Alan Leonard Nager, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Overview

Dr. Alan L. Nager is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. In addition, he has been Director of the Division of Emergency and Transport Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles since 1997. The Emergency Department treats 65,000 patients annually, and is the only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in Southern California. Dr. Nager received his undergraduate degree in Public Health and Child Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1982, and received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1987. He completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in 1992. He received his Masters of Health Administration (MHA) from the University of Southern California in 2009. Dr. Nager has lectured extensively on a variety of Emergency Medicine topics nationally and internationally. He is a member of several pediatric emergency medicine organizations dealing with health and injury prevention and was a consultant for the Los Angeles Poison Control Center for four years. Dr. Nager has volunteered extensively with organizations that provide pediatric health and education experiences. He has appeared over 45 times in local, state, national print and broadcast media, as a featured expert on numerous medical and trauma topics. In addition, Dr. Nager has numerous publications, predominately in the areas of dehydration, mental health, disaster medicine, and trauma.

Publications

  • Pediatric advance directives: parents’ knowledge, experience, and preferences. Pediatrics. 2014 Aug; 134(2):e436-43.. View in PubMed
  • Competency-based pediatric disaster training. Am J Disaster Med. 2014; 9(1):5-16.. View in PubMed
  • Traditional nurse triage vs physician telepresence in a pediatric ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Apr; 32(4):325-9.. View in PubMed
  • March of the living, a holocaust educational tour: effect on adolescent Jewish identity. J Relig Health. 2013 Dec; 52(4):1402-14.. View in PubMed
  • Going viral: adapting to pediatric surge during the H1N1 pandemic. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Nov; 29(11):1159-65.. View in PubMed
  • Use of an emergency medical pictorial communication book during simulated disaster conditions. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2013 Oct; 7(5):475-80.. View in PubMed
  • Occult psychosocial impairment in a pediatric emergency department population. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Dec; 28(12):1334-7.. View in PubMed
  • Dehydration treatment practices among pediatrics-trained and non-pediatrics trained emergency physicians. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Apr; 28(4):322-8.. View in PubMed
  • An upsurge in pertussis: epidemiology and trends. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Mar; 28(3):215-9.. View in PubMed
  • Using robotic telecommunications to triage pediatric disaster victims. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Jan; 47(1):221-4.. View in PubMed