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Diane Birnbaumer, MD, Emergency Medicine, Torrance, CA

Diane M Birnbaumer MD


Emeritus Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Senior Clinical Faculty, Dept of Emerg Med, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Educator, Physician and Writer.

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  • 1000 W Carson St# 21Torrance, CA 90502

  • Phone+1 310-222-3501

  • Fax+1 310-782-1763

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Summary

  • Dr. Diane Birnbaumer is an emergency medicine physician based in Torrance, CA, at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center since 1989. She completed her medical education at George Washington University School of Medicine, followed by residencies in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and emergency medicine at Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

    Dr. Birnbaumer's has given over 2,000 lectures locally, nationally, internationally and virtually on topics ranging from general emergency medicine, burnout, and teaching skills for medical educators. She is Editor-in-Chief for the 8th Edition of Roberts and Hedges Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care.

    Dr. Birnbaumer has received local and national awards as an educator, including the American College of Emergency Physicians Outstanding Speaker of the Year Award and the Outstanding Contribution to Education Award. She has been recognized as a Fellow by the American College of Emergency Physicians.

    Dr. Birnbaumer also writes creatively. Her poems and essays appear in the Huffington Post Personal, Intima, and the Annals of Emergency Medicine and the Annals of Internal Medicine, as well as several anthologies.

Education & Training

  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1987 - 1989
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
  • George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1986 - 2026
  • Emergency Medicine
    American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FACEP) American College of Emergency Physicians

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • The Difficult Airway Course 2013: Emergency Baltimore, MD 
    The Difficult Airway Course, Baltimore, Maryland - 9/27/2013
  • The Difficult Airway Course 2013: Emergency Baltimore, MD 
    The Difficult Airway Course, Baltimore, Maryland - 9/27/2013
  • The Difficult Airway Course 2013: Emergency Boston 
    The Difficult Airway Course, Boston, Massachusetts - 4/26/2013
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Authored Content

  • A Balm for Burnout: The 2022 ACEP Scientific AssemblyOctober 2022

Press Mentions

  • Experts in Emergency Medicine to Assemble for ACEP22
    Experts in Emergency Medicine to Assemble for ACEP22August 23rd, 2022
  • Will Women Transform Medicine?
    Will Women Transform Medicine?February 16th, 2020
  • SGEM#178: Mindfulness – It’s Not Better to Burnout Than It Is to Rust
    SGEM#178: Mindfulness – It’s Not Better to Burnout Than It Is to RustMay 12th, 2017
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