Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP

Dr. Gausche-Hill is the Medical Director for Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the EMS Fellowship Director at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She is nationally and internationally known for her work as an EMS researcher and educator, and for her leadership in the field of EMS and pediatric emergency medicine. She is best known for her study of pre-hospital airway management for children published in JAMA 2000 and her work on the National Pediatric Readiness Project published in JAMA- Pediatrics in 2015.

In 2004 she was awarded the National Education Award in Emergency Medicine by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), in 2005 was awarded the Martha Bushore-Fallis APLS award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in 2007 was awarded the “Emergency Medical Services for Children Heroes Award for Lifetime Achievement” by the Health Resources and Services Administration, The Federal EMS for Children Program, in 2008 was named one of the “Heroes of Emergency Medicine” by ACEP , in 2012 was awarded the Steve Miller Education and Mentorship Award by the AAP, in 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, in 2014 was awarded the Outstanding Contribution in EMS award as well as the Speaker of the Year Award by ACEP, and in 2016 was awarded the PEMSOFT/EBSCO Award by ACEP for her work in building the evidence base in pediatric emergency medicine. Dr. Gausche-Hill currently serves on the American Board of Emergency Medicine Board of Directors.

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