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Katherine Staats, MD, Emergency Medicine, San Diego, CA

Katherine Laurinda Staats MD FAEMS, FACEP (She/Her)


Imperial County EMS Medical Director, Associate Professor, Attending Physician

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  • 200 W Arbor DrSan Diego, CA 92103

  • Phone+1 800-926-8273

  • Fax+1 888-539-8781

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Summary

  • Dr. Katherine Staats is an experienced Emergency Medicine physician based in San Diego, CA. She earned her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2013 and completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2016. Since then, she has been an attending physician at UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest and UC San Diego Health - Thorton, and from 2021 to 2024, at El Centro Regional Medical Center. Her professional interests include critical care medicine, cardiac arrest, disaster medicine, EMS administration, and pre-hospital care. Dr. Staats has contributed to several publications in her field, focusing on medical disaster teams, COVID-19 care strategies, pediatric triage algorithms, and promoting racial and health equity.

Education & Training

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2013 - 2016
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 2013
  • Virginia Tech
    Virginia TechBS, Biology, Minor in Medicine and Society, Summa Cum Laude, 2005 - 2009

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License Current
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2016 - 2025
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2014 - 2014
  • Emergency Medicine
    American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
  • Emergency Medical Services
    American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medical Services

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Abstracts/Posters

  • Ischemic EKGs We Can’t Afford to Miss
    Staats K, Monthly EMS Training, Santa Clara County, CA, 1/1/2018
  • California’s Digital Fellowship Consortium: One State’s Innovative Approach to EMS Fellow Education
    Staats K, et al, NAEMSP, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2018
  • Skip Burkle’s manuscript: Current Crises and Potential Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges Facing Global Health or Global Public Health by a Different Name
    Staats K, Institutional Coordination in Asia-Pacific Disaster Management Conference/Symposium, Berkeley, CA, 1/1/2018
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Lectures

  • Termination of Resuscitation: Who Can We Save? Who Can We Let Go? 
    El Centro, CA - 1/1/2017
  • Introduction to EMS Fellowship 
    UCSD, San Diego, CA - 1/1/2017
  • Introduction to EMS 
    UCSD, San Diego, CA - 1/1/2017
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Other

  • Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: Public Health Implications and Novel Model Treatment Guideline 
    Lapoint J, Meyer S, Yu C, Koenig K, Lev R, Thihalolipavan S, Staats K, Kahn C, WestJEM
    1/1/2017
  • Ketamine and Rocuronium: The New Etomidate and Succinylcholine? 
    Staats K, Welch J
    EMDocs.net
    1/1/2015
  • Crashing the Party: Women of EMS 
    Staats, K, FemInEM (blog)
    feminem.org/2018/02/20/crashing-party-women-ems
    1/20/2018

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