Thomas R. Alcorn, MD

Thomas Alcorn is the Clerkship Director for Emergency Medicine at Rush Medical College (Rush University) in Chicago, IL. He also serves as the Emergency Airway Director, and is an Associate Professor, core faculty for the EM residency, and clinical faculty of emergency medicine at Rush University Medical Center. Prior to coming to Rush he completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago, and currently his primary clinical practice is in Emergency Medicine. He has a special interest in airway and educational research. His airway interests include difficult airway management, airway simulation and training, and airway QI, and his educational interests include curriculum design and student advising.