Jacob Gerstman was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona. He graduated Magna

Cum Laude from The University of Arizona with a B.S. in Biochemistry and

Molecular Biophysics. There he tutored math, chemistry, biology, physics and

taught the MCAT for Kaplan. He was then drawn to the Independent Study

Program at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. This allowed him to

participate in biochemical research, go on medical missions to Honduras and

Ecuador, and teach for the MEDPATH program. He also served as his class

president and on the student body executive council. He completed his residency

in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. There he

served as a Flight Physician for STAT Med Evac and as an EMS physician for the

city of Pittsburgh, being a first responder to cardiac arrests, large fires, prolonged

extrications, and other serious events. He took his first position out of residency in

the WellStar system in Atlanta, Georgia where he was also a Clinical Assistant

Professor for the Medical College of Georgia. He then moved back home to

Arizona, where he worked at several hospitals in the Abrazo system and helped

start the Abrazo Emergency Medicine Residency in 2020. He served as the

Medical Education Director, Director of Simulation, and Assistant Program Director

before taking his current position as the Program Director.

Undergraduate: The University of Arizona

Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine

EM Residency: University of Pittsburgh