Moises Gallegos, MD, MPH

Member-at-Large Stanford University

Biography

​Dr. Gallegos is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he serves as the clerkship director for EMED301A, the required emergency medicine rotation. ​

Dr. Gallegos earned his medical degree from Stanford School of Medicine and concurrently obtained a Master of Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, serving as chief resident at Ben Taub General Hospital. 

Dr. Gallegos began his academic career as an assistant professor in the Henry J.N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Ben Taub before rejoining Stanford's Department of Emergency Medicine in 2019. ​

Demonstrating a commitment to medical education, Dr. Gallegos completed a Master of Education in the Health Professions and a Post-Master's Certificate in Evidence-Based Teaching in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University School of Education. ​

Dr. Gallegos’s dedication to teaching has been recognized with several awards, including the Excellence in Teaching award from Stanford Health Care Medical Staff Awards in 2024, the National Emergency Medicine Junior Faculty Teaching Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians in 2023, the Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in Teaching from Stanford School of Medicine in 2023, and the Bedside Educator of the Year award from Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine in 2022. ​