EMA News
The latest news, press releases, conferences and public events archived about EMA.
(July 2, 2021, El Segundo, CA) Our EMA Spotlight of the Quarter is Dr. Vijak Ayasanonda! Dr. Vijak Ayasanonda first entered medicine because of his desire to help people. In college, he recalls going to see an OBGYN guest speaker who came in after a difficult call and spent the next hour telling them all to never to go into medicine...
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(June 1, 2021, El Segundo, CA) Our EMA Provider Spotlight of the Quarter is Susan Urstein, MD! Dr. Urstein has been with EMA since 2018. Ever since the young age of 9, Dr. Urstein knew she wanted to be a doctor when she watched a video about the human reproductive process.
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(May 1, 2021, El Segundo, CA) EMA’s Provider Spotlight of the Quarter is Sandra Thomasian, MD! Dr. Thomasian’s extroverted personality along with her self-proclaimed nerdiness for science steered her towards a path to becoming a physician.
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(April 2, 2021, El Segundo, CA) EMA’s Director Spotlight of the Quarter is Jamie Eng, MD! Dr. Eng got her start doing clinical research and became a doctor to pursue more direct patient care.
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(March 2, 2021, El Segundo, CA) Eric Soto has been with EMA since 2015. As a PA, Eric enjoys the constant growth of emergency medicine: "I am always curious of new practices that are constantly evolving in medicine. I find point of care ultrasound becoming a large part of my practice and find myself using it more frequently, which I see as a valuable instrument in the Emergency Department."
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(February 4, 2021, El Segundo, CA) Dr. James Winn joined Emergent Medical Associates while working at Chino Valley Medical Center in 1999. Joining Emergent Medical Associates has led him to a career that has fulfilled him with relative autonomy, intellectual challenges, social prestige, and, most importantly, the chance to make a difference in someone’s life, he says.
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(January 4, 2021, El Segundo, CA) Our EMA Director of the Quarter is Martin Carrillo, MD! Dr. Martin Carrillo was born and raised in San Jose, California, with seven sisters and three brothers. He joined EMA in 1996 and is the Director of Chino Medical Center and Montclair Hospital Medical Center.
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(December 3, 2020, El Segundo, CA) Our AHP Spotlight of the Quarter is Marsii DeGrasse, NP! Marsii DeGrasse was a bedside RN for almost 25 years and became a NP in 2016 to open up new doors for herself. In addition to working in the Emergency Department, she also spends time in the ICU and PACU.
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(November 5, 2020, El Segundo, CA) Our EMA Provider Spotlight of the Quarter is Siobhan Newman, MD! Dr. Siobhan Newman has been with EMA for the past 12 years and is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine. She has been a full-time EM physician for about 25 years.
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