Dr. Egan completed his undergraduate education at Brigham Young University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in the humanities. He attended medical school at the University of Utah School of Medicine where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha academic honor society. After completing a preliminary general surgery residency at the University of Utah, Dr. Egan sought postgraduate training in anesthesiology and critical care which he completed at Stanford University. Following residency he pursued fellowship training in clinical pharmacology also at Stanford. He recently completed intensive physician executive training at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Egan is currently staff physician and chair at the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. His clinical practice focuses on neurosurgery and obstetric patients. He is past President of the Medical Staff and Chairman of the Medical Board, and served for over a decade as the Chief of Neuroanesthesia.

Dr. Egan's research interests include the clinical pharmacology of sedatives and analgesics, the development of novel intravenous anesthetics and alternative propofol formulations, the development of optimal drug administration regimens based on pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic concepts, the identification of factors (i.e., gender, body weight, shock, SNPs, etc.) that influence drug behavior, and computer controlled drug delivery technology.

His personal life is devoted to his wife of 30 years and their five children. He is fond of saying that his family is the most important element of his CV! Dr. Egan enjoys coaching basketball (two time Utah State AAU Boys Champions!), snow skiing, bass guitar, English literature and Japanese conversation.