Kurt Richard Denninghoff

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Optical Sciences

Contact Information

  • Telephone:
    520-626-1551
  • Email:
    kdenninghoff@aemrc.arizona.edu
  • Mailing Address:
    Dr. Kurt Denninghoff
    University of Arizona
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Faculty Office Building
    1607 North Warren Avenue
    Tucson, Arizona  85721  USA

Education

  • MD:  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1987

  • BS:  Vanderbilt University, 1983

Licensures

  • Arizona License Registration # 34439, 2005-present

  • Alabama License Registration #14765, 1989-present

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Emergency Medicine, #910592, 1994-2014

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: College of Optical Sciences, Professor, 2006-present; Emergency Medicine, Professor, 2005-present; AEMRC, Medical Director for Research, 2005-present

  • University Physicians Healthcare at Kino, Attending Physician, 2005-present

  • University of Alabama at Huntsville: Department of Physics, Affiliate member of the Graduate Faculty, 2002-2005

  • University of Alabama Hospital, Attending Physician, 1992-2005

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham: Injury Control Research Center, Assistant Director, 2001-2005, Emergency Medicine: Associate Professor, 2000-2005, Assistant Professor, 1995-2000, Instructor, 1994, Clinical Instructor, 1992-1993, Research Director, 1995-2005; Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, Deputy Director, 2000-2003; Injury Control Research Center, Acute Care Core Director, 1998-2003

  • Humana Hospital, Staff Position in Emergency Medicine, 1991-1992

Honors and Awards

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Award for Special Contributions to Research, 2005

  • SPIE, Pascal Rol award for excellence in ophthalmic technologies, 2001

  • International Biographical Center, Cambridge England, Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century, 2000 and 2001

  • Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1999

  • Southern Medical Association, Resident Research Competition, 1991

  • Vanderbilt University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, judged by the program faculty to have made the greatest progress in professional development as an undergraduate, 1983.

  • Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honorary Society, 1983

  • Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering Honorary Society, 1983