Nicholas R. Stark, MD, MBA

Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA, is a board-certified Emergency Physician working at the intersection of clinical care, administration, and innovation. A former Chief Resident at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), he works clinically at UCSF and serves as the Assistant Director of UCSF's Acute Care Innovation Center. Nicholas also works clinically and serves as the Chair of Emergency Medicine and Director of Operations at Mercy Medical Center in Merced, CA. At Mercy Merced, Nicholas is the founding director of the Acute Care Innovation Center and is currently reconstructing their triage and vertical care processes as well as working across disciplines to streamline the admission process and invigorate patient experience efforts. Nicholas has extensive experience leading health system-wide quality improvement initiatives and has received the prestigious Patient Safety Movement’s Leadership Award. Nationally, Nicholas is the founding co-director of a digital-based business curriculum sponsored by ACEP & EMRA, co-founder of the Emergency Medicine Innovation Collaborative, and serves on several boards and committees.