Brady Pregerson
David Brady Pregerson, MD
Dr. Pregerson, a returned Peace Corps Volunteer and winner of the 1995 Wise Preventive Medicine Scholarship, completed his medical school at UCSD and his residency at USC+LA County General Hospital. He works full time as an Emergency Physician in Southern California.
Dr. Pregerson has authored three medical pocketbooks and two books on illness and injury prevention. He continues to have a strong interest in education. He gives medical lectures four to five times a year and has been interviewed on KROQ, KFMB and local television regarding public safety.
To contact Dr. Pregerson, please use the “contact us” tab, or email him at SafetyDoc@gmail.com or Bradysan@hotmail.com.
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EDUCATION & TRAINING:
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, November 2001
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Residency 1997-2000
University of Southern California + L.A. County Medical Center
Top Score - Nationwide In-service Exam 2000
Transitional Internship 1996-1997
Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Electives: Cardiology, Infectious Disease, Ophthalmology, ENT, OMF
Doctor of Medicine 1992-1996
School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Wise Preventive Medicine Scholarship
Bachelor of Science, Cell Biology & Biochemistry 1984-1988
University of California, San Diego
Regents Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa,
Intercollegiate Surfing Team, Rock-Climbing Club
High School 1981-1984
Palisades High School, Pacific Palisades, CA
Math Team, Physics Award, Varsity Soccer, JV Volleyball
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Staff Physician, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 2000-2007
Staff Physician, Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, CA 2005-2007
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 2006-2007
Expert Medical Reviewer, Medical Board of California 2007
Research Consultant, CLS Behring 2007
Science Teacher, United States Peace Corps: Swaziland, Africa 1989-1990
Private Tutor, Math & Science: Insight Tutoring, Santa Monica, CA 1990-1991
PUBLICATIONS: MONTHLY COLUMNS
Junior Editor, eMedicine Case Study, eMedicine.com
Senior Editor & Webmaster, ERPocketBooks.com – Educational Medical website
Senior Editor & Webmaster, GotSafety.ORG – Safety & Preventive Health website
Writer & Series Editor, Soundings, Ultrasound column, Emergency Physicians Monthly
Writer & Series Editor, Procedures, CONSULTANT magazine
PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS
A to Z Pocket Pharmacopoeia. ERPocketBooks.com, Carlsbad, CA
Quick Essentials: Emergency Medicine, 2nd edition.
Side Kick: Emergency Medicine. ERPocketBooks.com, Carlsbad, CA
Don’t Try This at Home: Lessons from the Emergency Department.
Think Twice! More Lessons from the ER. GotSafety.ORG, Carlsbad, CA
RESEARCH INTEREST:
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Medical Devices
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Ultrasound
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Patient Safety
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS:
Misses & Near Misses from the ER: A Photo Montage
Major Trauma: From the ABC’s to the Secondary Survey
Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case-Based Review
Hypertensive Emergencies: Diagnosis & Treatment
Pulmonary Emergencies: Bad Breathing Made Better
Congestive Heart Failure: Up to Date Management
Emergency Ultrasound: Beyond the Core Curriculum
Aortic Disasters: Rapid Diagnosis & Treatment
Critical Considerations in Chest Pain: Diagnosis & Management in the ED
Thin Blood: Platelet Problems & Coumadin Catastrophes
Ischemic Stroke: Diagnosis & Management
Environmental Emergencies: From Altitude to Radiation
Burns, Bites & Stings: From Antivenin to Wound Care
Choosing the Right Medication: Managing Pain, Nausea & Anxiety
Helping the Survivors: Family Presence during CPR & Death-Telling
Ultrasound Workshop: Introduction to Emergency Bedside Ultrasound
Diagnostic Imaging 2008: When, How & Whom To Image
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The ER or the ED?
It is much more than just a room. I work in a 45-bed department equipped with modern technology and hundreds of people who make caring for those in need their career. The proper term these days is the Emergency Department rather than the Emergency Room. Some emergency physicians feel that proper terminology should be used in order to emphasize the fact that medicine’s newest board certified specialty is no longer just a “room” or two staffed by moonlighters trying to make a few extra bucks while they are establishing themselves in other specialties. Today’s emergency physician is in it for the long haul. This is our specialty and we are proud of it. Personally I have never been much of a stickler for titles, and I never take offence when a patient asks me what I am going to specialize in. I simply tell them that Emergency Medical Care IS my specialty. For some people it will always be the ER, but in writing my books I have decided to use the proper terminology, the Emergency Department. Hence the abbreviation ED, which is used throughout.
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