
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 CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2013 - 2016
- Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 2013
- Virginia TechBS, Biology, Minor in Medicine and Society, Summa Cum Laude, 2005 - 2009
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License Current
- CA State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- NC State Medical License 2014 - 2014
- American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medical Services
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Rationale and development of a prehospital goal-directed bundle of care to prevent rearrest after return of spontaneous circulation.David G Dillon, Juan Carlos C Montoy, Nichole Bosson, Jake Toy, Senai Kidane
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2024-12-01 - Rapid Expansion and Adaptability of California Medical Disaster Teams.Thérèse Rymer, Amelia M Breyre, LeAnne Lovett-Floom, Asha Devereaux, Katherine Staats
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2023-04-13 - 2 citationsReduction in Hospital Transfers at a US COVID-19 Alternate Care Site: Maintaining Surge Capacity Support in Imperial County, California.Frank W Zhang, Colin A Meghoo, Katherine L Staats, Elizabeth Perkins Hayes, Mitch Metzner
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2022-07-04
Abstracts/Posters
- Ischemic EKGs We Can’t Afford to MissStaats K, Monthly EMS Training, Santa Clara County, CA, 1/1/2018
- California’s Digital Fellowship Consortium: One State’s Innovative Approach to EMS Fellow EducationStaats 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 NameStaats 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 FellowshipUCSD, San Diego, CA - 1/1/2017
- Introduction to EMSUCSD, San Diego, CA - 1/1/2017
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Other
- Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: Public Health Implications and Novel Model Treatment GuidelineLapoint 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 EMSStaats, K, FemInEM (blog)
feminem.org/2018/02/20/crashing-party-women-ems
1/20/2018
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