Aaron Cronin

Aaron Cronin is an emergency medicine PA, an Army Officer, the outgoing Program Chair and Associate Professor of a Doctor of Science in Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and father of two sons. Aaron grew up in rural Minnesota, enjoying dairy farming and playing ice hockey. After earning his BA in Nutrition Science and BS in PA Studies, he passed his national PA board exam and commissioned into the U.S. Army and initially specialized in rotary aviation medicine.

Operationally, PA Cronin served through a breadth of conventional and special operations military roles throughout his 27 years of service, including 8 years of foreign service and 6 combat deployments.

In 2010, he completed his dual doctoral research and Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and in 2017 graduated from the Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship. He later served as core faculty for both programs, with emphasis on peer-reviewed POCUS research and education.