Faculty
Untitled document | Rick McPheeters, DO - Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
- Director of EMS and Disaster Preparedness
- Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA
- Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 1996
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, 2001
- Clinical Interests: Trauma, ENT, Procedural Sedation
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| Manish Amin, DO - Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA
- Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 1999
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, 2004
- Clinical Interests: Cardiology
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| Faried Banimahd, MD - Director of Research
- Medical Student Clerkship Director
- Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Medical School: University of California, Irvine, 2005
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine (Pending)
- Clinical Interests: Toxicology, Substance Abuse, Pain Management
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| Anusha Chari, DO - Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2008
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine (pending)
- Clinical Interests: Trauma
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| Ian Cook, MD - Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University/Chicago Medical School, 2007
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, 2011
- Clinical Interests: Trauma, Simulation Center
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| Jagdipak Heer, MD - Director of Ultrasound Education
- Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA
- Medical School: St. Louis University Medical School, 1994
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, 1999
- Clinical Interests: Ultrasound
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| Paul Mroz, MD - Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2006
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, 2011
- Clinical Interests: Trauma
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| James Sverchek, MD - Business Manager and Director of Operations
- Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA
- Medical School: University of Southern California, 1982
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, 1989
- Clinical Interests: Documentation, Compliance, Business, Penetrating Trauma
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Paul Walsh, MB BCh BAO - Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Assoicate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA
- Medical Shool: University College of Dublin, 1994; Diploma in Medicine of the Elderly, 1996; Masters of Science, Pediatrics, 2002; Diploma in Health Informatics, 2003
- Residency: King/Drew Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, 2000
- Clinical Interests: Pediatrics, Research Assistant Program
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| Adria Winter, MD - Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
- Associate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA
- Medical School: Albert Einstein School of Medicine, 2001
- Residency: Kern Medical Center
- Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, 2006
- Clinical Interests: Infectious Disease
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Academic appointments effective July 2012