Conference Faculty

Paul S. Auerbach, MD

Paul S. Auerbach, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on wilderness medicine. A graduate of Duke University and Duke medical school, he is editor of the textbook Wilderness Medicine, author of Medicine for the Outdoors, past President of the Wilderness Medical Society and editor emeritus of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Dr. Auerbach serves as the national medical consultant on hazardous marine animals to the Divers Alert Network (DAN), is a member of the National Medical Committee for the National Ski Patrol System, is Chief Medical Officer and chairs the Medical Advisory Board for Healthline, and is a recipient of the DAN America Award, the Outstanding Contribution in Education Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and a NOGI Award from the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences.