Dr. Bobby Kapil Desai, MD

Dr. Desai joined the EM faculty in 2007 after eight years practicing Community Emergency Medicine. He brings a wealth of experience in billing, coding and medicolegal aspects of Emergency Medicine. He was promoted to the position of Associate Residency Director in July 2008. His responsibilities include mentoring the third year residents and preparing them for their careers after residency. His research interests include abdominal pain, residency education and emergency department throughput. He is also working on improving simulation in medicine, medicolegal medicine and general resident and medical student education. In summary, a residency expansion is necessary in order to ensure our ability to care for an ever increasing census safely and also to allow our world class faculty to do what it is that we came here for: to educate the next generation of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Desai successfully completed residency at the University of Florida, Jacksonville. Dr. Desai was a faculty …member serving as an Assistant Residency Director for the Texas A and M Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Desai continues to explore aspects of residency education, curriculum development and faculty development. He was promoted to Residency Program Director in November 2011.