Dr. Berkeley Named Course Director for High Risk Emergency Medicine
30 January 2015
The nationally-recognized faculty of the High Risk Emergency Medicine Course have educated around 10,000 emergency providers over the years.  This CME course teaches tactics on how to avoid common malpractice pitfalls and provide high-quality care in real world EDs, by utilizing analysis of actual malpractice and EMTALA cases with discussion of the most recent literature by risk management experts. Congratulations Dr. Berkeley!

Dr. Eydelman Wins SCCM Award
25 January 2015

Congratulations to Las Vegas EM PGY2 resident Leon Eydelman, M.D. for winning an award for his research! Dr. Eydelman won the Emergency Medicine Section Travel Grant to attend the Society for Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress for his study Sedation and/or Analgesia Following Emergency Department Endotracheal Intubation. Click on the image of his poster to read more.

"The World's Toughest Medical Team"
15-16 November 2014

Las Vegas EM continues to make a name for itself in the realm of event medicine and mass-gathering medicine. This weekend, multiple EM residents and ED nurses, under the direction of attending Chris Krall, M.D., provided care for participants of The World's Toughest Mudder extreme endurance event. The medical tent was staffed for 30 continuous hours and the staff was responsible for treating illness and injury as well as assessing each participant's safety to continue the grueling 24-hour event. The weather took a turn for the worse on Saturday night (check out the amazing video here) and many participants were treated for dehydration and hypothermia as well.

Las Vegas EM at the LV Marathon
16 November 2014

Whether participating as runners, or staffing the medical tents, Las Vegas EM has been heavily represented at another Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon. Our physicians have provided medical support for the Las Vegas Marathon for the past several years, under the direction of Christian Young, M.D., EM faculty and residents have the opportunity to serve as medical team volunteers in the on-site medical tents, where they provide immediate care to runners and determine whether transport to an emergency department will be necessary. This is one of the largest marathons in the country and provides experience with the out-of-hospital management of a unique patient population.

Dr. McCourt Wins Prestigious Award
16 October 2014

Dr. J.D. McCourt will be one of the five recipients of the 3rd annual Inspired Excellence in Healthcare Awards. Dr. McCourt is the Vice-Chair for Clinical Operations and the Medical Director for UMC's Adult Emergency Department. Dr. McCourt is one of the pioneer emergency physicians who helped create Nevada’s first and only emergency medicine residency program, graduating more than 50 board certified emergency physicians to date. Dr. McCourt inspires excellence because he leads, educates and impassions those who follow in his footsteps, exemplifying that treatment through compassion and dignity from those on the front lines of medical care in emergency medicine can have the greatest impact on a patient’s treatment and ultimate outcome.

"Siren's Song"
10 October 2014


Las Vegas EM PGY-3 resident Meaghan Mercer, D.O. featured in the "Change of Shift" section of Annals of Emergency Medicine this month. Check out her piece here:  http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(14)00391-6/fulltext

Congratulations Class of 2014!!
21 June 2014

CONGRATULATIONS to the Las Vegas EM class of 2014!! On Saturday night we graduated our 6th class during the annual graduation ceremony and awards banquet at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. We are very proud of this class and all that they have accomplished in the past 3 years! Look out for these 8 outstanding emergency physicians as we are confident they will do great things. The 2014 class page will soon be updated to show where each resident will be working. Check out the awards from the night:

Resident of the Year: 
Shadi Lahham, MD
Pediatrics Resident of the Year: 
Steven Elsbecker, DO
Nellis AFB Resident of the Year: 
Adam Berkovits, DO
Research Resident of the Year:
Adam Berkovits, DO
Resident of the Year (Nurses Vote):
Steven Elsbecker, DO
Intern of the Year:
Sean Weaver, DO

Core Faculty of the Year:
Ketan Patel, MD
Clinical Faculty of the Year:
Devon Moore, MD
Pediatrics Faculty of the Year:
David Nelson, MD
Nellis AFB Faculty of the Year:
Joseph Sontgerath, MD

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4 March 2015
RESIDENT RETREAT AT BRIAN HEAD

11 March 2015
8:00a - ACES - Dr. Horbal
9:00a - Pediatric Ultrasound - Dr. Baydoun
10:00a - M&M - Dr. Lahham
11:00a- Massive Transfusion - Dr. Delmonaco
12:00p - Radiology Rounds - Drs. Zitek and Lazo

18 March 2015
7:00a - Pediatric Simulation
8:00a - EMS - Dr. Galster
9:00a - ACES - Dr. Slattery
10:00a - Research Lecture Series - Dr. Slattery
11:00a - EKG Rounds - Dr. Zitek
12:00p - Joint ICU/EM Conference

                                   25 March 2015
8:00a - Core Content - Dr. Grenell
9:00a - 1:00p - Simulation and Ultrasound Skills
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