Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship

Overview

The University of Southern California EMS fellowship is a 1-year fully accredited ACGME program. It gives you the opportunity to work with:

1. Busiest emergency department in California – Los Angeles General Medical Center (formerly LAC+USC)
2. Largest trauma center in Los Angeles County
3. Busiest base station in Los Angeles County
4. Collaborate with multiple small, medium and large 911-EMS provider agencies, including the Los Angeles Fire Department  – the 2^nd largest municipal 911 agency in the US
5. The oldest continuous emergency medicine residency in the United States

Expectations include:

1. Operations
   • Ride-alongs
   • Dispatch Center quality improvement
   • Exposure to Air operations, USART, & HERT
   • Participation in large event planning and execution (including the USC Coliseum and SoFi Stadium)
2. Administration and Teaching
   • Base Station Tape Review
   • EMS resident rotation education and guidance
   • Emergency Department Grand Rounds
3. ACGME/ABEM requirements
   • Core curriculum
   • Research project
   • Emergency Medicine board certification
   • Emergency Department clinical shifts

Length: 1 year, ACGME-Accredited

Faculty

Stephen Sanko, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
EMS Fellowship Director and Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Past Chief Physician, Los Angeles Fire Department
Member, Los Angeles EMS Commission
Director, Southern California Chapter of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
Email:  stephen.sanko@med.usc.edu

Angelica Loza-Gomez, MD, FAEMS
Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Director, Los Angeles General Medical Center Base Station
Medical Director, Glendale Fire Department, Arcadia Fire Department, & Montebello Fire Department

Tiffany Abramson, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical Director, Long Beach Fire Department

Medical Director, Rose Bowl Half-marathon, Los Angeles Marathon

Saman Kashani, MD, FACEP
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Assistant Medical Director, Los Angeles County Fire Department

Marc Cohen, MD, FAEMS
Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Medical Director, Los Angeles Fire Department

Becky O’Neal C-TAGME
EMS Fellowship Administrator, Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Email: becky.oneal@med.usc.edu

Application

To apply, please send the following to me by email (stephen.sanko@med.usc.edu):

1. A current CV;
2. Three letters of recommendation from individuals who are knowledgeable about your career trajectory; and,
3. A personal statement discussing your interest in EMS medical direction, what you hope to get out of your fellowship experience, and where you hope to be in 5 years.

Deadline for applications is:  October 1^st

Please contact Dr. Stephen Sanko, EMS Fellowship Program Director, for additional application information and/or questions at stephen.sanko@med.usc.edu.