Benjamin Schnapp, MD, MEd
Credentials: Residency Program Director
Pronouns: Fellowship Director, Graduate Medical Education Scholarship
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
EDUCATION
BS: Brown University, Cognitive Neuroscience
MD: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
MEd: The University of Cincinnati, Medical Education
Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital – Chief Resident
Fellowship: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Schnapp graduated from The Mount Sinai Hospital emergency medicine residency program in New York City, where he completed a specialty track in medical education and served as chief resident. He completed his medical education fellowship at Northwestern University and completed his master’s in education with a focus on the health professions at the University of Cincinnati.
He currently serves as the Residency Program Director, Graduate Medical Education Fellowship Director, and Flight Physician at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is also a decision editor for Academic Emergency Medicine: Education and Training and Associate Editor for the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine Education Supplement. Dr. Schnapp’s research interests include competency-based medical education, precision education, and the residency application process.
SELECT AWARDS & HONORS
• Distinguished Educator in Education Research, Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (2024)
• Gold Standard Peer Reviewer, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2023)
• Outstanding Peer Reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training (2022)
• Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine (2021)
• Fellow Membership, University of Wisconsin–Madison Teaching Academy (2020)
• Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine (2018)
• Outstanding Educator Award, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2016)