Gary Tamkin, MD, FACEP
Vice President of Provider Development
Clinical Topics: EMS, Geriatrics, Toxicology, Wellness
Gary Tamkin, MD, FACEP, is Vice President of Provider Development of USACS West and the past medical director of emergency medicine for Mercy Medical Center Merced. He also is a former volunteer associate clinical professor of the Emergency Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; medical director for the California Highway Patrol, and a SWAT physician for the Merced County Sheriff's Office regional SWAT team. He chairs CommonSpirit Health’s national Emergency Services Clinical Council, serves on the California Hospital Association’s EMS & trauma advisory group, and served as the president of California ACEP, where he was a recipient of the chapter’s highest award for meritorious service. Dr. Tamkin has practiced high acuity emergency medicine for over 30 years and brings a special perspective to wellness, having experienced his own burnout on many occasions!
He earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from Brown University and his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine College of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, where he was chief resident and president of the California Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association.
- Understand how the high achiever habit and arrival fallacy can lead to burnout and ways to prevent it
- Understand how focusing on one’s own wellness is the best way to ensure professional success
- Understand how the high risk medical environment of the emergency department is similar to the tactical environment
- Adopt concepts relied upon in the tactical environment, including training and communication techniques, to decrease your risk in the ED
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