LAC+USC DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
MEDICINE

USC AND THE WORLD

UNIVERSITY OF CHILE

UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO-CHILE

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
ñ CHILE

PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE - CHINA

GHANA UNIVERSITY

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE ñ SWEDEN
The Department of Emergency Medicine at LAC+USC recognizes an emerging global health care community. Dedicated to improving emergency medical care throughout the world, our physicians and nurses continue to collaborate with many large foreign academic centers, medical schools, and international organizations.

Our efforts range from helping develop emergency medicine as a specialty internationally, guest lecturing at international conferences, intensive courses on a wide array of emergency topics, a new fellowship in international emergency medicine, and continued research in tropical medicine.
Incredible sights and sounds at a traditional festival in Papua New Guinea.
New projects will continue to develop innovative methods to improve emergency medical care worldwide. Lectures, joint conferences, physician exchanges, and the development of emergency medicine internationally are all planned for the future.
Disaster drill in Guatemala City helping to prepare local firefighters, paramedics, and physicians.
The development of emergency medicine in Chile was fostered by the close ties between the University of Chile and USC. With emergency medicine residents graduating each year from the University of Chile program and a new residency recently begun at the University of Santiago, the specialty remains strong.
Residents at the University of Chile evaluating a critical patient.

JAPAN ASSOCIATION
FOR EMERGENCY
MEDICINE

EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF
EMERGENCY MEDICINE

AUSTRALIAN
COLLEGE OF
EMERGENCY MEDICINE

BRITISH ASSOCIATION
FOR ACCIDENT AND
EMERGENCY MEDICINE

CANADIAN
ASSOCIATION OF
EMERGENCY
PHYSICIANS

AMERICAN COLLEGE
OF EMERGENCY
PHYSICIANS

HONG KONG
COLLEGE OF
EMERGENCY MEDICINE

SOCIETY OF
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
ñ TAIWAN
Our department has been involved with the development of emergency medicine in China from its beginning. By frequent physician and information exchanges with USC, Peking University continues to maintain an exemplary residency training program in emergency medicine, serving as a model for all of China.
While visiting China, the architecture can be appreciated, as with this ancient temple in Beijing
There is no better emergency department in the United States to appreciate tropical medicine than at LAC/USC Medical Center. Many of our patients are recent immigrants from areas of the world where these diseases are endemic. Chagas', amebiasis, and typhoid fever are just a handful of the tropical diseases that present interesting challenges. Also, the unique Hansen's Disease Clinic at LAC+USC has been dedicated to the care of leprosy patients for over 20 years.
Exploring health issues in northern Thailand.
Toxicology remains a strong area of interest at LAC+USC, as many of our faculty are international experts in this field. By examining emerging new designer street drugs in the city of Los Angeles, over the counter medications from Mexico, and drugs of abuse internationally, our knowledge in international aspects of toxicology is growing.
Betel Nut remains a significant health problem in many developing countries.
Enjoying the unique opportunity of an emergency medical jail ward at LAC+USC, our physicians are often in the position of managing cases with legal implications. Our experts on gang graffiti and police injuries (dog bites, tazers, pepper spray, bean bags) have lectured at forensic conferences throughout the world.
Dr. William Mallon displaying gang graffiti in the hospital's adjoining neighborhood.
A fellowship year in International Emergency Medicine has been proposed by the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine as a means to foster this specialty abroad. Although in its infancy, the fellowship at LAC+USC offers the emergency physician who is interested in International Emergency Medicine ample opportunities to interact and cooperate with foreign governments, health centers, and medical schools.
Representatives of Chile and USC toast to further cooperation.
Our reference section includes over 75 journal articles relating to the development of emergency medicine. If you are curious about topics ranging from the state of emergency medicine in Madagascar, terrorist bombings in Israel, earthquakes in Soviet Armenia, or a sarin attack in a Tokyo subway, you may find this section useful.
Ultrasound is quickly emerging as a powerful tool in the emergency department evaluation of critical patients. While for many years our faculty have been instrumental in the training of physicians in the United States, a recent emphasis has been placed on international projects.

LAC+USC Medical Center Department of Emergency of Medicine Room L 1011
1200 N. State St.
Los Angeles, CA 90033

Gail V. Anderson M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine LAC+USC Medical Center

William K. Mallon M.D.
Associate Professor and
Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine LAC+USC Medical Center

Richard J. Hoffner M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine LAC+USC Medical Center
Our discussion board is open to all topics of discussion pertinent to international emergency medicine. Questions about the emergence of emergency medicine as in the United States? Feel free to discuss these issues with our faculty,
Discussion among Chinese officials, Drs. Gail Andersen, Pablo Valencia and
Yi Zhang,
many of whom have been involved in our specialty from its inception. Interesting and educational forensic, toxicological, and tropical medicine cases from across the globe are also welcome topics.
The International Emergency Medicine Website was designed by MGB Design, with medical oversight provided by Richard J. Hoffner M.D.
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This page was last updated on: Monday, August 7, 2000