2011 Symposium Faculty
James F. Holmes, Jr. MD, MPH, FACEP - Symposium Chairman
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California at Davis - School of Medicine
Director, EM Research Fellowship
Director, Department of EM Journal Club
Davis, California
Colm Acuff, D.O., FACEP
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Mercer University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Kris Arnold, M.D., FACEP
Chair, ACEP Ambassador Program
Boston University College of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Beverly Bauman, M.D., FAAP, FACEP
Assistant Prof. Of EM
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Attending Physician, Valley Baptist Medical Center
Harlingen, Texas
Rimon Bengiamin, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California San Francisco - Fresno
Safi Bensafi, MD
EM Physician
Centre Hospitalier Andre Rosemon
French Guyane
Peter Cameron, MBBS, M.D., FACEM, FIFEM
Professor of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Head of Prehospital Emergency Trauma
Academic Director of Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center, Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Craig Cooley, M.D., MPH, EMT-P, FACEP
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
University at Buffalo,
Buffalo, New York
Son Ngoc Do, MD, PhD
Attending Physician
Bach Mai Hospital
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tin Do, MD
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
St. Mary's Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Vien D. Doan, D.O., FAAFP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences
Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine, Touro University
Medical Director, Good Samaritan Medical-Dental Ministry
Riverside, California
Richard Guth, M.D., MPH, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Loma Linda University, School of Medicine
Administrative Medical Director of Trauma Surgery
Department of Emergency Medicine
Riverside Community Hospital,
Riverside, California
Danielle Hart, M.D.
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Henn County Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Carter Hill, M.D., FACEP
ACEP Ambassador to Vietnam
Clinical Associate Professor - University of Washington
Medical Director - Holland America Cruise Line
Emergency Physician Highline Medical Center,
Seattle, Washington
Tinh K. Huyn, M.D.
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Memorial Hospital
Craig, Colorado
Ai Quoc Hoang, MD
Attending Physician - Emergency Department
Hue Central Hospital
Hue, Vietnam
Elizabeth Kwan, MD
Attending Physician
University of California at San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Manon Kwon, M.D., FACEP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Michel Lam, MD
Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
Asia Flying Docs
Paris, France
Hien Le, M.D., PhD
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California San Francisco - Fresno
Fresno, CA
Larry Pham, MD
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California San Francisco - Fresno
Fresno, CA
Lorne David Porayko, M.D., FRCP(C)
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine/Anaesthesiology
University of British Columbia-Island Medical Program
Victoria, B.C., Canada
Ai Quynh, M.D.
Medical Director - Department of Emergency Medicine
Cho Ray Hospital
Saigon, Vietnam
James Ramseier, M.D.
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
Richard Stennes, MD, FACEP
Past President, ACEP
President of Associated Emergency Physician Medical Group
La Jolla, CA
Richard Stein, M.D.
Gastroenterologist
New Zealand
Sucharita Paul, MD
Emergency Physician
University of Buffalo at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Tamara Lynn Thomas, M.D., FACEP
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Vice Chair - Emergency Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California
Susan E. Thompson, DO
Secretary, ACEP International Section
Director, International EM and IEM Fellowship
Academic Faculty, Department of EM
Christiana Care Health System
Newark, DE
Lai Duc Tran, MD
Vice-Director, Hue University Hospital Emergency Department
Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy
Hue, Vietnam
Christopher Wall, MD
Fellow, Division of Emergency Medicine Ultrasound
Department of Emergency Medicine
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Deborah Washke, M.D., FACEP
Director, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Associate Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California
Joanne Williams, MD, FAAEM
Clinical Associate Prof. of EM
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Armin Abdi, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Resident Year 3
Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Susan Brim, M.D.
EM Resident
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Chris Browns, M.D.
Resident - Emergency Medicine
University of Southern California - LA County Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Scott Goldberg, MD
EM Resident Year 3
New York, New York
Ha Vu, M.D.
Resident - Emergency Medicine
University of Southern California - LA County Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Theresa Nguyen, M.D.
EM Resident
EMRA International Medicine Committee
Christiana Care Health System
Newark, DE
Brian Rice, M.D.
Resident - Emergency Medicine
University of Southern California - LA County Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Luke Palmisano, M.D.
Resident - Emergency Medicine
University of Southern California - LA County Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA