Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Marianne Gausche-Hill

Biography

Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP Dr. Gausche-Hill is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and EMS and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Director at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA. She is nationally known for her work as an EMS researcher and educator, and for her leadership in the field of pediatric emergency medicine. She is best known for her study of pre-hospital airway management for children published in JAMA 2000. In 2004 she was awarded the ACEP National Education Award in Emergency Medicine, in 2005 was awarded the Martha Bushore-Fallis APLS award from the American Academy of Pediatrics, in 2007 was awarded the “Emergency Medical Services for Children Heroes Award for Lifetime Achievement”, in 2008 was named one of the “Heroes of Emergency Medicine” by the American College of Emergency Physicians, in 2010 was a finalist for the Daily Breeze Newspaper’s Healthcare Provider of the Year, in 2011 was the Honorable Mention Speaker of the Year for ACEP, in 2012 was awarded the Steve Miller Education and Mentorship Award by the American Academy of Pediatrics, in 2012-2013 was awarded Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women, and the Distinguished Service in EMS medal by the State of California, and in 2014 was awarded the Outstanding Contribution in EMS award as well as the Speaker of the Year Award by the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Gausche-Hill currently serves on the American Board of Emergency Medicine Board of Directors.

Research Interest

Airway Management; Prehospital care; Pediatric emergency medicine.