About Leslie S. Zun

Leslie S. Zun, MD is the Chairman & Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School in North Chicago, Illinois.

His background includes a medical degree (M.D.) from Rush Medical College and a business degree (M.B.A.) from Northwestern University's JL Kellogg School of Management.

He is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Zun was a chief operating officer and acting chief executive officer for a 200 bed hospital in Chicago. Dr Zun’s research interests include healthcare administration, violence prevention and behavioral emergencies.

His publications have addressed the administration of the hospitals and emergency departments, physicians’ bonus and incentive plans and quality improvement topics. He has presented his research and lectured on these topics both nationally and internationally.

He is the President for the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry and was a board member of American Academy of Emergency Medicine.

He is the chief editor of the Behavioral Emergencies for Emergency Physicians textbook and course director for the past eight years for the National Update on Behavioral Emergencies conference.