Robert Sapién, MD, MMM is a Distinguished Professor (with tenure) of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Admissions, Director of the Combined BA/MD Degree Program, and Principal Investigator of the NM EMS for Children and Child Ready Programs at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Dr. Sapién earned BS and MD degrees from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Medical Management degree from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Business at Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business. After graduating from medical school, he completed a Pediatric Residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. He returned to UNM in 1991, where he founded the Pediatric Emergency Department and the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He has served on several national policy setting committees and the board of directors for non-profit organizations. He has published research on EMS, school emergencies, emergency asthma care, online education, medical school admissions practices, and mind-body medicine. Currently, his team is developing a Virtual Pediatric Emergency Department Telehealth Network to provide rural and tribal children in NM access to clinical services.