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Garrett Shane Pacheco

  • Clinical Assistant V
  • Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Contact
  • gpacheco@aemrc.arizona.edu
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Biography

Born and raised in southern Arizona. My father is a cotton farmer and I was immersed into this culture. I studied physiology and medicine at the University of Arizona before completing residency training in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. 

Degrees

  • M.D.
    • The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, United States
  • B.S. Physiology
    • The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
    • Cum LaudeDean's List with DistinctionDean's honorable mention 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006UCSF AGEP Colloquium2005: Harvard Medical Schools' Summer Honors Undergraduate Research ProgramScholarship to Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program

Work Experience

  • The University of Arizona College of Medicine DEM (2016 - Ongoing)
  • Northwest Medical Center (2014 - 2016)

Awards

  • Academic Faculty Teaching Award
    • Awarded from class of 2025, Spring 2025
    • Awarded by class of 2024., Spring 2024
    • Awarded by class of 2023., Spring 2023
    • Department of Emergency Medicine graduating residents class of 2022., Summer 2022
    • Awarded by class of 2022., Spring 2022
    • Awarded by graduating EM residents class of 2021., Summer 2021
    • Awarded by class of 2021, Spring 2021
  • Clinical Excellence Award, Nurses' Choice
    • Awarded by nurses in the pediatric emergency department., Spring 2025
    • Awarded by nurses for excellence in adult emergency medicine., Spring 2024
    • Nurses from the pediatric emergency department, Spring 2024
    • UA Emergency Medicine Nurses, Summer 2020
    • Spring 2020
  • Vernon & Virginia Furrow Award
    • University of Arizona COM, Spring 2025
  • Clinical Excellence Award
    • University of Arizona College of Medicine, Winter 2023 (Award Nominee)
  • Clinical Excellence Award, Resident's Choice
    • UA Department of Emergency Medicine, Summer 2022
    • Awarded by residents academic year 2022., Spring 2022
  • Attending of the Month
    • Awarded by residents of Department of Emergency Medicine., Spring 2022
    • Summer 2018
    • Department of Emergency Medicine University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Summer 2018
    • Summer 2017
    • UA Emergency Medicine Residency, Summer 2017
  • Academic Teaching Award
    • Spring 2021
  • Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians
    • ACEP, Fall 2020
    • ACEP, Summer 2020

Licensure & Certification

  • DEA License (2014)
  • Medical License, Arizona Medical Board (2014)
  • Emergency Medicine Board Certification, ABEM (2017)
  • Pediatric Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics (2016)
  • BLS, ACLS, NRP, PALS, ATLS, American Heart Association (2015)

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Interests

Teaching

Areas of interests include: pediatric airway management, cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Research

Currently involved in research looking at pediatric emergency airway management and pediatric advanced life support.

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