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Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, MHCDS, FACEP

Professor and Chair
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Torrance, CA, United States

Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, MHCDS, FACEP is Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. An award-winning educator and lecturer, Dr. Goolsby has served as a member of national and international scientific organizations, including the American Red Cross’s Scientific Advisory Council and the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation’s First Aid Task Force. He is a recognized expert in first aid and military-to-civilian knowledge transfer. His multi-million-dollar research portfolio has focused on bleeding control, tourniquet usage, public response to emergency, and mass casualty incidents. Dr. Goolsby is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, an AOA graduate of the Tulane University School of Medicine, earned his Master of Education in the Health Professions degree from Johns Hopkins University, and completed a Master of Healthcare Delivery Science degree at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business. Prior to his current role, Dr. Goolsby was Vice Chair of the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Science Director of the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health. He previously served as an active-duty Air Force officer, including two tours as the flight commander and medical director of the Air Force’s emergency department in Balad, Iraq. Dr. Goolsby is the author or co-author of more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, editorials, and other scholarly publications. He completed a transitional internship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and his emergency medicine residency at UCLA.

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