Faculty

Paul Auerbach, MD

UCLA

Wilderness Medicine, Biodesign, Medicine & the Environment, Dive Medicine

Melana Boukhman, MD

Harvard - Beth Israel/Deaconess

Bioterrorism, Disaster Medicine, International Medicine, Innovations in Healthcare

Michael Bresler, MD

Stanford

Cardiology, Trauma, Governmental Affairs, and Public Policy, past President Cal-ACEP

Ian Brown, MD

Johns Hopkins

Cardiovascular Emergencies, Cardiac Risk Stratification

Alice Chiao, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

International Emergency Medicine, EMS Development in India, Travel Medicine

Bernard Dannenberg, MD

UC Irvine/Loma Linda

Pediatric Pain Management, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Stephanie Doniger, MD

Children's Hospital UCLA; Children's Hospital San Diego

Pediatric Critical Care, Ultrasound, Pediatric Vascualr Access

Peter D'Souza, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

EMS, San Mateo County Assistant Medical Director

Ram Duriseti, MD, PhD

Stanford/Kaiser

Computational Modeling of Medical Decisions, Statistical Computing, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Dan Garza, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Sports Medicine, Head Physician - San Francisco 49ers

Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD

UC Irvine

Ultrasound, Resident Education

Gregory Gilbert, MD

Emory/Grady

EMS, Stroke, Medical Education, San Mateo County Medical Director

Phillip Harter, MD

Christ Hospital and Medical Center

Medical Education, Simulation & Virtual Reality, Residency Administration

Edward Klofas, MD

UCSF

EMS, Emergency Procedures, medical gismos

Grant Lipman, MD

St. Luke's - Roosevelt

Wilderness Medicine, Evidence-based Medicine

Swaminatha Mahadevan, MD

UCLA-Olive View

ED Medical Director, Trauma, Medical education, International Medicine.

Kelly Murphy, MD

Brown University/RI Hospital

International Medicine, Obstetrical Medicine, Wilderness & Tropical Medicine, webmaster

Robert Norris, MD

Akron City Hospital

Wilderness Medicine, Tactical Medicine, Environmental Toxicology, Advanced Airway Management, Search & Rescue

James Quinn, MD, MS

University of Ottawa

Research Director, Medical Informatics, Wound Management, Syncope, Decision Rules

Mari Hoffman Siegel, MD

Boston Medical Center

Refugee Health, Human Rights, Access to Care, Diabetes & Hypertension Management

Donald Schreiber, MD, CM

USC/LA County

Cardiovascular Fellowship Director, Cardiovascular Emergencies

Rebecca Smith-Coggins, MD

Northwestern

Wellness, physiological effects of shift work, Simulation

George Sternbach, MD

University of Chicago

Medical Education

Matthew Strehlow, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

International Medicine, Medical Education, Critical Care, Sepsis, CHF

N. Ewen Wang, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, International and Public Health

Eric A. Weiss, MD

Highland

Wilderness Medicine, Disaster Medicine

Sarah Williams, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Ultrasound, Medical Education, Health Advocacy

Ken Zafren, MD

Wilderness Medicine, State of Alaska EMS Director

Rodney Altman, MD

University of Illinois

Venture Capital, Medical Devices

Joan Burg, MD

Georgetown (Pediatrics) George Washington (EM)

Pediatric Emergency, EMS Services for Children, Pediatric Sedation and Pain Control

Alan Gianotti, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Wilderness and International Medicine

Michael Laufer, MD

Harbor-UCLA

EMS, Biodesign

Sachie Oshima, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

General Emergency Medicine

Jeffrey Peterson, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Sports Medicine, Wilderness & Expedition Medicine

L. Thomas Richards, MD

Highland Hospital, Oakland

Critical Care, Sepsis, Ultrasound, International Disaster Relief, Health Care Finance

Joseph Ryan, MD

Truman Medical Center

EMS

Jennifer Serrano-Johnson, MD

UCSD

Medical Simulation

NouNou Taleghani, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

International Emergency Medicine, Medical Education, EMS

Wendy Thanassi, MD

Yale/New Haven

Infectious Disease, Travel Medicine, Occupational Medicine

Eric L. Weiss, MD

UCLA

International and Travel Medicine, Wellness

Christopher Chisholm, MD

Navy Medical Center, San Diego

Cardiovascular Fellow, Health Services Research

Stephan Crandall, MD

Madigan Army Medical Center/ University of Washington

Ultrasound Fellow, Tropical and Wilderness Medicine

Brian Lin, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Academic & Administrative Fellow, Electrocardiography, Medical Education

Tsuyoshi Mitarai, MD

University of Maryland (IM/EM)

Stanford Critical Care Fellow

Jessica Ngo, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellow

L. Jay Sharp, MD

University of Illinois - Chicago

Wilderness Medicine Fellow

Uta Schmizu, MD

Harbor-UCLA

International Emergency Medicine Fellow

Kimberly Schertzer, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Medical Simulation Fellow

Rebecca Walker, MD

Loma Linda

International Emergency Medicine Fellow

Jason Bryant, MD

UCLA-Harbor

EMS, Disaster Medicine

Susan Chow, MD

LA County/USC

Patient Empowerment

Yi-Mei Chng, MD

Harvard – BWH/MGH

Airway, injury prevention, simulation

John Dani, MD

UCLA-Olive View

Kaisser Call Center Coordinator

Paul David, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Resident Education, Patient Satisfaction

Santosh Davies, MD

University of Pennsylvania, Drexel

Ultrasound; Complex Ultrasound Fellowship

Garrett Eggers, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Stroke, Neuroprotective Modalities

Stephen Emond, MD

MGH

Evidence-based Medicine, Asthma

Shahinoor Esmail, MD

UCLA-Harbor

Medical Education

Gus Garmel, MD

Wright State

Medical education, Mentoring, Residency Administration, Medical Writing & Editing, EKG & Radiology interpretation, AAEM Residency Program Director of the Year 2008

Michelle Holmes, MD

Detroit Receiving Hospital/Wayne State

Quality Assurance, Acute Stroke Care

Vanessa Hsieh-Park, MD

UCLA-Olive View

Radiology Utilization

Plomarz Irani, MD

University of Pittsburgh

Medical Education

Eric Koscove, MD

UCLA-Harbor

Sepsis, Vasopressor therapy in cardiac arrest

Anita Kulkarni, MD

Cook County

Women’s health, Domestic Violence, Patient Satisfaction

Albert Kuo, MD

UCLA-Harbor

Ultrasound

Joanna Law Courter, MD

University of Washington/Madigan

Preventive Medicine

Haydn Leung, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Sepsis (Kaiser Early Goal Directed Therapy Committee), Critical Care, Airway Management

Joel Levis, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Medical Education, Medical Writing, Acute MI & Stroke Quality Improvement

James Lee, MD

UC Davis

Resident Education

Bill Liang, MD

University of Michigan

Medical Education, Simulation, Medical Education Scholar Fellowship
(Michigan)

James Lin, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Quality Improvement, Medical-Legal Issues

David Nix, MD, PhD

Stanford/Kaiser

Sports Medicine, CHF, Medical Education, Statistics

Richard Oh, MD

UCLA-Olive View

Medical Education

Karla Prodany, MD

Jacobi/Montefiore

Ultrasound

Amit Sareen, MD

University of Pennsylvania

Ultrasound

Erik Shraga, MD

UCLA-Olive View

Medical Education, Ultrasound

James Steck, MD

UCSD

Medical Education & Literature

John Takahashi, MD

UCLA

Call Center Coordinator, Medical Administrarion

Mark Thanassi, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Quality Assurance, Resident Education (former Associate Residency Director Yale Emergency Medicine)

Jeanne Tyan, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Wilderness Medicine

Josh Young, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Medical Education

D. Andrew White, MD

Maricopa

Disaster Medicine, Tropical Medicine, Toxicology

Jeffery Arnold, MD

UCLA/Harbor

Department Chair, Quality Improvement

Carmie Chan, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Medical Education

Alica Chiao, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

International Emergency Medicine

Michael Chin, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Medical Education

Andrew Chong, MD, MSc

Albert Einstein

Research

Matthew Denny, MD, MPH

Mount Sinai

Public Health

Dzung Do, MD

Albert Einstein/Beth Israel

General Emergency Medicine

Peter D'Souza, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

EMS

David Duong, MD

Boston Medical Center

Medical Education;

Ian Ferguson, D.O.

Kern/UCLA

Director of Medical Education

F. Brendan Garrett, MD

SCVMC

General Emergency Medicine

Emily Grigsby, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Febrile Neutropenia

Radmila Grin, MD

Highland Hospital, Oakland

Medical Education

B. Tom Hafkenschiel, MD

SCVMC

Medical Education

Carl Hsu, MD

Mount Sinai

Ultrasound

Michael Jones, MD

LAC-King/Drew

General Emergency Medicine

Alexander Lam, MD

Boston Medical Center

Genereal Emergency Medicine

James Lane, MD

York Medical Center/Naval Aerospace Medical Institute

SART PRogram, Medical Director

Seamus Lonergan, MD

Highland Hospital, Oakland

Director of Quality Improvement, Medical Education

Donald Maisel, MD

Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital

Medical Education

Michael McCullough, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

Education/SCOPE Program Director, high school student mentorship program

Christopher Mills, MD

Highland Hospital, Oakland

International Emergency Medicine

MyPhuong Mitarai, MD

University of Maryland

Director of Education

Anthony Montefusco, MD

LSU Medical Center

Director of Clinical Operations

Avinash Patil, MD

Loma Linda

International Emergency Medicine

Deborah Scwartz, MD

UC Davis

General Emergency Medicine

Vernell Smith, MD

Stanford/Kaiser

EMS, Base Station Liason Physician

Matthew Tripp, MD

Temple

General Emergency Medicine

Tiffany Troung, MD

Mount Sinai

Medical Education

Benjamin Tsai, MD

Maimondes Medical Center

General Emergency Medicine

Erin Wentzien, MD

LA County/USC

General Emergency Medicine

Michael Young, DO

Albert Einstein

Toxicology