instruction
EMD 880 (Spring 2024)
2022-23 Courses
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Research
EMD 800A (Spring 2023) -
CPR Instruction
EMD 880 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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CPR Instruction
EMD 880 (Spring 2022) -
Research
EMD 800A (Spring 2022) -
CPR Instruction
EMD 880 (Fall 2021)
2019-20 Courses
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CPR Instruction
EMD 880 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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CPR Instruction
EMD 880 (Fall 2018)
Scholarly Contributions
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