Dr. Connell is an emergency department staff physician at Maryvale Hospital Medical Center, West Valley Health Center, and part time attending at Maricopa Medical Center. He is President of Maryvale Emergency Physicians, Ltd.; Medical Director of Healthwaves, Inc., a corporate wellness company; and, Councilor of the Arizona College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Connell has worked with the American College of Emergency Physicians as a member of their Practice Management Committee and assisted in policy development for the College. He is a past president of the Arizona College of Emergency Physicians and has served on their Board for ten years. Dr. Connell has been a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians since 1983.

Dr. Connell received his medical degree at the University of Arizona and performed his residency in surgery at University Hospital in Tucson.