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

KatherineLaurindaStaatsMDFAEMS, FACEP(She/Her)

Emergency Medicine San Diego, CA

Imperial County EMS Medical Director, Associate Professor, Attending Physician

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  • Office

    200 W Arbor Dr
    San Diego, CA 92103
    Phone+1 800-926-8273
    Fax+1 888-539-8781

Summary

  • Dr. Katherine Staats is an emergency medicine physician in San Diego, CA. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and has been in emergency medicine practice 11 years. She is experienced in malaria, cardiac arrest, and trauma care. She has more than 40 publications and over 50 citings.

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
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
  • 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