Our Faculty

One of the many strengths of our program are our passionate faculty. We have over 80 EM faculty many with fellowship training to include 4 Toxicologists, 6 trained in Point-of-care Emergency Ultrasound, Global Health, Resuscitation, Healthcare Administration, Public Health. Several of our faculty also have niche interests in Simulation, Airway Management, Telemedicine, Disaster Medicine, EMS/Prehospital Care, Research, and Complimentary & Alternative Medicine.

 
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Matthew Silver, MD
Residency Program Director

Residency Training: Jacobi/Montefiore Emergency Medicine
Professional Interests: Educational Technology/Web Development, Clinical Reasoning, Patient Experience, Communication,
Personal Interests: Skiing (on the West Coast), Mountain Biking, Taking care of my 20 pound puppy ‘Norman’. Living vicariously through his two kids.

 

Adam Schwartz, MD, MS
Chief/Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine

Residency Training: Maricopa Emergency Medicine
Interests: Management of Clinical Information--Big Data, ED operations, Low-risk chest pain, Basketball, Tennis, Fitness, All things 'water', Modern architecture, Cars, Taking care of my 100 pound puppy 'Gus'

 

William Krauss, MD, FACEP
Assistant Program Director

Residency Training: Brigham and Women's Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR)
Interests: Acute Pain Management, Surfing, Swimming, Fishing, Enjoying Southern California with my wife and kids

 
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Jonathan Kei, MD, MPH, FACEP
Assistant Program Director 
Director of Airway Management

Residency Training: UC Davis Emergency Medicine
Interests: Airway management, resuscitation, public health/epidemiology, golf, fly fishing, photography.

 
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Donald MebusT, MD
Clerkship Director

Residency Training: UCLA Emergency Medicine
Interests: Medical education, Hiking, Surfing, Softball, Jogging and raising my family.

 

Stephanie Diebold, MD
Assistant Clerkship Director

Residency Training: Denver Health
Professional Interests: Med Ed Education, Innovative didactics development, Medical Documentation, Patient Communication, Practice Efficiency
Personal Interests: Running, surfing, yoga, biking (road and mountain), paddle boarding, swimming, cooking, baking, gardening, DIY projects

 
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Jeff Lapoint, DO
Director of Medical Toxicology

Residency Training: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Fellowship Training: Toxicology, NYC Poison Control Center/Bellevue
Interests: Technology in medical education, emerging drugs of abuse, envenomations, surfing, and photography.

 
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Dasia Esener, MD, MS
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

Residency Training: Baystate Medical Center Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Training: Emergency Ultrasound, Baystate Medical Center
Professional Interests: Nerve blocks, TEE, ultrasound gel and sound waves.
Personal Interests: I love dogs, travel, and pretty much doing whatever it is that my kids' schedule dictate I must be doing at any given time.

 

Brent Lorenzen, MD, MA
Director of Research & PI

Residency Training: Carolinas Medical Center
Fellowship Training: University of Az. Clinical Informatics Fellow
Professional Interests: Informatics, Evidence Based Medicine, Medical Decision Making
Personal Interests: Skiing, Swimming, Outdoors, Travel

 

Randall Young, MD, MMM, Cal-ACEP Board Member

Residency Training: Washington University St. Louis Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Training: Admin Fellowship, EMA/LAC+USC Medical Center/Marshall School of Business
Interests: Emergency Operations, Disaster Management, Standards of Practice, XBox 360, Mountain Biking and Learning to Surf.

 

Charles Chiang, MD
Co-EM Medical Director Simulation Labs, SCPMG Regional ED Coding Champion

Residency Training: USC/LA County Emergency Medicine
Interests: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Hyperrealistic Simulation, Resident Finance, Family, Volleyball.


Teaching Faculty

  • Eric Abrams, MD (Ultrasound Fellowship  Co-Director)

  • Mette Adkisson, MD

  • Nicholas Aldridge, MD

  • Cesar Avila, MD

  • Paulo Berger, MD

  • Eduardo Borquez, MD

  • Kyle Brodmann, MD

  • Joe Bradley, DO

  • Darnell Cain, MD

  • Sonia Callejas, MD

  • Quetzalsol Chacon-Lopez MD, MPH (Ringside MD, Faculty Advisor for Diversity Cmte)

  • Kristel Choy, MD, MS

  • Alison Celis, MD

  • Ian Chong, MD (Assistant Chief)

  • Jenny Chua-Tuan, MD, MBA (Assistant Chief, Diversity Cmte)

  • Andrew Ciennik, MD

  • Rich Comeaux, MD

  • Kathy Cooper, DO (Toxicology)

  • Chad Correa (Diversity Cmte)

  • Spencer Darlin, MD

  • Rebecca Deross, MD (Disaster Director)

  • Michael Del Valle, MD

  • Paul Dohrenwend, MD

  • John Edwards, MD (Assistant Chief)

  • Jacob Gessin, MD

  • Stacy Gomez, MD

  • Vik Gulati, MD

  • Kyle Hersh, MD

  • Robert Husband, DO

  • Wender Hwang, MD

  • Vanessa Hsieh-Park, MD

  • Deana Kantartzis, MD

  • Christian Kelly, MD

  • Steven Kohler, MD

  • Ryan Krause, DO

  • Joanna Law-Courter, MD

  • Sari Lahham, MD

  • Hien Le, MD

  • Daniel Lee, MD

  • Bryan Maltby, MD

  • Christina Matulis, MD

  • Jonathan Mau, MD RDMS

  • Cameron McFarland, MD

  • Tina McGovern, MD

  • Mark Meyer, MD

  • Connie B. Miller, MD

  • Bhavesh Mody, MD

  • David Neison, MD (Assistant Chief)

  • So Onishi, MD

  • Sam Ontiveros, MD (Toxicology)

  • Elizabeth Owen, MD (Undersea and Hyperbarics)

  • Angela Pham, MD

  • Kristina Pfeiffer, MD

  • Matthew Poliakoff, DO

  • Gabe Rose, DO (Ultrasound Division Co-Director)

  • Peter Sacci, MD

  • Saema Said, MD

  • Anthony Salazar, MD (QI Director)

  • Tim Saylor, MD

  • Christopher Scott, MD (EMS Director)

  • Mashal Shamel, MD

  • Michael Shaheen, MD

  • Michelle Shaprut, MD

  • James Smithson, MD

  • Jen Soifer, MD

  • Jessica Stern, MD

  • Andrew Stolle, MD

  • Clifford Swap, MD, MS

  • William Swanson, MD

  • Chelsea Tafoya, MD

  • Ashley Tarchione, MD

  • Jack Taras, MD

  • Ben Trevias, MD

  • Emily Utschig, DO

  • Jon van de Leuv, MD (Resident QI)

  • Jose Vega, MD

  • Katy Welker, MD (Toxicology)

  • Michael Young, DO (Toxicology)

  • Randall Young, MD, MMM

  • Carl Youngs, MD (Wilderness Med)

  • Jon Zackary, MD

  • Reka Zsilinszka, MD