Experience

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • May 2023 - Present

  SAEM's mission is: To lead the advancement of academic emergency medicine through education, research, and professional development.

• President-Elect

  • Apr 2022 - Present

• Board Member

  • May 2018 - Present

  I serve as a member-at-large on the Board of Directors for the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), whose mission is dedicated to the improvement of care of the acutely ill and injured patient by improving research and education.

• Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors

  • May 2021 - Apr 2022



David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Emergency Medicine Professor

  • 1992 - Present



Harbor-UCLA Los Angeles County

• Professor of Emergency Medicine and Senior Education Specialist

  • Mar 2015 - Present

  As an active education researcher, I serve as a consultant for education research activities and curriculum development/implementation. Founded and directed a professional post-graduate fellowship in Medical Education(1996-2015). Served as Dean of the Acute Care College at the School of Medicine for 15 years and Director of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine for 25 years. As an active education researcher, I serve as a consultant for education research activities and curriculum development/implementation. Founded and directed a professional post-graduate fellowship in Medical Education(1996-2015). Served as Dean of the Acute Care College at the School of Medicine for 15 years and Director of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine for 25 years.



California and East Coast

• Dance Educator and Ballet Dancer

  • 1978 - Present

  Combining my skills as a former classical ballet dancer and current emergency medicine practitioner and educator, I am uniquely qualified to teach dancers about how their bodies can function optimally to prevent injury and promote strength within the realm of Classical Ballet technique. Observation of injured dancers at the barre and center floor frequently reveals a break in proper technique and rehabilitation can take place by optimizing class time and injury prevention strategies. Combining my skills as a former classical ballet dancer and current emergency medicine practitioner and educator, I am uniquely qualified to teach dancers about how their bodies can function optimally to prevent injury and promote strength within the realm of Classical Ballet technique. Observation of injured dancers at the barre and center floor frequently reveals a break in proper technique and rehabilitation can take place by optimizing class time and injury prevention strategies.



Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

• Torrance, CA

• Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director, Medical Education

  • Jul 1992 - Mar 2015

  As the Director of Medical Education, I was responsible for curriculum development and management in the Department of Emergency Medicine. I founded a post-graduate fellowship in Medical Education Pedagogy and Research in 1996. I served as the Dean of the Acute Care College of the medical school for 15 years. As the Director of Medical Education, I was responsible for curriculum development and management in the Department of Emergency Medicine. I founded a post-graduate fellowship in Medical Education Pedagogy and Research in 1996. I served as the Dean of the Acute Care College of the medical school for 15 years.