Stephanie N. Stapleton, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Stephanie Stapleton, MD, currently serves as Director of Emergency Medicine Simulation at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. She leads 450 annual contact hours of simulation for 50 attendings, 50 residents, >100 medical and PA students, and advises on advanced practice provider simulation.

She is Vice President of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Simulation Academy Research & Scholarship Subcommittee, a member of Society of Simulation in Healthcare and the International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education. She has published and presented nationally on simulation research and innovations, focusing on procedural training, pediatric resuscitation, and distance simulation. Her areas of interest are translational simulation, procedural model creation, innovations testing, and developing an adult emergency medicine simulation research community.

Publications

  • Published 2/18/2026

    Schoppel K, Stapleton S, Wing R, Hughes M, Franco M, Baluyot M, Croft A, Novotny N, Kou M, Whitfill T, Walsh B. Benchmark Performance of Emergency Medicine Residents in Pediatric Resuscitation: Are We Optimizing Education and Does Length of Training Matter? AEM Educ Train. 2026 Feb; 10(1):e70139. PMID: 41727515.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/31/2025

    Cohen S, Vempati A, Lei C, Moss H, Moadel T, Bentley S, Stapleton S, Roszczynialski K. Clinical Decision-Making Case: Thyroid Storm. J Educ Teach Emerg Med. 2025 Dec; 10(5):CE260-CE291. PMID: 41522638.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/31/2025

    Rohra A, Ortiz D, Berry S, Donovan C, Novotny N, Cohen S, Lei C, Aldalati A, Stapleton S, Fernandez D. Patient-Centered Communication Case: Threatened Miscarriage. J Educ Teach Emerg Med. 2025 Dec; 10(5):CE58-CE76. PMID: 41522648.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/31/2025

    Lei C, Cohen S, Melendez A, Wallace N, Moadel T, Beattie L, Chen T, Fernandez D, Stapleton S, Aldalati A. Procedural Case: Neonatal Lumbar Puncture. J Educ Teach Emerg Med. 2025 Dec; 10(5):CE106-CE125. PMID: 41522649.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/31/2025

    Vempati A, Bentley S, Rohra A, Ortiz D, Fernandez D, Berry S, Donovan C, Novotny N, Cohen S, Stapleton S, Moadel T. Managing Conflict Case: The Difficult Consultant. J Educ Teach Emerg Med. 2025 Dec; 10(5):CE47-CE57. PMID: 41522650.

    Read at: PubMed

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Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, MD
  • Boston University School of Medicine, MA
  • Michigan Technological University, BS

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