Welcome to the Department of Emergency Medicine of the Keck School of Medicine. The department is located at the Los Angeles County+University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center. This historic hospital, formerly known as County General Hospital, is home to one of the United States’ oldest and largest residency training programs for Emergency Physicians, dating back to 1971 when three residents began training. It expanded over the years and is now a PG II-IV program training 54 residents (18 residents per year). The bulk of training takes place within the Department of Emergency Medicine, although residents also rotate on other clinical services.

The department has responsibility for the initial triage, evaluation, management, and disposition of approximately 400-500 patients daily who present with the complete spectrum of adult medical and surgical problems as well as pediatric trauma. It also provides emergency, inpatient and outpatient services for the most acute mentally-ill men, women and children in Los Angeles County. Furthermore, the Department of Emergency Medicine at LAC+USC recognizes an emerging global health care community and is dedicated to improving emergency medical care throughout the world. The physicians and nurses continue to collaborate with many large foreign academic centers, medical schools, and international organizations, applying their knowledge and service worldwide.

For Grand Round lecture schedules, CME opportunities and more about the day-to-day operation of the Department of Emergency Medicine, please visit us at www.uscdem.org

Editorships

Edward Newton, MD

• associate editor, Journal of Emergency Medicine,
• associate editor, Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 5th ed.
• editor, Atlas of Emergency Trauma

Scholarships

William Mallon, MD

• Fullbright scholarship to establish an academic emergency medicine program in Iceland

Keck alumnus named to state medical panel»
President George W. Bush has appointed Cesar Aristeiguieta, a USC-trained physician and a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at USC, to the White House Fellows Class of 2002-2003, America’s most prestigious fellowship program for leadership development and public service.