Grant S. Lipman, MD, is a clinical assistant professor of surgery in the division of emergency medicine at Stanford University and associate director of the wilderness medicine fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is board certified in emergency medicine, has completed a fellowship in wilderness medicine at Stanford, and has gone on to publish and present numerous articles, book chapters, and original research in the field of wilderness medicine. He has served as president of the American College of Emergency Physician section of wilderness medicine, provided medical direct...