ACADEMIC FACULTY
ROSS BERKELEY, MD FACEP, FAAEM Chair, dept of Emergency med PROGRAM DIRECTOR Professor, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: UCSF School of Medicine RESIDENCY: University of Pittsburgh LEADERSHIP ROLES: • EMS Medical Director, College of Southern NV Paramedic Program • EMS Medical Advisor, National Park Service - Lake Mead NRA • Board of Directors, ACEP Nevada Chapter • Chair, UMC Professional Improvement Committee • Co-Chair, UMC Cardiology Collaborative Committee • Director, High Risk Emergency Medicine Course (2014-2020) • Co-Chair, UMC Quality and Patient Safety Committee (2010-2022) • Senior Director of Quality, USACS (2017-2020) • Chair, Clinical Quality & Patient Safety Committee, USACS (2017-2020) • Director of Quality, EMP/USACS Central (2011-2017) ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Medico-legal liability; Risk Management; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; Tactical Medicine; Closed Head Injury PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • Tactical Physician, LV Metropolitan Police Department SWAT Team • NFL Unaffiliated Neurotruama Consultant – Las Vegas Raiders • Peer Reviewer, Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners |
KETAN PATEL, MD, FACEP Associate program Director Assistant Professor, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Saint Louis University RESIDENCY: University of Nevada, Las Vegas LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Director of Special Events, UMC • Co-Medical Director, UMC Adult ED ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Clinical teaching, FOAM, Airway, Special events, Mass Casualty PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • Vegas Golden Knights EM Provider • NFL Airway Management Physician, Las Vegas Raiders • Medical Director, Lee Canyon Ski Patrol • Special Events Provider, Allegiant Stadium |
CHRISTIAN YOUNG, MD, FACEP, FAAEM ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR EMS Director, dept of em ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Drexel University College of Medicine RESIDENCY: Northwestern University SUBSPECIALTY CERTIFICATION: Emergency Medical Services LEADERSHIP ROLES: • EMS Medical Director, Southern Nevada Health District Office of EMS & Trauma System • Chair, Clinical Quality and Patient Safety Committee, UMC ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Resident education, Health Information Exchange, EMS systems oversight PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • Medical Director, Las Vegas Marathon |
J.D. McCOURT, MD FACEP, FAAEM VICE CHAIR, CLINICAL OPERATIONS associate PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Chicago Medical School RESIDENCY: University of Chicago LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Past Medical Director, UMC Emergency Department • Past President, ACEP Nevada Chapter ACADEMIC INTERESTS: ED Operations and Efficiency PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • Vegas Golden Knights EM Provider • NFL Airway Management Physician, Las Vegas Raiders |
DAVID E. SLATTERY, MD, FACEP, FAEMS research dIRECTOR Professor, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Nevada, Reno RESIDENCY: Maricopa Medical Center SUBSPECIALTY CERTIFICATION: Emergency Medical Services LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Chair, UMC Institutional Review Board • Director, UNLV EMS Immersion Course • Former President, ACEP Nevada Chapter • Former EMS Medical Director & Deputy Chief, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue • National Oversight Board Member, Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES Registry) • Medical Director -Casino AED Programs • Board Member, Council of Standards Emergency Communications Nurse System, International Academies of Emergency Dispatch • NAEMSP Research Committee ACADEMIC INTERESTS: • Out of hospital cardiac arrest: focus on pre-EMS period • Post-resuscitation care, and victim/family survivor support • Emergency airway management • Strategies to improve community response to mass shootings PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • Prehospital Section Editor, Journal of Emergency Medicine • AHA ACLS writing team • Peer Reviewer, Prehospital Emerg Care |
JAMIE BAYDOUN, MD, FAAEM ULTRASOUND DIRECTOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Albert Einstein College of Medicine RESIDENCY: St. Luke's-Roosevelt |
BRIAN AULT, DO, MS Assistant Ultrasound Director ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific RESIDENCY: Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Quality Improvement Director, UMC Adult Emergency Department ACADEMIC INTERESTS: POCUS, Non-narcotic pain treatment alternatives, Simulation and Procedural Training |
GARREN GILES, DO MEdical student education director ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: AT Still University RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine |
AMEYA SAMANT, MD Simulation medicine director ASSisTant PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Chicago Medical School - Rosalind Franklin University RESIDENCY: Beaumont Health Systems |
KRISTINA DOMANSKI, MD ASSISTANT RESEARCH DIRECTOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Imperial College, London RESIDENCY: John Peter Smith Hospital FELLOWSHIP: Medical Toxicology – UT Southwestern LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Director, Research Assistant Program, Dept of EM ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Novel Psychoactive Substances, Envenomations, Gender Equity. |
DAVID OBERT, DO, FACEP, FAAEM MEDICAL DIRECTOR, UMC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Western University of Health Sciences RESIDENCY: Kern Medical Center LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Chief of EM, UMC • EMS & Events Director, Community Ambulance ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Clinical teaching, FOAM, Airway, Special events, Mass Casualty PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • NFL Airway Management Physician, Las Vegas Raiders • Medical Director, Electric Daisy Carnival • Medical Director, Critical Mass Gathering Med • Ringside Physician, NV State Athletic Commission • Arena Physician, National Finals Rodeo |
MITZI DILLON, MD, FACEP CO-DIRECTOR, 'SURVIVOR' CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Nevada, Reno RESIDENCY: UCSF Fresno LEADERSHIP ROLES: • EMS Medical Adviser, National Park Service – Death Valley National Park & Mojave National Preserve ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Night shift work and Circadian rhythms |
JORDAN ASH, DO Clinical Faculty, uMC adult ed clinical asst prof, unlv MEDICAL SCHOOL: Midwestern University RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine |
JAMES BAILEY, MD CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Intubation verification via US; case report writing PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • Brigade Surgeon 17th Sustainment Brigade, Nevada Army National Guard |
JEFFERSON BRACEY, DO CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine RESIDENCY: Maricopa Medical Center |
CAITLIN BONNEY, MD TOXICOLOGIST ADJUNCT ASST PROF, UNLV |
TRISTAN COOPER, MD CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine RESIDENCY: Albany Medical Center PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • NFL Unaffiliated Neurotruama Consultant – Las Vegas Raiders • Ringside Physician, NV State Athletic Commission |
GLEN GUILLERMO, MD CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Nevada, Reno RESIDENCY: Louisiana State University Medical Center |
RACHEL MANHART, MD CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: OSHU School of Medicine RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine |
MICHAEL HOLTZ, MD DISASTER MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Eastern Virginia Medical School RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine FELLOWSHIP: EMS – University of Pittsburgh LEADERSHIP ROLES: • EMS Medical Director, Clark County Fire ACADEMIC INTERESTS: EMS PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • NFL Unaffiliated Neurotruama Consultant – Las Vegas Raiders • Vegas Golden Knights EM Provider |
DEVON MOORE, MD CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Wayne State University RESIDENCY: Detroit Receiving Hospital ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Minority and diversity recruitment and development |
CHAZ WORTH, DO CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Touro Nevada RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine ACADEMIC INTERESTS: |
JAMES PREDDY, DO CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Touro University RESIDENCY: Mt. Sinai Medical Center |
HERMAN LEE, DO CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency medicine ACADEMIC INTERESTS: PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: LEADERSHIP ROLES: . |
RONALD SCHEER, DO CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • NFL Unaffiliated Neurotruama Consultant – Las Vegas Raiders |
AMY URBAN, MD CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: St. George's University RESIDENCY: Detroit Receiving Hospital LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Chair, UMC Credentials Committee |
JASON VILLAFLOR, MD CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Toxicology |
ROBERT YANG, DO CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED CLINICAL ASST PROF, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine RESIDENCY: Ascension Genesys Hospital |
CHASE MADSEN, DO CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED MEDICAL SCHOOL: Rocky Vista University RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency medicine ACADEMIC INTERESTS: ED workflow and efficiency |
JERAD ELDRED, MD CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED MEDICAL SCHOOL: Rocky Vista University RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency medicine ACADEMIC INTERESTS: ED workflow and efficiency |
MIKE O'CALLAGHAN MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER
TAYLOR ROTH, MD MAJOR, USAF, MC ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: USUHS RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Trauma, medical education PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: |
EUGENE KANG, MD MAJOR, USAF, MC ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: USUHS RESIDENCY: Wright State University ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Operational Medicine PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: • Operation Bushmaster Instructor • 58th Rescue Squadron Instructor |
KATHRYN SULKOWSKI, MD CAPT, USAF, MC Nellis Clerkship DirectoR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Rush Medical College RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Chief Resident, UNLV EM 2021-22 ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Clinical education, Gender Equity, Military mentorship |
SAMUEL BERGIN, MD Emergency Medicine, USAF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences RESIDENCY: UNLV Emergency Medicine ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Operational Medicine PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: Operational Medicine, US Air Force |
CHRISTI VERCHININ, DO CLINICAL FACULTY, UMC ADULT ED Assistant PROFessor, UNLV MEDICAL SCHOOL: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine RESIDENCY: Wright State Emergency Medicine Residency LEADERSHIP ROLES: • Flight Commander • SOMA Board of Directors (Special Operations Medical Assoc) ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Austere Medicine |
