Christopher Kaczmarczyk Do

Christopher Kaczmarczyk, DO, FACEP, AEMUS

Emergency Services

Locations

Crosby

Bio

Christopher Kaczmarczyk, DO, is a board-certified emergency physician who joined the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) Emergency Department in Crosby in July 2018. He has served as the department’s Medical Director since 2019. He also oversees CRMC’s trauma and stroke programs and provides medical direction for CRMC EMS and several local first responder groups.

Dr. Kaczmarczyk came to CRMC from Hennepin County Medical Center, where he completed his emergency medicine residency and a fellowship in advanced emergency ultrasound. He serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center and the University of Minnesota. He is also an instructor for the MN POCUS Project, a grant-funded program that brings bedside point-of-care ultrasound training and resources to rural providers across Minnesota.

Before medical school, he spent a year with AmeriCorps VISTA through the Ohio Campus Compact program at John Carroll University, working to expand access to higher education for first-generation and low-income college students.

In his words: “I enjoy caring for and interacting with patients and their families during some of their most challenging and stressful moments. I find great fulfillment in providing high-quality emergency care to this community, its residents, and those who have traveled here to experience all of the beauty our area has to offer.”

Specialties & Professional Interests

  • Emergency medicine
  • Trauma care
  • Stroke care
  • Point-of-care and advanced emergency ultrasound
  • Transesophageal echocardiography in emergency care
  • EMS and first responder medical direction
  • Ultrasound education for rural providers

Education & Training

  • Fellowship, Advanced Emergency Ultrasound, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Residency, Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA
  • Bachelor of Science, Anthropology and Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago
  • Study abroad, University College Cork, Ireland

Certifications

  • Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Focused Practice Designation in Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (AEMUS)
  • Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP)

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Emergency Physicians, including the Minnesota Chapter
  • American Academy of Emergency Medicine
  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association Alumni Chapter
  • Sigma Sigma Phi National Osteopathic Service and Honor Society

Research & Presentations

  • Reardon RF, Chinn E, Plummer D, et al. Feasibility, utility, and safety of fully incorporating transesophageal echocardiography into emergency medicine practice. Acad Emerg Med. 2022;29:334–343. doi:10.1111/acem.14399
  • Wagner B, Kaczmarczyk C, Robidoux M, Kolbet K, Hick J. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use Changes Care When Utilized by Flight Medics. Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Lifelink III, Minneapolis, MN. Presented at ACEP18 Scientific Assembly.

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