Nicholas Hall, MD, is a fourth-year resident at the Stanford University-Stanford Healthcare Emergency Medicine Residency program, and a rising critical care medicine fellow at Stanford University. He complete his MD at Oregon Heatlh & Science University, and prior to that obtained a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Boston University, where he also worked as a paramedic. His current research evaluates safety outcomes in interfacility transport of patients on mechanical circulatory support.