Editor and Editorial Board (old)

Senior Editors

Editor-in-Chief

Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Senior Associate Editor

Sean O. Henderson, MD

Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Managing Associate Editor

Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Associate Editor

Rick McPheeters, DO

Kern Medical Center

Associate Editor

Joel Schofer, MD, MBA

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Associate Editor

Niels K. Rathlev, MD

Tufts University

Section Editors

Behavioral Emergencies

Leslie Zun, MD

Chicago Medical School

Michael P. Wilson, MD, PhD

University of California, San Diego

 

Clinical Practice

Eric Snoey, MD

Alameda County Medical Center

Michael Abraham, MD

University of Maryland

Kenneth S. Whitlow, DO

Kaweah Delta Medical Center

 

Critical Care

Michael Allswede, DO

INTEGRIS Health

Allan Mottram, MD

University of Wisconsin

 

Disaster Medicine

Christopher Kang, MD

Madigan Army Medical Center

Gentry Wilkerson, MD

University of Maryland

 

Education

Michael Epter, DO

University of Nevada

Douglas Ander, MD

Emory University

Nikita Joshi, MD

Stanford University

ED Administration

Jeffrey Druck, MD

University of Colorado

 

Emergency Cardiac Care

William Brady, MD

University of Virginia

Amal Mattu, MD

University of Maryland

Michael Kurz, DO

University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Emergency Medical Services

Christopher Kahn, MD, MPH

University of California, San Diego

David E. Slattery, MD

University of Nevada

Geriatrics

Teresita M. Hogan, MD

Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago

Kathleen Walsh, DO, MS

University of Wisconsin

Infectious Disease

Robert Derlet, MD

University of California, Davis

Sukhjit S. Takhar, MD

Harvard Medical School

 

Injury Prevention

Bharath Chakravarthy, MD, MPH

University of California, Irvine

Wirachin Hoonpongsimanont, MD

University of California, Irvine

International Medicine

Chris Mills, MD, MPH

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

David Williams, MD

University of Southern California

 

Legal Medicine

Greg P. Moore, MD, JD

Madigan Army Medical Center

 

Methodology and Biostatistics

Craig Anderson, MPH, PhD

University of California, Irvine

Christian McClung, MD

University of Southern California

Michael Menchine, MD, MPH

University of Southern California

Elizabeth Burner, MD, MPH

University of Southern California

 

Musculo-Skeletal

Juan F. Acosta, DO, MS

Pacific Northwest University

 

Neurosciences

Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH

University of Illinois at Chicago

William D. Whetstone, MD

University of California, San Francisco

 

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Judith Klein, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Paul Walsh, MD, MSc

Kern Medical Center

 

Public Health

Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH

Emory University

Trevor Mills, MD, MPH

Louisiana State University

Chadd Kraus, DO

Lehigh Valley Health Network

 

Resident/Student/Fellow Forum

John Ashurst, DO

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Cecylia Kelley, DO

Inspira Health Network

 

Technology in Emergency Medicine

Sanjay Arora, MD

University of Southern California

Robert L. Rogers, MD

University of Maryland

 

Trauma

William Paolo, MD

SUNY Upstate

David Peak, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

 

Toxicology

Jeffrey R. Suchard, MD

University of California, Irvine

Brandon Wills, DO, MS

Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Ultrasound

Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD

Stanford University

Shane Summers, MD

Brooke Army Medical Center

 

 

Editorial Board

Erik D. Barton, MD, MBA

University of California, Irvine

Peter A Bell, DO, MBA

Ohio University, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Barry E. Brenner, MD, MPH

Case Western Reserve University

David F.M. Brown, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Robert W. Derlet, MD

University of California, Davis

Daniel J. Dire, MD

University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio

Steven Gabaeff, MD

American Academy of EM Clinical Forensic Medicine

Brent King, MD, MMM

University of Texas, Houston

Edward Michelson, MD

Case Western University

Jonathan Olshaker, MD

Boston University

Edward Panacek, MD, MPH

University of California, Davis

Niels K. Rathlev, MD

Tufts University Medical School and Baystate Medical Center

Robert M. Rodriguez, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Scott Rudkin, MD, MBA

University of California, Irvine

Peter Sokolove, MD

University of California, Davis

Linda Suk-Ling Murphy, MLIS

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Librarian

Samuel J. Stratton, MD, MPH

Orange County, CA, EMS Agency

Thomas Terndrup, MD

Pennsylvania State University

Scott Zeller, MD

Alameda County Medical Center

Leslie Zun, MD

Chicago Medical School

Robert Suter, DO

UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

 

Advisory Board

Peter A. Bell, DO, MBA

American College of Osteopathic EP

Ohio University, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

John B. Christensen, MD

CAL/American Academy of EM

University of Michigan Medical School

Steven Gabaeff, MD

American Academy of EM

Clinical Forensic Medicine

Amal Khalil, MBA

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Elena Lopez-Gusman

American Academy of EM

William Mallon, MD
American Academy of EM

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Trevor Mills, MD, MPH

American Academy of EM

LSU Medical Center

Aimee Moulin, MD

American Academy of EM

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Jan Wachtler

American Academy of EM

Robert Suter, DO, MHA

American Academy of EM

UT Southwestern Medical Center

  

International Editorial Board

Arif Alper Cevik, MD

Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey

Francesco Della Corte, MD

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria “Maggiore della Carità”, Novara, Italy

Vijay Gautam, MBBS, FRCS

University of London

Wirachin Hoonpongsimanont, MD

University of California, Irvine

Amin Antoine Kazzi, MD

The American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Steven Hoon Chin Lim, MD

Changi General Hospital, Singapore

Kobi Peleg, PhD, MPH

Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Rapeepron Rojsaengroeng, MD

Ramathibodi Hosptial, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Contact Information

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Phone: 1-714-456-6389
Email: editor@westjem.org

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Our Philosophy

Emergency Medicine is a specialty which closely reflects societal challenges and consequences of public policy decisions. The emergency department specifically deals with social injustice, health and economic disparities, violence, substance abuse, and disaster preparedness and response. This journal focuses on how emergency care affects the health of the community and population, and conversely, how these societal challenges affect the composition of the patient population who seek care in the emergency department. The development of better systems to provide emergency care, including technology solutions, is critical to enhancing population health.