Harbor-UCLA DEM

Faculty

The Harbor DEM faculty consists of 20 full-time members who hold academic appointments at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and are members of the Professional Staff Association at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Their primary responsibilities include administration of the department, resident education, patient care, quality and process improvement, clinical or basic science research and leadership. The DEM also has approximately 40 clinical volunteer faculty who are practicing clinicians in the community. The Fellows, Chief Residents and senior residents also provide leadership and teaching to medical students, interns, and the junior residents of the program.

Core Faculty


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Robert Hockberger, MD, FACEP *hock@emedharbor.edu* Chairman Professor of Clinical Medicine
Active Leadership	SAEM - Member, Board of Directors, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine ACEP - Member, National Spokespersons Bureau
Recent Awards	ACEP California - Senator Ken Maddy Political Leadership Award 2004 ACEP California - Hero of Emergency Medicine 2008
Academic Interests	Faculty Development
Hobbies	Etymology, literature
Bio	Click to open/close My career in Emergency Medicine began with a senior medical student elective rotation in the ED at the University of Chicago in 1975. I was instantly drawn to the excitement bordering on chaos, the varied medical and personal problems of the patients, and the sense of individual commitment and coordinated teamwork among the staff that somehow got the right thing accomplished for each patient. I performed my residency at the University of Chicago and then came to Harbor, where I have spent my entire professional career. After 30+ years of practice in academic EM, I am still drawn to those very things that first attracted me to the specialty, but from a somewhat different perspective than I had as a student. I have found the work that takes place behind the scenes to develop and maintain strong residency and fellowship training programs, to foster research and faculty development, to improve the care we provide to our patients, and to coordinate and fund it all, to be both immensely challenging professionally and immensely rewarding personally. I have been fortunate to be able to serve our specialty in a number venues: as a member of the EM-RRC; as a board member and president of ABEM; as a board member of SAEM; as a national spokesperson and chair of the Academic Affairs Committee for for ACEP: and as a senior editor for the textbook Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. I have been honored to receive several awards: the Burroughs Wellcome Education Award from the California Chapter of ACEP, the National ACEP Outstanding Contribution in Education Award and the Senator Ken Maddy Political Leadership Award from California ACEP. My wife Patty is an artist who with her friend Thelma created an original artwork series to decorate our pediatric ED.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Farley H, Casaletto J, Ankel F, Young KD and Hockberger RS: An assessment of the faculty development needs of junior clinical faculty in emergency medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine 15:664-668, 2008. < Hockberger RS, Kuhn G, Freedman J, Epter M, Robinson K and Christopher T. An overview of faculty development programs in emergency medicine. Society for Academic Emergency Newsletter, Vol XXIII, Number 2, March/April 2008. Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RW, Danyl DF, Newton EJ, Ling LT, Hamilton GC, Adams JG, Gausche-Hill M and Biros MH. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (Sixth Edition), Mosby-Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia, 2006. Kaji A and Hockberger RS: Thoracolumbar Fractures. In Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (Fifth Edition). Wolfson AB (edition). JB Lippincott, Philadelphia. Hockberger RS and Shimizu: Depression and Suicide Ideation. In Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (Fifth Edition). Wolfson AB (editior). JB Lippincott, Philadelphia. Hockberger RS, Kaji A and Newton: Spine Injuries. In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (Seventh Edition). Marx JA, Hockberger RS and Walls RM (eds). Mosby-Elsevier Co., Philadelphia. Hockberger RS and Richards J: Thought Disorders. In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (Seventh Edition). Marx JA, Hockberger RS and Walls RM (eds). Mosby-Elsevier Co., Philadelphia. CD-ROM (In development) Hockberger RS Editor – Signs and Symptoms Section. In: Emergency Medicine UpToDate, Rose BD (Ed), Waltham, MA 2007.
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Howard Bessen, MD, FACEP *bessen@emedharbor.edu* Senior Faculty
Active Leadership	ABEM - Member, Board of Directors ABEM - Member, Executive Finance Committee ABEM - Current editor of oral certification exam. Former editor of written certification exam.
Recent Awards	Harbor-UCLA DEM - Faculty Teaching Award 2009 ACEP California - Outstanding Contribution to Education Award 2003 ACEP - National Teaching Award 2000
Academic Interests	To me, teaching residents is the whole ball-game
Hobbies	Raising and breeding reptiles; deep-sea fishing; sports
Bio	Click to open/close I grew up (well, sort of "up," but not very far) in Southern California and went to college at Stanford. The most memorable part of my college experience was competing in gymnastics for four years. Went to med school at UCLA and then did a "flexible" (now called transitional) internship at Harbor (then called Harbor General Hospital). This was good timing, because Harbor started an EM residency during my internship in 1978. I was accepted into the program and have been here ever since. I was the residency program director for 16 years, and am very proud of the great clinicians and future EM leaders who came through the program during that time (several of these EM leaders are now my colleagues on the Harbor faculty). I'm close to completing an eight-year term on the ABEM Board of Directors. My wife is a pediatrician in private practice. We have three teenagers, who will eventually all be in college at the same time. My hobby is raising and breeding snakes and lizards. You need to be aware of this before entering my office.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Bessen HA: Abdominal aortic aneurysm. In Marx J, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 6th ed., Mosby-Elsevier, St. Louis, 2006, pp. 1330-1341. Chapter for 7th ed. in press, 2009). Bessen HA: Hypothermia. In Tintinalli JE, et al (eds): Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 6th ed., McGraw Hill, New York, 2003, pp 1179-1183. (Chapter for 7th ed. in press, 2009) Bessen HA, Byyny R: Acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade. In Wolfson AB, et al (eds): Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 4th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005, pp. 294-297. (Chapter for 5th ed. in press, 2009)
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Diane Birnbaumer, MD, FACEP dianeb@emedharbor.edu Associate Residency Program Director Professor of Clinical Medicine
Active Leadership	CORD - Academic Assembly Planning Committee
Recent Awards	ACEP California - Hero of Emergency Medicine, 2008 International Federation for Emergency Medicine - Order of the Fellowship of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine 2008 ACEP - Outstanding Contribution in Education Award 2003 ACEP - Outstanding Speaker of the Year Award 2002
Academic Interests	Airway Management and Advanced Airway Techniques, Educating Educators, STDs, Geriatrics
Hobbies	Traveling (including chasing total solar eclipses!), cooking, theatre
Bio	Click to open/close A third-generation Californian, I grew up in Southern California and completed my undergraduate degree at UC Irvine. After taking a year off to earn a little money, I packed all my earthy possessions into 5 suitcases and, with no clue as to how to take a bus/subway/taxi, I traipsed off to our nation’s capital and spent a glorious four years at the George Washington University School of Medicine. After graduation, I headed back to the west coast, and did my first residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Due to a serious change of heart, I then did a second residency in Emergency Medicine at Harbor and never left, starting as a new faculty member a mere 8 hours after finishing the last shift of my residency (not something I particularly recommend, but it worked out okay for me). I am currently a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Associate Program Director (a position I have held for… ACK!... 18 years). My primary focus is education, both in planning the curriculum for the program as well as participating in medical conferences for emergency practitioners. A past Chair of the Educational Meetings Planning Committee for ACEP, I chaired the 2002 ACEP Scientific Assembly in Boston as well as the 2006 International Conference in Emergency Medicine, held in San Francisco. To date, I have given over 1500 lectures at local, state, national and international conferences. My current passion is “teaching the teachers”, participating in resident and faculty development courses at several universities and academic meetings in addition to being a member of the faculty of the ACEP Teaching Fellowship. I am a relative “newlywed”, having married the love of my life (so worth the wait) in late 2005. Jim is the medical director of his democratic emergency medicine group in Denver (yes, you read that right… I live in LA and he lives in Denver and we keep United afloat by traveling virtually every week to see one another). I love to travel, cook, garden, dabble in creative writing and chase total solar eclipses, having seen four so far (Peru, the Caribbean, Zimbabwe and, most recently, China). I have no children, but I do have a very crabby cat (Max) and his cuddly brother (Boogers), who were abandoned feral kittens hand-raised by our program director, Dave Burbulys. (As a resident, you have to know you’re in good hands when your program director hand-raised 5 wild kittens.)
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Birnbaumer DM: Geriatric Trauma. Marx/Hockberger/Walls, eds: Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, Concepts and Clinical Practice, Sixth Edition. Mosby Elsevier, 2006. Pages 344-349. Birnbaumer DM: The Elder Patient. Marx/Hockberger/Walls, eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, Concepts and Clinical Practice, Sixth Edition, Mosby Elsevier, 2006. Pages 2824-2831. Birnbaumer DM, Anderegg C: Genital Infections. Marx/Hockberger/Walls, eds: Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, Concepts and Clinical Practice, Sixth Edition. Mosby Elsevier, 2006. Pages 1556-1572. Birnbaumer DM: Fever in the Returning Traveler. In Slaven EM, Stone SC, Lopez FA, eds: Infectious Diseases: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management, 2007. Pages 418-427. Miller Gregg, Birnbaumer Diane M: Postexposure Prophylaxis. In: Roppolo LR, David D, Kelly S, Rosen P, (eds). Emergency Medicine Handbook: Critical Concepts for Clinical Practice. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier, 2007. Pages 1120-112 Nee P, Birnbaumer DM: The Geriatric Patient. In Walls RM, Murphy MF, eds: Manual of Emergency Airway Management, Third Edition. Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, pages 392-396. Birnbaumer DM: Poisonings and Ingestions. In Bongard F, Sue D, Vintch J, Putnam B, eds: Current Critical Care Diagnosis and Treatment, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill Lange; pages 752-784. Birnbaumer DM: Ulcerative Sexually Transmitted Diseases. In Chin R, ed: Infections in Emergency Medicine. Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pages 89-96. Birnbaumer DM: Nonulcerative Sexually Transmitted Diseases. In Chin R, ed: Infections in Emergency Medicine. Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pages 97-104. Birnbaumer DM: Vulvovaginitis. In Chin r, ed: Infections in Emergency Medicine. Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pages 105-109.
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David Burbulys, MD, FACEP burbulys@emedharbor.edu Director, Residency Training Program Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Recent Awards	Harbor-UCLA DEM - EMS Attending of the Year 2009
Academic Interests	Pediatric EM, Trauma
Hobbies	Photography, computers, pets
Bio	Click to open/close I completed my medical school education at the University of California, San Diego in 1994 and Emergency Medicine Residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in 1997. Following that I completed a year as the Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine and then completed a two-year Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship under Dr. James Seidel at Harbor-UCLA as well. In 2000 I joined the full time faculty at Harbor-UCLA as the Director of Resident Education. In 2003 I began as the Residency Program Director and hope to have similar longevity to my predecessor, Howard Bessen, who happily maintained the same position for the previous 19 years. My current interests include resident education and wellness, pediatric emergency medicine and continuing to advance and expand our program here. Outside of the hospital I enjoy traveling, photography and spending time with my nieces, nephews and God children. I also have two teenaged labrador retrievers who keep me busier than all of the above and am somewhat of a computer nerd.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Mace S, Sharieff G, Bern A, Johnson R, Lee B, Burbulys D, Schreiber Merritt. Pediatric Issues in Disaster Management. Submitted 5/09 Annals of Emergency Medicine. Burbulys D, Kiai K. “Chapter 188. Procedural Sedation and Analgesia.” Rosen’s Emergency Medicine Concepts and Clinical Practice, Seventh Edition. Editors John Marx, Robert Hockberger and Ron Walls. Elsevir Publications. In press. Burbulys D, Kiai K. “Section VII, Chapter 4. Alpha Adrenergic Analgesics: Dexmedetomidine” The Essence of Analgesics and Analgesia. Editors Raymond Sinatra and Jonathan Jahr. Cambridge Publications. In press. Burbulys D, Kiai K. “Section X, Chapter 14. Adjuvant Medications including Analgesics: Oral Corticosteroids for Acute and Chronic Pain: The Essence of Analgesics and Analgesia. Editors Raymond Sinatra and Jonathan Jahr. Cambridge Publications. In press. Burbulys D, Kiai K. “Retrograde Intubation.” Challenges and Advances in Airway Management: Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America.Partick Manley Editor, Elsevir Publicaitons, Nov. 2008;Volume 26/ Issue 4, pp.1029-1041. Burbulys D. “Chapter 45. Respiratory Distress.” Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach 3rd Edition. Editor Carol D. Berkowitz. American Academy of Pediatrics, pp. 241-246; 2008. Burbulys D. “Chapter 46. Stridor and Croup.” Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach 3rd Edition. Editor Carol D. Berkowitz. American Academy of Pediatrics, pp. 247-251; 2008. Burbulys D. “Chapter 50. Approach to the Traumatized Child.” Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach 3rd Edition. Editor Carol D. Berkowitz. American Academy of Pediatrics, pp. 271-276; 2008. Burbulys D. “Chapter 51. Abdominal Trauma.” Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach 3rd Edition. Editor Carol D. Berkowitz. American Academy of Pediatrics, pp. 277-280; 2008. Youngquist S, Gausche-Hill Marianne, Burbulys D. Alternative Airway Devices for Use in Children Requiring Prehospital Airway Management: Update and Case Discussion. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2007 April;23(4):250-259; quiz 259-261. Conrad H, Gausche-Hill M, Burbulys D. A 6-Month Old with Total Body Flushing and a Macular-Papular Lesion. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2007 May;23(5):321-323. Horeczko T, Gausche-Hill M, Burbulys D. Case Study: The Case of the Perilous Pencil. APLS Online: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource www.aplsonline.com, 2006.
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Wendy Coates, MD, FACEP coates@emedharbor.edu Director of Medical Education Director, Education Fellowship Program Chair (Assistant Dean), Acute Care College Professor of Clinical Medicine
Active Leadership	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - College Chairs Committee - Medical Education Curriculum Committee - Chair, Faculty Development & Clinical Teaching Committee ABEM - Certifying Exam Item Writer CORD-EM - Steering Committee for AAMC Medical Education Research Certification (MERC) Journal of Emergency Medicine - Section Editor, Education Reviewer - Academic Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Recent Awards	Academic Emergency Medicine - Oustanding Reviewer 2008 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - Award for Excellence in Teaching 2004 Annals of Emergency Medicine - Top Reviewer Award 2009
Academic Interests	Medical Education, Wound Management, Anorectal Emergencies
Hobbies	Dance
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Fernandez-Frackelton M, Peterson M, Lewis RJ, Perez J, Coates WC. A bedside ultrasound curriculum for medical students: Prospective evaluation of skill acquisition. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2007;19(1):14-19. Stucky S, Coates WC, Baillie S, Kuo T. Needs Assessment survey for deaf and hard of hearing patients in the ED. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2007 Lee C, Coates WC, Uijtdehaage S. Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG): Faculty and student opinions differ for curriculum. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2008. Lampe C, Coates WC, Gill AM. EM sub-internship – Does a standard clinical experience improve performance outcomes? Academic Emergency Medicine 2008;15:82-85. Coates WC, Crooks K, Slavin SJ, Guiton G, Wilkerson L. Medical school curricular reform: Fourth year colleges improve medical student access to educational planning advice and career mentoring. Academic Medicine, 2008;83:754-760. Kaji AH, Coates WC, Fung CC. Medical student participation in a disaster seminar and drill: Brief description of activity and report of student experiences. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. (In press) Kaji AH, Coates WC, Fung CC. A disaster curriculum for medical students. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. (In press) Zaia B, Hui HS, Griffin A, Coates WC. Online Tutorial Teaches Medical Students How To Recognize and Intervene in Alcohol Poisoning. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education. (In press) Farrell SE, Coates WC, Fisher J, Kuhn G, Shayne P, Lin M. Highlights in medical education research: 2008. Academic Emergency Medicine. (In press) Huffman-Dracht HB, Coates WC. Anorectal Foreign Bodies. In Shah et al., Essential Emergency Procedures. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Coates WC. Anorectal Procedures. In Roberts and Hedges. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 5th edition. Elsevier. Coates WC. Lacerations to the Face and Scalp. In Tintinalli J, et al., Emergency Medicine, A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill. Coates WC. Anorectal Complaints. In Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 5th edition, Wolfson AB, ed. Coates WC. Disorders of the Anorectum. In Marx, et al., Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, 7th edition, Mosby Elsevier. Usatine R, Coates WC. Laceration Repair. In Pfenniger JL, Fowler GC, Procedures for Primary Care, 3rd edition, Mosby. Coates WC. An educator’s guide to planning and administration. In Clerkship Director’s Handbook in Emergency Medicine, Rogers R, ed. Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine 2009. Coates WC. Who are your health care providers? Southern California Dance Connection, 2009;Spring issue #11 http://www.scdance.info/current.htm Coates WC. Plantar Fasciitis in Ballet Dancers. Southern California Dance Connection, 2009; Summer issue # (in press) Huffman-Dracht HB, Coates WC. Uterine leiomyomata related thromboembolic disease – A case report. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2009 January Epub ahead of print.
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Clinton Coil, MD, MPH ccoil@dhs.lacounty.gov Patient Safety Officer, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Active Leadership	Harbor-UCLA Medical Center - Patient Safety Officer - Co-Chair, Patient Safety Council - Chair, Rapid Response Implementation Team - Chair, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Team - Co-Chair, Hand Hygiene Task Force - Chair, Patient Identification Task Force
Recent Awards	Harbor-UCLA DEM - Medical Student Teaching Award 2006 University of California Police Department, EMS - EMT of the Quarter 2001
Academic Interests	Patient Safety, Process Improvement, Medical Errors, Blood Transfusion, Sepsis
Hobbies	Country Dancing, 80s Television, Urban Legends, Trivia
Bio	Click to open/close I serve not only as a faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine, but also works as the Patient Safety Officer for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. I am responsible for implementation of the National Patient Safety Goals, and coordinate a variety of programs aimed at reducing accidental harm to patients and medical errors throughout the Medical Center. Recent research projects include investigating of the effects of boarding on emergency department (ED) care processes, studying the effectiveness of screen savers for medical education about patient safety, and analysis of HIV testing processes effectiveness for ED patients. Major administrative projects in the ED have included implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Bundle, and systems for Medication Reconciliation and Suicide Risk Assessment. Hospital-wide projects include implementing Rapid Response Teams, the Central Line Bundle, and Hand Hygiene Program. I first worked at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center as a research assistant and clinical observer in 1998. Later I completed his Emergency Medicine Residency and a Fellowship in Emergency Medicine Quality and Process Improvement at Harbor. I have completed the prestigious Advanced Training Program in Healthcare Delivery Improvement at Intermountain Healthcare and the Patient Safety Officer Executive Development Program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Shetty, P, Coil CJ. "Genitourinary Trauma: The First 15 Minutes, Algorithm & Decision-Making". In: Shah K, Quaas J, Egan D, eds. Essential Emergency Procedures. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2009. Karsajian J, Coil CJ. Manual testicular detorsion. in Essential Emergency Medicine Procedures. Shah K, and Mason C. eds. Lippincott Wilkins. 2007. Haukoos JS, Witt MD, Coil CJ, Lewis RJ. The effect of financial incentives on adherence with outpatient human immunodeficiency virus testing referrals from the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine. Jul;12(7):617-21. 2005.
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Ross Donaldson, MD, MPH, CTropMed ross@rossdonaldson.com Director, Global Health Fellowship Program Assistant Director Process and Quality Improvement Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Active Leadership	International Medical Corps - Program Manager, Emergency Medical Care Development, Iraq Ministry of Health, Iraq - Founding Member, Iraq Emergency Medicine Working Group 2008
Recent Awards	Medical Alliance for Iraq - Most Valuable Team 2009 Emory University Arts & Sciences - Young Alumni Service Award 2008 Edith & Carl Lasky Memorial Award for Achievement in Research 2004 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene - Fellow 2003
Academic Interests	Global Health, Infectious Disease, QI
Hobbies	Linguistics, traveling, writing
Bio	Click here to open/close As the Director of the Harbor-UCLA DEM Global Health Program & Fellowship, and Project Manager for International Medical Corp’s Emergency Medical Care Development program, I enjoy combining passions for medicine and international work on a daily basis. Such travels have taken me via tugboats and tuk-tuks—through distant revolutions, landmined fields, and warring countries. I have had the pleasure of working in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Academically, I am interested in the provision of emergency medical care in low- and middle-income areas. I received a Masters of Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine & Travelers’ Health (CTropMed) from the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, and am also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. I also (at least most of the time) enjoy writing and am the author of The Lassa Ward, a memoir about international aid work that the New York Times says, “effortlessly transmits both the facts and the fascination of a bad infectious outbreak.” I am also the chief editor of the Tarascon Medical Translation Handbook, which helps medical professionals communicate with their foreign-speaking patients in over 15 different languages. I speak nationally and internationally about global health issues and have appeared on CNN, BBC, NPR, and other media outlets. My current work and research now focuses in Iraq, where I am helping to build an emergency medicine infrastructure, spanning pre-hospital to hospital-based care. I was a founding member of the Iraq Emergency Medicine Working Group and am the principal author of Iraq’s National Emergency Medicine Strategy: Five Year Strategic Plan (2009-2013).
Recent Publications	Click here to open/close Donaldson RI. The Lassa Ward: One Man’s Fight Against One of the World’s Deadliest Diseases. First Edition. St. Martin’s Press (May 2009) Donaldson RI., “National Emergency Medicine Strategy: Five Year Plan (2009-2013),” Iraqi Ministry of Health, October 2008, p. 1-64 Donaldson RI. “The Level 1 Trauma Center: A Resource Packet for the Iraqi Healthcare System,” Iraqi Ministry of Health, November 2008, p. 1-88 Donaldson RI. Hasson T, Aziz S, et al. “The Development of Civilian Emergency Medical Care in Iraq: Current Status and Future Outlook.” Annals of Emergency Medicine. (In Press) Donaldson RI, Chief Editor. Tarascon Medical Translation Pocketbook. First Edition. Tarascon Publishing 2009.
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Madonna Fernández-Frackelton, MD, FACEP fernandez@emedharbor.edu Associate Director, Residency Training Program Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Recent Awards	23rd annual LA County Productivity and Quality Awards Program: MSE Program 2009
Academic Interests	Medical Education, Curriculum development, Sickle Cell, Seizures
Hobbies	Diving, sports, UCLA
Bio	Click to open/close I graduated Boston University School of Medicine in 1996 and completed Emergency Medicine Residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in 1999. I stayed on as the chief resident and later, teaching fellow. After residency, I worked in a few community hospitals and maintained a part time position at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. In 2003, I took a full time position as the Clinical Director of the Adult Emergency Department. During this time, I worked in the National Emergency Department Over-Crowding Score project (NEDOCS), which resulted in a measurement tool that Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and many other hospitals nationwide use to assess their overcrowding and implement action plans. In November of 2008, I became Associate Residency Director, and happily assumed a role in my primary interest, education. My other areas of interest include curriculum development, toxicology, sickle cell disease and seizure disorders. Outside the hospital, I enjoy life with my husband and 3 children. We are all avid UCLA fans. GO BRUINS! I also enjoy gardening, playing the piano and running. I just survived my first half-marathon and may do another inthe near future.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Fernández-Frackleton M, Peterson M, Lewis RJ, Pérez JE, Coates WC. A bedside ultrasound curriculum for medical studenta: Prospective evaluation of skill acquisition. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 19(1) 14-19, 2007 Fernández-Frackelton M, Miller,G. chapter 16: Thoracic-respiratory Disorders. Last Minute Review, Emergency Medicine. Wagner MJ, Promes S (eds) McGraw-Hill, © 2007. Fernández-Frackelton M. Bacteria: Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. Sixth Edition. Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM Publication anticipated 2009 Fernández-Frackelton M. Cyanosis: Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. Sixth Edition. Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM Publication anticipated 2009 Fernández-Frackelton M. Senior Editor, Ross I. Donaldson, Chapter 8: Infectious Disease. First Aid for the Emergency Medicine Boards. Blok BK, Cheung DS, Platts-Mills TF (eds). McGraw-Hill 2009
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Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP mgausche@emedharbor.edu Director of Emergency Medical Services Director of EMS Fellowship Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Professor of Clinical Medicine
Active Leadership	ACEP - Member and Ex-chair ACEP Pediatric Assembly (National Conferences held 2006-2010) American Academy of Pediatrics - Member, Leadership Conference planning committee ACEP - Member, Task Force National Commission on Children and Disasters ACEP - Member, EMS Committee California EMS Authority, Emergency Medical Services for Children Steering Committee; Technical Advisory Committee
Recent Awards	ACEP California - Hero of Emergency Medicine, 2008 National EMS for Children, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration – EMSC Heroes Award for Lifetime Achievement, 200 National EMSC – EMSC Heroes Award Best Research Paper, 2008: Pediatric Preparedness of Emergency Departments: A 2003 Survey of the United States.
Academic Interests	EMS, Pediatrics
Hobbies	Spending time with my family, also love spending time in Cambria, hiking/walking, Bird watching, nature trips, Daughter Katie Costello with a budding singing/music career
Bio	Click to open/close I am the Director of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowships. I completed my medical training at the David Geffen School of Medicine and my Emergency Medicine residency and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. I'm nationally known for my work as an EMS researcher and educator, and for my leadership in the field of pediatric emergency medicine. In 2004, I was awarded the ACEP National Education Award in Emergency Medicine; in 2005, I was awarded the Martha Bushore-Fallis APLS award from the American Academy of Pediatrics; in 2007, I was awarded the Emergency Medical Services for Children Heroes Award for Lifetime Achievement; and in 2008, I was named one of the Heroes of Emergency Medicine by the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Krug S, Gausche-Hill M: When there is “no room at the inn”: Potential solution for overcrowding in a tertiary care center. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007;161:870-876. Bryant J, Gausche-Hill M: When is red urine not hematuria? J Emerg Med 2007;32:55-57. Conrad H, Gausche-Hill M, Burbulys D: A 6-Month old with total body flushing and a macular-papular lesion. Pediatr Emerg Care 2007; 23:321-323. Youngquist S, Gausche-Hill M, Burbulys D: Alternative Airway Devices for Use in Children Requiring Prehospital Airway Management: Update and Case Discussion. Pediatr Emerg Care 2007;23:250-258. Gausche-Hill M, Schmitz C, Lewis RJ: Pediatric Preparedness of Emergency Departments: A 2003 Survey of the United States. Pediatrics 2007;120:1229-1237. Youngquist S, Henderson DP, Gausche-Hill M, Goodrish SM, Poore PD: Paramedic Self-efficacy and Skill Retention in Pediatric Airway Management, Acad Emerg Med, 2008, [Epub ahead of print]. Nguyen KT, Gausche-Hill M, Niemann JT: Amiodarone for the emergency care of children. Pediatr Emerg Care, 2009, in press. Gausche-Hill M: Pediatric Disaster Preparedness: Are We Really Prepared? J Trauma, 2009, in press. Dieckmann RA, Brownstein D, Gausche-Hill M: The Pediatric Assessment Triangle: A Novel Approach for the Rapid Evaluation of Children. Pediatr Emerg Care, in press. Guidelines for Care of Children in Emergency Departments, Krug S, Gausche-Hill M. Simultaneous publication…Pediatrics, Ann Emerg Med, 2009 , in press Institute of Medicine. Committee of the Future of Emergency Care in the U.S. Health System. Dissemination Workshop Summaries, Washington DC: National Academies Press, 2007. Marx J, Walls R, Hockberger R, Barsan W, Newton E, Ling LT, Hamilton G, Adams J, Biros M, Gausche-Hill M (eds), Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, Elsevier Publishers, 2009. Padlipsky P, Gausche-Hill M: Respiratory Distress and Failure in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Baren J, Brennan J, Brown, Rothrock S (eds), Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2008. Enriquez B, Gausche-Hill M: Gentourinary Disorders (Pediatric). In Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Wolfson AB, Hendley GW, Hendry PL, Linden CH, Rosen CL, Schaider J, Sharieff GQ, Suchard JR (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2008. Berg M, Berg R, Nadkarni V, Kaji AH, Gausche-Hill M: Chapter 8. Pediatric Resuscitation in Marx J, Walls R, Hockberger RS (eds), Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, Harcourt Saunders, St. Louis, MO, 2009, in press. Horeczko T, Gausche-Hill M. Child Restraint Safety in Pante M (ed) Assessment and Treatment of Trauma, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA, 2009, in press. Santillanes G, Gausche-Hill M: Pediatric Airway Management Emerg Med Clin NA 2008; 26(4):961-75. Kaji AH, Gausche-Hill M: Apparent Life Threatening Events (ALTE) – Review and Case Presentation. EM News, 2008, in press. Kaji AH, Santillanes G, Gausche-Hill M: LIMP – Review and Case Presentation. EM News, 2009, in press. Gausche-Hill M, Fuchs S, Yamamoto L: Advanced Pediatric Life Support: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource Toolkit, Revised Fourth Edition, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury MA, 2007. Expert Pediatric Panel. EMRAP Vol 8. No.6 2008. Center for Medical Education. EMRAP.org. Gausche-Hill M: Thoughts: On the waterfront, Wonderment, A Moment; ACEP Artistic Expressions October 5-8, 2009, Boston MA. Gausche-Hill M: Modern Marriage; ACEP Artistic Expressions October 5-8, 2009, Boston MA
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Stanley Inkelis, MD, FAAP inkelis@emedharbor.edu Director, Pediatric Emergency Department Professor of Pediatrics
Active Leadership	American Academy of Pediatrics - Chair, Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Non-Children’s Hospitals Committee, Section on Emergency Medicine American Academy of Pediatrics - Member, Section on Emergency Medicine Academic Pediatric Association - Member, Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group Academic Pediatric Association - Member, Pediatric EM Program Directors Special Interest Group
Recent Awards	National Management Association - Department/Team Award, Harbor-UCLA Medical Chapter
Academic Interests	Dermatology, Infectious disease
Hobbies	Bicycling
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Vu TT, Hampers LC, Joseph MM, Connors MJ, Gerardi J,Inkelis SH, Shook JE. Job Market Survey of Recent Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Graduates. Pediatr Emerg Care 2007;23(5):304-307. Santillanes G, Inkelis SH. Exanthems. In: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Software (PEMSoft). Dieckmann (ed). 2006. Inkelis SH. Sore throat. In: Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach (3rd ed.). Berkowitz CD (ed.), American Academy of Pediatrics. 2008: 347-354. Inkelis SH. Nosebleeds. In: Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach (3rd ed.). Berkowitz CD (ed.), American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008: 355-359. Inkelis SH. Neck masses. In: Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach (3rd ed.). Berkowitz CD (ed.), American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008: 377-385.
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Timothy Jang, MD tbj@ucla.edu Director of Emergency Ultrasound Program Director of Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Active Leadership	ACEP - Member, Ultrasound Section
Recent Awards	UCLA/Olive - Golden Olive Teaching Award, 2008
Academic Interests	Ultrasound education, use of ultrasound to improve clinician diagnosis and treatment, clinical decision making, and palliative emergency care.
Hobbies	Rock climbing, running
Bio	Click to open/close It was a great honor to join the faculty at Harbor in 2009. My colleagues are amazing and the number one reason why I would consider training at Harbor. They are world-renowned, but also extremely caring about resident education and well-being. Despite being well-published researchers, they all enjoy clinical teaching and have tremendous skills from which I continue to learn. One of the best things, of course, is that we all have a life outside of medicine. I'm still learning to surf, but have perfected the art of falling off a surfboard, and continue to go climbing every week. In addition, I continue to participate in running and multi-sport events, although my latest challenge is a two week desert survival course that will rival Man vs. Wild. Despite all of that, however, my greatest commitment is towards growing spiritually and making sure to keep my humanity in the midst of a demanding career. I am an active part of Risen Church in Santa Monica and work with a service-oriented group that studies the Bible in the park.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Jang T, Naunheim R, Sineff S, Aubin C. Operator confidence correlates with more accurate abdominal ultrasounds by emergency medicine residents. J Emerg Med 2007 ; 33 :175-179. Jang T, Uzbielo A, Sineff S, Naunheim R, Scott MG, Lewis LM. Point-of-care urine trypsinogen testing for the diagnosis of pancreatitis. Acad Emerg Med 2007 ; 14 :29-34 Naunheim RS, Jang T, Banet G, Richmond A, McGill J. Point-of-care test identifies diabetic ketoacidosis at triage. Acad Emerg Med 2006 ; 13:683-685 Jang T. Jang’s Pearls: Bupivacaine Reaction. www.EM-News.com (Jan 2009) Jang T. Jang’s Pearls: Ischemic Stroke? www.EM-News.com (Feb 2009) Jang T. Jang’s Pearls: Managing Diabetes and Asthma. www.EM-News.com (March 2009) Jang T. Jang’s Pearls: Dehydrated Toddler with vomiting and diarrhea. www.EM-News.com (April 2009) Jang T. Jang’s Pearls: Does this 12-year old need an x-ray? www.EM-News.com (May 2009) Jang T, Hoh D. Jang’s Pearls: Antibiotic Precautions for Patients on Warfarin. www.EM-News.com (August 2009) Jang T, Poffenberger C. Cardiac Ultrasound. In E-medicine Procedure Book (on-line textbook chapter) Jang T, Hemingway T. Ultrasound of Abdominal Aorta. In E-medicine Procedure Book (on-line textbook chapter) Jang T, Chen J. Ultrasound in First-Trimester Pregnancy. In E-medicine Procedure Book (on-line textbook chapter) Jang T. Ultrasound of the Gall Bladder. In E-medicine Procedure Book (on-line textbook chapter) Jang T. Ultrasound in Trauma. In E-medicine Procedure Book (on-line textbook chapter) Jang T. Ultrasound for Obstructive Uropathy. In E-medicine Procedure Book (on-line textbook chapter)
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Amy Kaji, MD, PhD akaji@emedharbor.edu Director, South Bay Disaster Resource Center Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Active Leadership	SAEM - Membership Committee Chair ACEP - Research Committee Annals of Emergency Medicine - Editorial Board Annals of Emergency Medicine - Methodological/Statistical Reviewer
Recent Awards	ACEP - National Teaching Award 2009 Harbor-UCLA DEM - Faculty Teaching Award 2008 Annals of Emergency Medicine - Outstanding Reviewer of the Year 2003 - 2009
Academic Interests	Medical Education, Research, Disaster Medicine, Academic Writing
Hobbies	Skating
Bio	Click to open/close I completed the Harbor-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program in 2002, after which I stayed at Harbor-UCLA for a 2 year Disaster Medicine/Research Fellowship. During this time period, I completed my master's in public health at the UCLA School of Public Health, and in 2007, I completed my PhD in Epidemiology, also at the School of Public Health. I serve as a methodological/statistical reviewer and am on the Editorial Board for Annals of Emergency Medicine, and I serve as the chairman of the SAEM Membership Committee. Last year, I was a faculty participant for the SAEM CPC competition. I currently serves as the medical director for the South Bay Disaster Resource Center. My interests include medical writing and editing (for journals and textbooks), research methods, EMS/disaster, and pediatric Apparent Life Threatening Events (ALTE).
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Kaji AH and Hockberger R. Imaging of Spinal Cord Injuries. Emerg Med Clin of N Amer 2007;25:735-751. Kaji AH, Koenig KL, Lewis RJ. Current hospital disaster preparedness. JAMA 2007;298:2188-2190. Kaji AH, Lewis RJ. Assessment of Johns Hopkins Hospital Disaster Drill Evaluation Tool. Ann Emerg Med 2008;52:204-210. Kaji AH, Langford V, Lewis RJ. Assessing Hospital Disaster Preparedness: a comparison of an on-site survey, directly observed drill performance, and video analysis of teamwork. Ann Emerg Med 2008;52:195-201. Kaji AH, Koenig W, Eckstein M, Youngquist S, Tadeo R, Niemann JT. The need for uniform definitions in the regionalized care of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Acad Emerg Med 2008;15:759-761. Youngquist ST, Shah AP, Niemann JT, Kaji AH, French WJ. A comparison of door-to-balloon times and false-positive activations between emergency department and out-of-hospital activation of the coronary catheterization team. Acad Emerg Med 2008;15:784-787. Kaji AH, Bair A, Okuda Y, Kobayashi L, Khare R, Vozenilek J. Defining systems expertise: effective simulation at the organizational level – implications for patient safety, disaster surge capacity, and facilitating the systems interface. Acad Emerg Med 2008;15:1098-1103. Kobayashi L, Overly FL, Fairbanks RJ, Patterson M, Kaji AH, Bruno EC, Kirchoff MA, Strother CG, Sucov A, Wears RL. Advanced medical simulation applications for emergency medicine Microsystems evaluation and training. Acad Emerg Med 2008;15:1058-1070. de Virgilio C, Chan T, Miller K, Kaji AH. Weekly Assigned Reading And Examinations During Residency, ABSITE performance, and Improved Pass Rates On The American Board Of Surgery Examinations. J of Surg Educ 2008;65:499-503. Eckstein M, Koenig W, Kaji AH, Tadeo R. Implementation of Specialty Centers for Patients with ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The Los Angeles STEMI Receiving Center Project. Prehosp Emerg Care 2009:213-215. Kaji AH, Coates W, Fung C. Disaster Training for Medical Students. Learning and Teaching in Medicine, in press. Kaji AH, Coates, W, Fung C. A Disaster Medicine Curriculum for Medical Students. Learning and Teaching in Medicine, in press. Kaji AH, Hockberger R. Spinal Column Injuries in Adults, UpToDate. Gausche-Hill, M and Kaji AH: SIDS and ALTE in Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 7th edition. Marx J., Hockberger R., Walls R., ed. Mosby, Inc., St. Louis, MO, submitted. Bontempo L and Kaji AH: Rhabdomyolysis in Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 7th edition. Marx J., Hockberger R., Walls R., ed. Mosby, Inc., St. Louis, MO, submitted. Patel N and Kaji AH. Bladder Trauma in Handbook of Emergency Medicine, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2009 submitted. Kaji AH, Gausche-Hill M. Apparent Life Threatening Events – Case Presentation and Review. Emergency Medicine, November 2008.
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Roger Lewis, MD, PhD, FACEP roger@emedharbor.edu Director of Research Director of Research Fellowship Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Professor of Medicine-in-Residence
Active Leadership	ACEP - Member, Research Committee ACEP - Member, Academic Affairs Committee David Geffen Medical School of Medicine at UCLA - Member, Legislative Assembly Institute of Medicine of the National Academies - Member 2009
Recent Awards	SAEM - Special Recognition Award 2009 Annals of Internal Medicine - Letter of Recognition for Outstanding Peer Review 2004 - 2007 SAEM - Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award 2005
Academic Interests	Adaptive and Bayesian clinical trials; translational, clinical, health services and outcomes research; ED crowding and disaster preparedness, interim data analysis; data monitoring committees; informed consent
Hobbies	Cooking, welding, technology, the family cats.
Bio	Click to open/close I grew up in Southern California and completed my undergraduate, medical, and graduate training at Stanford University. I am currently a Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. My academic interests center on clinical research methodology, including adaptive and Bayesian trial design, and I participate in the design and analysis of many laboratory, clinical, and health services research studies. My areas of interest include adaptive and Bayesian clinical trials; translational, clinical, health services and outcomes research; emergency department crowding and disaster preparedness, interim data analysis; the role and function of data monitoring committees; and difficulties surrounding informed consent in emergency research studies. I also serve as a research mentor for fellows and junior faculty and lecture on the topics of clinical research design and the statistical analysis of clinical trials. I have had the opportunity to serve as President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and as a grant reviewer for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In 2009 I was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). I enjoy medical editing and serve as a member of the editorial board for the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine, and as a research methodology reviewer for JAMA. My wife Mallory is a Professor of Medicine here at Harbor-UCLA, where she is the Associate Chief in the Division of HIV Medicine and the Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine residency program. We have two teenage children—a daughter who is in her first year of college and a son who is a junior in high school. My hobbies include cooking, welding, and hanging out with the family cats.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Lewis RJ, Lipsky AM, Berry DA. Bayesian Decision-Theoretic Group Sequential Clinical Trial Design Based on a Quadratic Loss Function: A Frequentist Evaluation. Clinical Trials 2007;4:5-14. Fernández-Frackelton M, Peterson M,Lewis RJ, Pérez JE, Coates WC. A Bedside Ultrasound Curriculum for Medical Students: Prospective Evaluation of Skill Acquisition. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2007;19:14-19. Niemann JT, Rosborough JP, Youngquist S, Thomas J,Lewis RJ. Is All Ventricular Fibrillation The Same? A Comparison of Ischemically Induced with Electrically Induced Ventricular Fibrillation in a Porcine Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Model. Critical Care Medicine 2007;35:1356-1361. Schultz CH, Koenig KL,Lewis RJ. Decision making in Hospital Earthquake Evacuation: Does Distance to the Epicenter Matter? Annals of Emergency Medicine 2007;50:320-326. Yaghoubian A, de Virgilio C, Dauphine C, Lewis RJ, Lin M. Use of Admission Serum Lactate and Sodium Levels to Predict Mortality in Necrotizing Soft-tissue Infections. Archives of Surgery 2007;142:840-846. Yaghoubian A, Lewis RJ, Putnam B, de Virgilio C. Reanalysis of Prehospital Intravenous Fluid Administration in Patients with Penetrating Truncal Injury and Field Hypotension. American Surgeon 2007;73:1027-1030. Yaghoubian A, de Virgilio C, El-Masry M, Lewis RJ, Stabile BE. Gallstone Pancreatitis: A Benign Disease in Hispanics. American Surgeon 2007;73:1071-1074. Gausche-Hill M, Schmitz C, Lewis RJ. Pediatric Preparedness of US Emergency Departments: A 2003 Survey. Pediatrics 2007;120:1229-1237. Yaghoubian A, Lewis RJ, de Virgilio C. Can the National Kidney Foundation Guidelines for First-time Arteriovenous Fistula Creation Be Met in Underserved End-stage Renal Disease Patients? Annals of Vascular Surgery 2008;22:5-10. Kaji AH, Langford V, Lewis RJ. Assessing Hospital Disaster Preparedness: A Comparison of an On-site Survey, Directly Observed Drill Performance, and Video Analysis of Teamwork. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2008;52:195-201. Kaji AH, Lewis RJ. Assessment of the Reliability of the John Hopkins/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Hospital Disaster Drill Evaluation Tool. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2008;52:204-210. Yaghoubian A, Saltmarsh G, Rosing DK, Lewis RJ, Stabile BE, de Virgilio C. Decreased Bile Duct Injury During Laproscopic Cholecystectomy in the Era of the 80-hour Resident Workweek. Archives of Surgery 2008;143:847-851. Niemann JT, Rosborough J, Youngquist S, Lewis RJ, Phan QT, Filler S. The Proinflammatory Cytokine Response following Resuscitation in the Swine Model Depends on the Method of Ventricular Fibrillation Induction. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008;15:939-944. Yaghoubian A, Lewis RJ, Putnam BA, de Virgilio C. Impact on Patient Outcomes After Closure of an Adjacent Trauma Center. American Surgeon 2008;74:930-934. Chan T, Yaghoubian A, Rosing D, Lee E, Lewis RJ, Stabile BE, de Virgilio C. Total Bilirubin is a Useful Predictor of Persisting Common Bile Duct Stone in Gallstone Pancreatitis. American Surgeon 2008;74:977-980. Rieg G, Lewis RJ, Miller LG, Witt MD, Guerrero M, Daar ES. Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Infections in HIV-infected Men Who Have Sex with Men: Prevalence, Incidence, Predictors, and Screening Strategies. Journal of AIDS & STDs 2008;22:947-954. Youngquist ST, Henderson DP, Gausche-Hill M, Goodrich SM, Poore PD, Lewis RJ. Paramedic Self-efficacy and Skill Retention in Pediatric Airway Management. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008, Oct 25 [Epub ahead of print]. de Virgilio C, Yaghoubian A, Nguyen A, Lewis RJ, Dauphine C, Sarkisyan G, Harrington D,. Peripheral Vascular Surgery Using Targeted Beta Blockade Reduces Perioperative Cardiac Event Rate. J Am Coll Surg 2009;208:14-20. Tran J, Lewis RJ, de Virgilio C. The Effect of the 80-hour Workweek on General Surgery Residents’ Operative Case Volume. American Surgeon (In press). Lewis RJ, Duber HC, Biros MH, for the International Regulatory Status of Emergency Exception to Informed Consent Study Group. International Resuscitation Research, Exception from Informed Consent, and the European Union Directive 2001/20/EC. European Journal of Emergency Medicine 2009, May 8 [Epub ahead of print]. Charfen MA, Ipp E, Kaji AH, Saleh T, Qazi MF, Lewis RJ Detection of Undiagnosed Diabetes and Prediabetic States in High-Risk Emergency Department Patients. Academic Emergency Medicine 2009, May 14 [Epub ahead of print]. Haukoos JS, Witt MD, Lewis RJ. Derivation and Reliability of an Instrument to Estimate Medical Benefit of Emergency Treatment. American Journal of Emergency Medicine (In press). Lewis RJ. Modeling Complex Systems: Gaining Valid Insights and Avoiding Mathematical Delusions. Academic Emergency Medicine 2007;14:795-798. Kaji AH, Koenig KL, Lewis RJ. Current Hospital Disaster Preparedness. JAMA 2007;298:2188-2190. Schrader C, Barsan WG, Gordon JA, Hollander J, King BR, Lewis RJ, Richardson LD, Sklar D. Scholarship in Emergency Medicine in an Environment of Increasing Clinical Demand: Proceedings from the 2007 Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008;15:567-572. Lewis RJ. Community Consultation by Randomly Reaching Out to the Community. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2009;53:351-353.
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Ravi Morchi, MD rmorchi@emedharbor.edu Director, Medical Screening Examination Program Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Recent Awards	Denver Health and University of Colorado - Master Teacher Award 2008 Denver Health - Program Director’s Award for Outsdanding Contributions EM Education 2008 University of Colorado Hospital - “Outstanding Clinician and Extraordinary Teacher 2008 Denver Health and University of Colorado - Master Teacher Award 2006
Academic Interests	International relief work, Simulation
Hobbies	Outdoor activities, snowboarding
Bio	Click to open/close I received my medical degree from University of Michigan Medical School and completed EM residency at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital. Since that time I spent four years as faculty teaching EM residents at University of Colorado and Denver Health. I was also the Clinical Director of Simulation Education for the Division of Emergency Medicine while in Colorado. I then came to Harbor-UCLA DEM in January of 2009 and enjoy lecturing and working with residents and medical students. My interests lie in medical simulation and international medical and surgical care in rural Africa.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Morchi, R. Connective Tissue and Inflammatory Disorders in Adam’s Emergency Medicine, 1st edition. Adams, Collins, ed. Elselvier Inc, Philadelphia, PA. 2008
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James Niemann, MD, FACEP jniemann@emedharbor.edu Senior Faculty Professor of Medicine-in-Residence
Active Leadership	UCLA School of Medicine Senior Thesis Committee NIH - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Clinical and Integrative Cardiovascular Clinical Science (CICS) study section NIH - Special Emphasis Panel, NHLBI Cardiovascular Sciences SBIR
Recent Awards	Academic Emergency Medicine - Outstanding Peer Reviewer 2008 Annals of Internal Medicine - Outstanding Peer Reviewer 2008
Academic Interests	Electrocardiography, CPR, Pre-hospital Care
Hobbies	Golfing, roasting, South Park, sports
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Rosborough JP, Deno DC, Walker RG, Niemann JT: A percutaneous catheter-based system for the measurement of defibrillation potential gradients applicable to the study of transthoracic defibrillation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 30:166-174, 2007. Niemann JT, Rosborough J, Youngquist S, Thomas J, Lewis R: Is all ventricular fibrillation the same? A comparison of ischemically induced and electrically induced ventricular fibrillation in a porcine cardiac arrest and resuscitation model. Crit Care Med 35:1356-1361, 2007. Sherman LD, Niemann JT, Rosborough JP, Menegazzi JJ: Ischemia produces a reduction of frequency characteristics in early ventricular fibrillation, Resuscitation 75:499-505, 2007. Youngquist S, Kaji A, Lipsky A, Koenig W, Niemann JT: A Bayesian sensitivity analysis of out-of-hospital 12-lead electrocardiograms: Implications for regionalization of cardiac care. Acad Emerg Med 14:1165-1171, 2007. Youngquist S, Kaji A, Niemann JT: Beta-blocker use and the changing epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rhythms. Resuscitation 76:376-380, 2008 Niemann JT, Rosborough JP, Youngquist S: Is the tumour necrosis factor-alpha response following resuscitation gender dependent in the swine model? Resuscitation 77:258-263, 2008. Menegazzi JJ, Hsieh M, Niemann JT, Swor RA: Derivation of clinical predictors of failed rescue shocks during out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation, Prehosp Emerg Care 12:347-351. 2008. Youngquist ST, Shah AP Niemann JT, Kaji AH, French WJ: A comparison of door-to-balloon times and false positive activations between emergency department and prehospital activation of the coronary catheterization team. Acad Emerg Med 15:1-4, 2008. Kaji A, Koenig W, Eckstein W, Youngquist S, Tadeo R, Niemann JT: The need for uniform definitions in the regionalized care of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Acad Emerg Med 15:759-761, 2008. Niemann JT, Rosborough JP, Youngquist S, Lewis RJ, Phan QT, Filler S: The proinflammatory cytokine response following resuscitation in the swine model depends on the method of VF induction, Acad Emerg Med 15:939-944, 2008. Shah AP, Niemann JT, Youngquist S, Josephson G, Rosborough JP: Endothelin-1 is not predictive of ventricular ectopy or ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial ischemia. J Interferon Cytokine Res 28:639-642, 2008. Youngquist ST, Niemann JT, Hemying T, Rosborough JP: The central nervous system cytokine response to global ischemia following resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation in a porcine model. Resuscitation 80:249-252, 2009. Shah AP, Niemann JT, Youngquist S, Heyming T, Rosborough JP: Serum endothelin -1 level at the onset of ischemic ventricular fibrillation predicts resuscitation outcome. Resuscitation 80:580-583, 2009. Niemann JT, Rosborough J, Youngquist S, Shah A, Lewis RJ, Phan QT, Filler S: Proinflammatory cytokine storm and cardiac function after recovery from cardiac arrest in swine. J Interferon Cytokine Res 29:39-47, 2009. Haukoss J, Korthuis RJ, Niemann JT: Inflammatory and immunologic responses to ischemia and reperfusion, in: NA Paradis, HR Halperin, K Kern, V Wenzel, DA Chamberlain, eds, Cardiac Arrest. The Science and Practice of Resuscitation Medicine, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 163-176, 2007. Kern KB, Niemann JT, Steen S: Coronary perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in: NA Paradis, HR Halperin, K Kern, V Wenzel, DA Chamberlain, eds, Cardiac Arrest. The Science and Practice of Resuscitation Medicine, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 369-388, 2007. Niemann JT: Cardiomyopathies, Myocarditis, and Pericardial Disease, in: Emergency Medicine, A Comprehensive Study Guide, JE Tintinalli, GD Kelen, JS Stapczynski, ed, 7th dition, McGraw Hill, in press. Niemann JT: Implantable Cardiac Devices, in: Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 7th edition, J Marx, R Hockberger, R Walls, et al, eds, Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, in press. Nguyen K, Gausche-Hill M, Niemann JT: Amiodarone for the emergency care of children. Pediatric Emergency Care, in press.
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Patricia Padlipsky, MD padlipsky@emedharbor.edu Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Active Leadership	UCLA School of Medicine - Preceptor for MSIII PALS - Physician consult
Academic Interests	Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
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Mike Peterson, MD, FAAEM peterson@emedharbor.edu Vice Chair, Clinical Operations Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Active Leadership	CalACEP Ultrasound Course- Co-Director
Recent Awards	23rd annual LA County Productivity and Quality Awards Program: MSE Program 2009
Academic Interests	Ultrasound, Surge Capacity, ED Operations
Hobbies	Sailing, scuba diving, backpacking, beach volleyball
Bio	Click to open/close I graduated from UCSD Medical School and trained in EM at Harbor-UCLA “back in the day”. I recall it was seeing the two life-flight helicopters at UCSD and watching the docs working on them that made me excited about going into EM. After graduation I pursued my interest in aeronautical medicine on active duty in the US Army, serving as a Flight Surgeon and Medical Director of the 207th MAST Unit (Air Ambulance) in El Paso, TX during Desert Storm. I also served as Chief, Emergency Services for William Beaumont Army Medical Center. After the military I worked for several years as a private emergency physician before joining the faculty of the Dept.of Emergency Medicine at Texas Tech University in El Paso. There I pursued a new interest in Emergency Ultrasound, establishing one of the first comprehensive training programs in Emergency Ultrasound in the country. I later served as Director of the Emergency Department at Texas Tech/Thomason Hospital, before moving to Harbor-UCLA to become its first Director of Emergency Ultrasound. We eventually established one of the first Emergency Ultrasound Fellowships in the country at Harbor. After teaching Emergency Ultrasound for over 10 years, I turned the reigns over to Tim Jang, our new Ultrasound Director, so I could participate in finding solutions to the largest problem facing emergency medicine, the overcrowding of EDs and the threat to our nation’s safety net.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Peterson MA. Fundamentals of Emergency Physician Contracts. In: Essentials of Emergency Medicine. Aghababian RV et al (Eds.). Jones and Bartlet, 2006. Peterson MA: Disorders of the Large Intestine. In: Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM (Eds.). 6th ed. Mosby, 2006. Peterson MA, Lambert M: Training. In: Emergency Ultrasound. Ma OJ, Mateer JR, Blaivas M (Eds.). 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2008. Price D, Peterson MA: Pediatric Applications. In: Emergency Ultrasound. Ma OJ, Mateer JR, Blaivas M (Eds.). 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2008. Peterson MA: Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound. In: Clinical Emergency Radiology. Fox JC (Ed.). Cambridge University Press, 2008. Peterson MA. Fundamentals of Emergency Physician Contracts. In: Essentials of Emergency Medicine. Aghababian RV et al (Eds.). 2nd ed. Jones and Bartlet. Peterson MA: Disorders of the Large Intestine. In: Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM (Eds.). 7th ed. Mosby.
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Cori Poffenberger, MD coripoff@gmail.com Director, Adult Emergency Department Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Academic Interests	Ultrasound
Hobbies	Soccer, running, beach volleyball, Bikram yoga, country music
Bio	Click to open/close I first became interested in Emergency Medicine during an elective my first semester of medical school. I found it amazing that a specialty existed that would allow me to take care of any patient that walked in the door, to treat and stabilize the sickest patients, and to be there for patients anytime, day or night. I briefly explored some other specialty options, but I always came back to Emergency Medicine. My residency in Emergency Medicine followed a somewhat unique path, as I completed my first two years at the Stanford-Kaiser program, then came to Harbor for my third year of residency after my husband took a new job in Los Angeles. After residency completion, I worked for a year in the community before deciding that I missed academics. I came back to Harbor for my Ultrasound fellowship, and have been fortunate to stay on as full-time faculty. As Emergency Department Director, I am responsible for the daily operations of the ED, a challenging but rewarding task! I am truly appreciative to be starting my academic career at a place with incredibly bright leaders and mentors, an underserved and inspiring patient population, dedicated and fun residents, and an overall spirit of collegiality and collaboration. When not at work, I enjoy spending time with my husband, John, and my dog, a crazy puggle named Jack, also known as “the Monster.” Working at Harbor allows me to live in a beautiful beach community, where I spend my free time running, playing soccer and beach volleyball, practicing Bikram yoga, and listening to country music (clearly the best and frequently underappreciated).
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Hwang J, Poffenberger C, Renal and Urinary Ultrasound, Handbook of Critical Care and Emergency Ultrasound; in progress. Jang T, Poffenberger C,C, Cardiac Ultrasonography. emedicine.com, in progress. Lin M, Poffenberger C,, Tricks of the Trade: Central Venous Access in the Internal Jugular Vein. ACEP News, April 2007
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Carl Stevens, MD, MPH, FACEP cstevens@emedharbor.edu Director of Process and Quality Improvement Director of Administrative Fellowship Clinical Professor of Medicine
Active Leadership	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - Director of Curriculum Development, Dean’s Office, Division of Educational Development and Research - Chair, Medical Leadership College SAEM - Member, Public Health Interest Group
Recent Awards	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - Excellence in Education Award 2009 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - Outstanding Tutor Award 2008 23rd annual LA County Productivity and Quality Awards Program: MSE Program 2009
Academic Interests	Medical education, QI
Hobbies	Golfing
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Ng, R Chang, A, Hauer KE, Stevens, CD, Wamsley, MA Teaching and Assessing Medical Students Chronic Disease Management Skills Utilizing the Chronic Care Model Framework and a Standardized Patient 2008 AAMC WGEA abstract, poster Asilomar Conference Center, California April 29, 2008 Stevens, CD Krasne, S “ Sourcing Matrix that Facilitates Online Literature Searching by Pre-clerkship Medical Students” abstract, poster 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence, March 5-8, 2008 Melbourne, Australia March 5th, 2008 Wilkerson, L, Stevens, CD, Krasne S “No content without context: Integrating Basic, Clinical, and Social Sciences in a Pre-clerkship Curriculum, Medical Teacher, in press 2009
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Kelly Young, MD, MS, FAAP kyoung@emedharbor.edu Director of of Pediatric and Pain Management Education Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Active Leadership	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - Director of Research, Acute Care College Annals of Emergency Medicine - Consulting Editor SAEM - Member, Educational Fund Task Force
Recent Awards	PTA - Very Special Person Award 2009 Academic Emergency Medicine - Outstanding Reviewer 2006 HUMC Research and Education Institute (now LABiomed) - Women in Research 2003
Academic Interests	Research, Academic Writing, Pain Management
Hobbies	Dance, tennis, creative writing
Bio	Click to open/close I trained in Pediatrics, then followed that with a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, finishing in 1997. The wide variety of ages and conditions seen, the opportunities to use detective-like reasoning while being the first to have a go at diagnosing and treating a patient, and the “who knows what today will bring” aspects of emergency medicine drew me to this field. But, I had no desire at all to see adults with their smelly feet and long past medical histories! I was awarded a K23 clinical research career development award, and got an M.S. in Epidemiology from the UCLA School of Public Health in 2002. Since then, I've balanced my clinical and administrative duties with continued research in the fields of pediatric procedural pain management and pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest.
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Kaji AH, Gausche-Hill M, Conrad H, Young KD, Koenig WJ, Dorsey E, Lewis RJ. EMS System Changes Reduce Pediatric Epinephrine Dosing Errors in the Prehospital Setting. Pediatrics 2006;118(4): 1493-1500. MacLean S, Obispo J, Young KD. The Gap Between Pediatric Emergency Department Procedural Pain Management Treatments Available and Actual Practice. Pediatric Emergency Care 2007;23(2): 87-93. Bhargava R, Young KD. Procedural Pain Management Patterns in Academic Pediatric Emergency Departments. Acad Emerg Med 2007;14(5):479-82. Young KD on behalf of the SAEM Grants Committee. Productivity and Career Paths of Previous Recipients of SAEM Research Grant Awards. Acad Emerg Med, 2008;15(6):560-6. Farley H, Casaletto J, Ankel F, Young KD, Hockberger R. An assessment of the faculty development needs of junior clinical faculty in emergency medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008; 15(7):664-8. Herman A, Young KD, Espitia D, Fu N, Farshidi A. A Study of the Impact Health Literacy has on Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization. Pediatric Emergency Care, in press. Gausche-Hill M and Young KD, Co-Editors, Infectious Diseases Section. In Dieckmann RA, Pitt WR. PEMSoft--The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Software. Pemsoft Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia, 2006, 2nd edition 2008. Young KD. What’s New in Topical Anesthesia. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2007;8(4): 232-239. Young KD. “Approach to Pain Management.” In Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Baren, Rothrock, Brennan, and Brown (eds). Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia. 2007; pp 1108-1115. Young KD. “Pharyngitis.” In Emergency Department Analgesia. Stephen Thomas (Ed.) Cambridge University Press, New York. 2008; pp 344-350. Young KD. “Mucositis and Stomatitis.” In Emergency Department Analgesia. Stephen Thomas (Ed.) Cambridge University Press, New York. 2008; pp 254-262. Young KD “Otitis Media and Externa.” In Emergency Department Analgesia. Stephen Thomas (Ed.) Cambridge University Press, New York. 2008; pp 335-8. Horeczko, T and Young KD. “Congenital Heart Disease.” In Pediatric Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 3rd ed. Strange GR, Ahrens WR, Lelyveld S, Schafermeyer RW (eds.) McGraw-Hill. New York.
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Fellows

Mason Bragg, MD, MPH masonbraggmd@gmail.com Global Health Fellow Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Samuel Clarke, MD samclarke0@gmail.com Medical Education Fellow Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Casey Buitenhuys, MD buitenhuys@gmail.com Pediatric EM Fellow Clinical Instructor of Medicine


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Tim Horeczko, MD thoreczko@gmail.com Pediatric EM Fellow Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Active Leadership	Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA), The Washington Group
Recent Awards	Harbor-UCLA DEM - Medical Student Teaching Award 2008
Academic Interests	Resuscitation, Toxicology, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical Anthropology and Linguistics
Recent Publications	Click to open/close Donaldson R, Horeczko T (Senior Editor) : Tarascon Polyglotica: The Medical Translation Handbook, 1st ed. Tarascon Publishing. Lompoc, CA, 2010. Battistich S, Horeczko T. “Renal Trauma”. In Essential Emergency Trauma, 1st ed. Shah K, Quaas J, Egan D (eds.) Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia. 2010. Horeczko T, Gausche-Hill M. “Child Restraint Safety”. In Assessment and Treatment of Trauma. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury MA. 2009. Horeczko T, Young K. “Congenital Heart Disease”. In Pediatric Emergency Medicine – A Comprehensive Study Guide, 3rd ed. Strange GR, Ahrens WR, Lelyveld S, Schafermeyer RW (eds.) ACEP/McGraw-Hill. New York. 2009. Inaba A, Horeczko T. “The Pediatric Patient: Cardiac Disorders”. In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 7th ed. Marx JA, Hockberger RS and Walls RM (eds.) Mosby-Elsevier Co. Philadelphia. 2009. Audio Publication: Horeczko T. Algorithmic Approach to Neonatal Resuscitation. Emergency Medicine: Reviews and Perspectives (EM:RAP). July 2009. Center for Medical Education, Creamery, PA. Horeczko T, Lipsky A. “Priapism”. In Essential Emergency Medicine Procedures, 1st ed. Shah K, Mason C (eds.) Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia. 2007. Horeczko T, Gausche-Hill M, Burbulys D: The Case of the Perilous Pencil. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, APLS online: www.aplsonline.com. 2006.
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