Dr. Epsteinは、カリフォルニア大学デービス校で獣医学を専攻し、獣医師免許を取得。その後、カンザス州立大学で麻酔科研修を修了。カリフォルニア大学デービス校で3年間の小動物獣医救急集中治療専門医研修を修了し、小動物獣医救急集中治療専門医となる。現在はカリフォルニア大学デービス校にて教授として教育にも携わる。主な研究テーマは心肺蘇生法、救急治療室における抗菌薬耐性パターン。Dr. Steven Epstein is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) a Professor Clinical Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care as well as service chief as well as the Director of the Blood Bank, and Infection Control Officer at the University of California, Davis. His academic and clinical interests include fluid therapy optimization, antimicrobial use, transfusion medicine, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation with him being a domain chair of Basic Life Support of the RECOVER Initiative.