Euthym Kontaxis MD
Medical Director
Dr. Kontaxis has been practicing Emergency Medicine for 24 years. He previously served as a partner in Emergency Professional Services PC where he served as Director of Resident Education and Co-Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He also served on the state EMS committee for Arizona during that time. He was Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine while at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, before moving to Arizona. Dr Kontaxis served as an attending physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA and Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA while obtaining his Masters of Divinity from Holy Cross Theological School prior to his current position at Eisenhower Medical Center. He has a special interest in Medical Ethics and Bioethics and is Chairman of the Hospital Ethics Committee. He is a founding member of the Acute Stroke committee and an active member of the AMI committee. He also has been on the National Board of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, spent time in Uganda serving as team member and medical director, and currently is a member of the health care committee which serves as part of the center's outreach.
Dr. Kontaxis earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biophysics/Biochemistry from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. He earned his medical degree from the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He completed a Rotating Internship at the University of California in San Diego and his Pediatric Residency at the University of California in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Kontaxis is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Euthym Kontaxis's History
- Undergrad School attended:
Oregon State University - Medical School Attended:
UCLA - Residency:
University of California - Years with EPMG:
8 Years