Kendall Rockler, MD, FACEP

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Get to know Emergency Physician Dr. Kendall Rockler, who serves patients in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Dr. Rockler, a board certified emergency physician, is the National Director of STAT Traveling Physicians at US Acute Care Solutions.

In the past, she has held several leadership roles, including assistant director of STAT Traveling Physicians, site medical director at St Mary Corwin, as well as site medical director / regional medical director at Mercy Regional Medical Center (Durango).

Most recently, she served as chief medical officer for the Centura Health System in Colorado, where she was responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, and operation management of physician services, medical staff administration, case management, pharmacy services, infection prevention, quality and patient safety. She managed many teams within this role which included a family medicine residency program, hospitalist medicine, both employed and independent providers within many medical subspecialties, and intensivist teams.

Throughout her academic career, Dr. Rockler received her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology at Oklahoma City University and her Medical Degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. She then went on to perform her residency in emergency medicine at University of South Florida in Tampa. 

A graduate of the USACS Scholars Program, Dr. Rockler has done an additional year of leadership training through USACS Leadership University and has served on the USACS Foundation Board. She is currently working on completing her Master of Business Administration Degree through the University of Northern Colorado. 

A Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP), Dr. Rockler is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). The ABEM certifies emergency physicians who meet its educational, professional, and examination standards.

Emergency medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. An emergency physician works in an emergency department to care for acutely ill or injured patients on an unscheduled basis.

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