Michael H. Morgan, MD

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Since 2017 I have served as the Director of Medical Simulation for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program. I am one of the core faculty on our Education Leadership team and I have served in the roles of Assistant Residency Program Director and Assistant Director of the Global Health Fellowship. Within the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine I serve as the Director of the Student Led Clinic at the 4th Street Clinic where I also work as a preceptor for medical students and residents. Prior to this I served as a lead simulation facilitator for the Critical Care Clerkship for 6 years. My medical school and post-graduate training in Emergency Medicine, and fellowship training in global health were done at the University of Utah. My primary foci are medical education, simulation training, development and support of Emergency Medicine training programs in developing countries, and the care of domestic underserved populations. I have played a large role in resident and medical student education through clinical precepting and through countless didactic lectures, workshops, and simulation sessions. I have developed curriculum for post-graduate medical trainees in Vietnam and have done trainings and lectured to students, residents, and physicians in Vietnam, Syria, Morocco, Mongolia, and Peru. In addition to my educational activities, I work clinically in the University of Utah Emergency Department, University of Utah Snowbird Clinic, 4th Street Clinic, Alta Ski Clinic, and Northern Navajo Medical Center.

My research focus is medical education, substance abuse, and harm reduction. My career has been defined by a commitment to educating and mentoring students and residents, and commitment to humanism and the education and empowerment of underserved individuals in both the developing and developed world. From 2004 to 2008 I served as founder and director of the Utah Chapter of Physicians for Human Rights and partnered with the Utah YWCA to raise awareness of domestic violence among college and high school students. During that same period I was fortunate to work closely with the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute to establish a medical clinic on their reservation in rural Ibapah, Utah. My work with domestic underserved populations led work with closely with Utah's refugee, migrant, and homeless populations and in 2009 I established a Student Run Clinic with the University of Utah School of Medicine and the Maliheh Free Clinic. As a medical student I helped organize the first Global Health conference held at the University and I was awarded the 2013 Gold Humanism in Medicine award and was recognized with honors for exceptional contributions to the School of Medicine's community service and outreach programs.