Barton W. Butterbaugh, M.D., is a 1981 graduate of Creighton University Medical School. He received his post-graduate training at the Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency, Phoenix, Arizona; with subsequent additional training in Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery while on active duty at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX. During his last two years of active military duty, he was called upon by the U.S. Army Medical Department to help form a Section of Emergency Medicine within the Department of Primary Care & Community Medicine at a Level I Army Trauma Center.

Upon leaving active military service in 1986, he continued his career as an Emergency Medicine Specialist; actively practicing throughout Arizona, Texas, Southern Nevada, and New Mexico. Throughout his active EM years, he additionally served as an Emergency Medicine Director; and Emergency Department Services Contractor. In 1998, he retired from active EM practice, to pursue private practice in Family Medicine in Scottsdale, AZ, where he is actively engaged in the clinical training of medical and physician's assistant students, holding an academic appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at AZCOM, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ.

His notable achievements include Board Certification in Emergency Medicine, Forensic Medicine, and as a Forensic Examiner. He is a Life-Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Life-Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners. During August, 2009, he was named a physician consultant to the Physician's Advisory Council on Responsible Reform.

Aside from his passion for medicine, his avocational interests include spending time with his family; travel; physical fitness and wellness; hiking; training and showing his four rough collies; vintage automobiles; and music.