Stephanie Van Alsten, MD

Stephanie Van Alsten, MD
Stephanie Van Alsten, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

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Stephanie Van Alsten, MD, is an emergency physician. She graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, in 2013 with a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Biology. She earned her medical degree from Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in 2019. She subsequently completed her residency in emergency medicine at the West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2022. Dr. Alsten is currently completing an emergency medical services fellowship. Her interests include rural EMS and disaster planning.

  • Education and Training
    • Fellowship 2023, Emergency Medical Services, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • Residency 2022, Emergency Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine
    • MD 2019, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • BA 2013, Biology and Mathematics, St. Olaf College

  • Research
    • Rural emergency medical services
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Disaster Planning

  • Presentations
    • Implementation of crashing patient protocol and its effect on EMS provider witnessed cardiac arrest incident. Schiller T, Van Alsten S, Mastenbrook J, Bentley M, Fales W, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
    • Emergency Medical Services Encounters at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, 2015-2020. Dinello A, Schiller T, Van Alsten S, Selde W, Mastenbrook J, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023