Faculty


Dr. Craig Goolsby, MD 
Department Chair
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
cgoolsby@dhs.lacounty.gov


Roger Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., FACEP
Department Chair Emeritus
Director, Research Fellowship Program
Professor of Emergency Medicine-in-Residence
rlewis@dhs.lacounty.gov

Vice Chairs

Bradley Chappell, D.O., M.H.A, FACOEP
Director, Operations
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
bchappell@dhs.lacounty.gov

Ryan Pedigo, M.D.
Ryan Pedigo, M.D.
Program Director, Residency Training Program
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
rpedigo@dhs.lacounty.gov

Kabir Yadav, M.D., M.S., M.S.H.S., FACEP
Kabir Yadav, M.D., M.S., M.S.H.S., FACEP
Vice Chair, Research & Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
kyadav@dhs.lacounty.gov

Kabir Yadav, M.D., M.S., M.S.H.S., FACEP
Vice Chair, Research & Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
kyadav@dhs.lacounty.gov

Core Faculty

Nichole Bosson, M.D., M.P.H., FACEP
Nichole Bosson, M.D., M.P.H., FACEP
Associate Director, EMS Fellowship Program
Assistant Medical Director, Los Angeles County EMS Agency
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
nbosson@dhs.lacounty.gov

David Burbulys, M.D., FACEP, FAAP
David Burbulys, M.D., FACEP, FAAP
Associate Director, Residency Training Program
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
dburbulys@@dhs.lacounty.gov

Bradley Chappell, D.O., M.H.A, FACOEP
Director, Rapid Medical Evaluation Program
Director, ED Administration Fellowship
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
bchappell@dhs.lacounty.gov

Tabitha Cheng, M.D.
Director, Prehospital Research & Education
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
tcheng@dhs.lacounty.gov

Ilene Claudius, M.D.
Ilene Claudius, M.D.
Director, Process and Quality Improvement Program
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
iclaudius@dhs.lacounty.gov

Clinton Coil, M.D., MPH
Clinton Coil, M.D., MPH
Chief Quality Officer
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
ccoil@dhs.lacounty.gov

Madonna Fernandez-Frackelton, M.D., FACEP
Senior Advisor Education
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
madfernandez@dhs.lacounty.gov

Alexander Grohmann, M.D.
Director, Emergency Medicine Critical Care
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
agrohmann@dhs.lacounty.gov

Ross Fleischman, M.D., MCR
Director, Clinical Informatics Program
EM Workgroup Lead, LAC ORCHID EHR Project
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
rfleischman@dhs.lacounty.gov

Timothy Horeczko, M.D., MSCR, FACEP, FAAP
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
thoreczko@@dhs.lacounty.gov

Timothy Jang, M.D.
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Program
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
tjang@dhs.lacounty.gov

Yiju Teresa Liu, M.D., RDMS
Associate Director, Ultrasound
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
yliu4@dhs.lacounty.gov

Adedamola Ogunniyi, M.D.
Associate Director, Residency Training Program
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
aogunniyi@dhs.lacounty.gov

Parveen Parmar, M.D., MPH
Executive Vice Chair
Associate Chair, Emergency Population Health and Innovation Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
pparmar@dhs.lacounty.gov

Jennifer Roh, M.D., MBA
Medical Director, Adult Emergency Department
Health Sciences Associate Professor
jroh@dhs.lacounty.gov

Patricia Padlipsky, M.D., FAAP
Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
ppadlipsky@dhs.lacounty.gov

Ryan Pedigo, M.D.
Program Director, Residency Training Program
Director, Medical Student Clerkship
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
rpedigo@dhs.lacounty.gov

Moh Saidinejad, M.D., MBA, FAAP, FACEP
Moh Saidinejad, M.D., MBA, FAAP, FACEP
Director, Patient Experience Program
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
msaidinejad@dhs.lacounty.gov

Manny Singh, M.D., MBE
Manny Singh, M.D., MBE
Emergency Medicine Faculty
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
masingh@dhs.lacounty.gov

David Tanen, MD
Associate Director, Residency Training Program
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
dtanen@dhs.lacounty.gov

Juliana Tolles, M.D., M.H.S
Emergency Medicine Faculty
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
jtolles@dhs.lacounty.gov

Denise Whitfield, M.D.
Denise Whitfield, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Services Faculty
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
dwhitfield@dhs.lacounty.gov

Kelsey Wilhelm, M.D.
Director, EMS & Disaster Services
Associate Medical Director of AED Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor kwilhelm@dhs.lacounty.gov

Emeritus Faculty

Robert Hockberger, M.D., FACEP
Robert Hockberger, M.D., FACEP
Department Chair Emeritus
Professor of Emergency Medicine
rhockberger@dhs.lacounty.gov

Diane Birnbaumer, M.D., FACEP
Diane Birnbaumer, M.D., FACEP
Emeritus Senior Clinical Educator
Professor of Emergency Medicine
dbirnbaumer@dhs.lacounty.gov

Wendy Coates, M.D., FACEP
Wendy Coates, M.D., FACEP
Emeritus Senior Education Specialist
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
wcoates@dhs.lacounty.gov

Mike Peterson, M.D., FAAEM
Mike Peterson, M.D., FAAEM
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
mpeterson@dhs.lacounty.gov

Marianne Gausche-Hill, M.D., FACEP, FAAP
Marianne Gausche-Hill, M.D., FACEP, FAAP
Director, EMS Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Los Angeles County EMS Agency
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
mgausche-hill@dhs.lacounty.gov

Clinical Faculty

Omid Adibnazari, MD

Natalia Alvarez, MD

Catherine Danielle Antonuk, MD

Zahir Basrai, MD

Daniel Berman, MD

Jonathan Birnbaum, MD
Kelsie Bond, MD

Gabriel Campion, MD

Rosemarie Diaz, MD

Ryan Devivo, MD

Ross Donaldson, MD
Susannah Empson, MD
Lourdes Escalona, MD

Sophia Fornbacher, MD

Joseph Friedrich, MD

Lauren Fryling, MD

Alexandra Grossman, MD

Puneet Gupta, MD

Colin Hoff, MD

Dennis Hsieh, MD

Nathan Jasperse, MD
Ziyad Khesbak, MD

Sarah Lopez, MD

Jacob Newcomb, MD
Neil Patel, MD
Kian Preston-Suni, MD

Kyle Ragins, MD

Daniel Rogan, MD

Shamsher Samra, MD

Alyssa Scott, MD
Patrick Shanovich, MD

Karin Siguenza, MD
Sonia Simms, MD
Natasha Thomas, MD

Brandon Trapp, MD
Shirley Tung, MD
Richard Washofsky, MD
Curtice Wong, MD

Bobak Zonnoor, MD

Sarah Zyzanski, MD