Deacon Euthym Kontaxis, MD, is the medical director at Eisenhower Medical Center’s Emergency Department in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Kontaxis completed his residency at University of California, Los Angeles, where he helped develop pediatric protocols for an inner city emergency department at White Memorial Medical Center. Establishing himself in Phoenix, Arizona, Dr. Kontaxis was instrumental in starting a dedicated pediatric emergency department within the general emergency department at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. Six years later, after noticing the lack of deacons in his church, he and his family left the desert for Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts. While there, Dr. Kontaxis worked as an attending physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Mount Auburn Hospital while completing a Master of Divinity. He lives in Palm Desert with his wife Krisann and their three sons. Dr. Euthym currently serves in the role of deacon at Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Palm Desert.