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Joshua M Tobin, MD, MSc

Professor/Clinical

Dr. Tobin is a Professor of Critical Care Anesthesiology and the Director of Trauma Anesthesiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.  He received his biology degree from Dartmouth College and worked as a paramedic while earning his Medical Degree at Boston University. Dr. Tobin completed Anesthesiology Residency at the University of Washington, Critical Care Fellowship at Stanford and a sabbatical in Prehospital Medicine at Sydney Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (Sydney HEMS). He earned his Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Dr. Tobin is the founding president of the Trauma Anesthesiology Society, and his research interests include trauma resuscitation, critical care transportation & resuscitation following drowning. He holds two U.S. patents and is the author of numerous peer reviewed scientific articles, textbook chapters and other manuscripts.

Dr. Tobin is also a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He has deployed as an intensivist on Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT); as an intensivist on the Special Operations Critical Care Evacuation Team (SOCCET); as the Department Head of Critical Care Anesthesiology at the NATO Role 3 Trauma Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan; and as the Command Surgeon of the NATO Special Operations Component Command – Afghanistan (NSOCC-A). CAPT Tobin’s awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal and Romanian Medal of Honor of the General Staff.