Shira Schlesinger

MD, MPH, FACEP

Dr. Schlesinger is Director of Education & Innovation for the Los Angeles County EMS Agency andserves as an association fellowship director for the Harbor-UCLA/LA County EMS Fellowship.

She is emergency medicine faculty for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Medical Director for the Newport Beach Fire Department. In these roles, she provides medical advisement and education in EMS and disaster preparedness to both prehospital and hospital personnel from paramedics to physicians.

Dr. Schlesinger serves on several advisory committees, sharing her passion for prehospital care and preparedness with others in the emergency medicine world. She currently chairs the California EMS for Children Technical Advisory Committee and is a member of the EMS Committee of ACEP and of the Board of Directors for the Council of Accreditation of EMS programs.

Dr. Schlesinger is dedicated to advancing prehospital and hospital unscheduled care in the context of overall public health and to improving health outcomes in the communities we serve. She lectures extensively on EMS, disaster preparedness, and public health.