Scott T. Youngquist, MD, MS

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Dr. Youngquist is an emergency physician and prehospital medicine specialist who practices at the University of Utah Medical Center. He sees patients who present to the emergency department for care of acute medical and surgical illness and teaches fellows, residents, and medical students.

Scott Youngquist is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota. He received a Bachelors of Arts in Humanities and English from Brigham Young University, completed medical school at the UCLA School of Medicine, and completed an emergency medicine residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Following residency, Dr. Youngquist completed a two-year fellowship in EMS and Disaster Medicine Research with the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, during which time he served as medical director for the J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute and completed a Masters in Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health. His research interests include out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and prehospital medicine. He is author of over 37 peer-reviewed publications. He has presented his research at international meetings and has been awarded with the American Heart Association's Young Investigator Award in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Dr. Youngquist serves as the medical director for the Salt Lake City Fire Department, the Salt Lake City Airport Dispatch Center, the Utah Air National Guard, and the University of Utah/SLCFD Paramedic School.