The Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to welcome our new faculty and fellows for the academic year 2013-2014. Our faculty provide adult and pediatric emergent services for over 100,000 visits per year at the University and South campuses of The University of Arizona Medical Center.
Richard Amini, MD, RDMS, formally joins the DEM faculty full time as assistant professor and ultrasound director at UAMC – South Campus. He recently completed the Clinician Scientist Program and emergency ultrasound fellowship at the DEM and was elected the new Threads, Themes and Topics (TTT) Evidence-Based Medicine Director in July.
Nicola Baker, MD, joins the DEM as a clinical instructor and an emergency ultrasound fellow. She recently completed her emergency medicine residency at the DEM and is fluent in Spanish.
Eric A. Chase, MD, joins the DEM as assistant professor. He recently served as a clinical instructor with the DEM and completed a fellowship in critical care medicine with the UA Department of Internal Medicine.
Anne L. Gallion, MD, joins the DEM as a clinical assistant professor at South Campus. Dr. Gallion recently served as assistant professor with the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine at South Campus and the Mayo Clinic Health System in Minnesota.
Kevin E. Gaskin, MD, joins the DEM as a clinical instructor and a DEM emergency ultrasound fellow. He is fluent in Spanish and has completed residencies in emergency medicine and family medicine and a fellowship in rural faculty development. He is board certified in family medicine.
Cameron Hypes, MD, joins the DEM as a clinical instructor and as a critical care fellow. He joins the DEM having served as chief resident at the Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan.
Allison Lane, MD, joins the DEM as a clinical instructor and a sports medicine fellow. Dr. Lane recently served as chief resident at South Campus and has a background in EMS.
Aaron Leech, MD, joins the DEM as assistant professor and associate residency director of the EM/Peds program. Dr. Leetch is an Arizona native and has completed both medical school and residency at the UA. As a graduate of the Combined Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics Residency, Dr. Leetch holds a dual appointment with the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics.
J. Scott Lowry, MD, FACEP, joins the DEM as a clinical assistant professor, having served as an emergency physician/attending at Carondelet Health Network St. Joseph’s and St. Mary’s Hospitals and the Tucson Medical Center. He is fluent in Spanish.
Noah Tolby, MD, joins the DEM as clinical assistant professor having served as a community-based physician at Carondelet Health Network St. Joseph's and St. Mary's Hospitals.
Vivienne Ng, MD, MPH, joins the DEM as the director of emergency medicine simulation and as an assistant professor. Dr. Ng recently completed a medical simulation education fellowship and an ACEP teaching fellowship at UC Davis.