The Los Angeles County EMS Agency and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine sponsor a 2 year EMS/Disaster Medicine Research Fellowship.  

We seek candidates who will have completed an accredited emergency medicine residency training program and wish to pursue a career in EMS/Disaster Medicine with an emphasis on EMS research.  

The fellowship is a unique collaboration between the Los Angeles County EMS Agency, which is one of the largest EMS Agency’s in the world, and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Highly competitive compensation and additional funds for educational expenses, travel to scientific meetings, etc. are available as well.

Fellows will be provided an office, secretarial support, a computer, and access to the Department's medical library, copying machine, and facsimile equipment.

Patient Care Activities
Duties include evaluating and treating patients, teaching and supervising resident physicians and medical students, conducting teaching rounds and providing medical records documentation for services provided.

Administrative and Teaching Responsibilities

• Attendance at departmental faculty meetings
• Participation in EMS administration through attendance at Los Angeles EMS Agency Medical Advisory Council quarterly meetings and other relevant EMS meetings
• Teaching responsibilities will consist of the preparation of one “grand rounds” presentation, to be delivered to the Department of Emergency Medicine during normally scheduled conferences per year and limited teaching at the J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute
• Fellows will be expected to meet all requirements set forth by the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine –PhysioControl Fellowship curriculum in EMS.

Research Responsibilities
Fellows will be expected to participate in research training through attainment of an advanced degree (MPH/MS) and conduct a hypothesis driven research project.   Goal is to create a fellowship experience that prepares the physician to become a specialist in EMS/Disaster Medicine. This training will be sufficient to allow the fellow to pursue a career as an EMS medical director for a local EMS agency or for a fire department, an academician implementing independent research, a clinician in emergency medicine with expertise in EMS, and/or as a national expert in EMS/Disaster Medicine.

Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD
Director EMS and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowships
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine

William Koenig, MD
Medical Director
Los Angeles County EMS Agency

Roger Lewis MD, PhD
Director of Research
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine

Amy Kaji, MD, PhD
Director of Disaster Medicine
Director of Disaster Resource Center
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine

Eligibility

Applicants will be considered if they have:

• Graduated from a U.S or Canadian medical school accredited by the LCME.
• Successfully completed a residency in emergency medicine

Selection

Applicants will be selected by:

• Review of a resume
• Interview with the director and other department members
• Letters of recommendation

The program does not discriminate with regard to sex, race, age, religion, ethnic origin, disability, or sexual orientation.

Deadline: September

For further information please contact:

Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD
EMS/Disaster/Research Fellowship Program Director
mgausche@emedharbor.edu
Phone: (310) 222-3501