The Resuscitation 2012 faculty has been chosen from across the country, representing some of the best educators in Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Pediatrics and Trauma Surgery.
Our faculty come from such leading institutions as:
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Duke University Medical Center
  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  • Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center
  • New York Poison Control Center
  • San Francisco General Hospital
  • Stanford University Medical Center
  • University of Texas


  • Course Directors:
    Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
    Professor and Vice Chair
    Director, Emergency Cardiology Fellowship
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    University of Maryland School of Medicine,
    Baltimore, MD

    Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCP(C)
    Attending Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
    Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California
    LAC/USC Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA

    Sujal Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCP(C)
    Attending Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
    Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California
    LAC/USC Medical Center
    Regional Medical Director, TeamHealth
    Los Angeles, CA

    Course Faculty:

    Eduardo Borquez, MD, RDMS
    Assistant Professor
    USC Keck School of Medicine
    Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
    LAC+USC Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA

    Carlos V.R. Brown, MD
    Trauma Medical Director - Brackenridge Hospital
    Associate Professor of Surgery
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Austin, TX

    Richard M. Cantor, MD, FAAP, FACEP
    Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
    Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
    Medical Director, Central New York Poison Control Center
    Upstate Medical University
    Syracuse, NY

    Ilene Claudius,MD
    Assistant Professor Of Emergency Medicine
    University of Southern California
    LAC+USC Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA

    Stephen D. Docherty, DO, FACEP, FAAEM
    Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
    Medical Director - USC Life Support Center

    Jamie Fishkin, MD
    Base Medical Director & Attending Physician
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA

    J. Christian Fox, MD, RDMS, FACEP, FAAEM
    Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
    Director of Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
    University of California, Irvine, CA

    Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP
    Professor of Clinical Medicine
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Director, Emergency Medical Services and EMS Fellowship Director
    Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Torrance, CA

    Jasen W. Gundersen, MD, MBA, CPE, SFHM
    Chief Medical Officer
    TeamHealth Hospital Medicine
    Knoxville, TN

    Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    Medical Director, Surgical ICU
    Division of Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
    Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California
    LAC/USC Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA

    Michelle Lin, MD
    Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
    San Francisco General Hospital
    San Francisco, CA

    Thomas Mailhot, MD, RDMS
    Instructor in Clinical Emergency Medicine
    Assistant Residency Director
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    LAC/USC Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA

    Rusty Oshita, MD
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento
    Sacramento, CA

    Phillip Perera, MD, RDMS
    Co-director Emergency Ultrasound Program
    Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
    LAC+ USC Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA

    James R. Roberts, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FACMT
    Professor & Vice Chair, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
    Senior Consultant, Division of Medical Toxicology
    The Drexel University College of Medicine
    Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Director, Division of Medical Toxicology
    Mercy Catholic Medical Center,
    Philadelphia, PA

    Corey M. Slovis, MD
    Chairman, Vanderbilt Department of Emergency Medicine
    Medical Director, Metro Nashville Fire Department
    Medical Director, Nashville International Airport
    Nashville, TN

    Sarah A. Stahmer, MD
    Residency Program Director
    Associate Professor of Surgery
    Division of Emergency Medicine
    Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    Andrea Thorp, MD
    Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
    Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, CA

    Sarah R. Williams, MD, FACEP
    Director, ED Ultrasound
    Division of Emergency Medicine
    Stanford University Medical Center
    Stanford, CA

    Teresa Wu, MD
    Director, EM Ultrasound Program
    Co-Director, Simulation Based Training Program
    Assistant Program Director, EM Residency Program
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Maricopa Medical Center
    Phoenix, AZ
    Clinical Associate Professor Emergency Medicine
    University of Arizona, School of Medicine
    Phoenix, AZ