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2019 Emergent Medical Associates Physicians of the Year & Advanced Practice Providers of the Year!

Congratulations To Our 2019 EMA Physicians of the Year & Advanced Practice Providers of the Year!

There are 3 Regional Physicians of the Year and 2 Regional Advanced Practice Providers of the Year. The regions are LA Basin, SFV Region and Outside LA Region. We would like to congratulate the following 2019 Physician of the Year and 2019 Advanced Practice Provider of the Year winners.

LA Basin Region
Physician of the Year
Congratulations to Dr. Julie Jacob our 2019 EMA Physician of the Year-LA Basin Region! She has been with our EMA family since 2005 working at Centinela Hospital Medical Center. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the State University of New York at Brooklyn College of Medicine in New York, New York and completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, New York. Comments from her peers such as, “She is a rock star”, “Dr. Jacob is dedicated to her patients. She always demonstrates compassion, respect, and professionalism.”, and “Dr. Jacob is very competent, hardworking, and always willing to help. I know that I can always come to her with any issues and she will be willing to work on a solution together”, only shows her dedication and contribution to the hospitals and communities she serves. We are very proud to have Dr. Jacob as a member of the EMA family!
Advanced Practice Provider of the Year
Congratulations to Brittany Slaughter, PA our 2019 EMA Advanced Practice Provider of the Year-LA Basin Region! She has been with our EMA family since 2016 working at Centinela Hospital Medical Center. She received her Master of Physician Assistant Prep Candidate from University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California and is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Comments from her peers such as, “Efficient”, “Hard worker”, and “Has good clinical judgement” only show her dedication and contribution to the hospitals and communities she serves. We are very proud to have Brittany as a member of the EMA family!
SFV Region
Physician of the Year
Congratulations to Dr. Jason Gentile our 2019 EMA Physician of the Year-SFV Region! He has been with our EMA family since 2015 working at Providence Tarzana Medical Center. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine, received his Doctor of Medicine degree at Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences – The Chicago Medical School in North Chicago, Illinois and completed his residency at LA County USC Department of Emergency Medicine and LA County King/Charles Drew Department of Emergency Medicine. Comments such as, “Amazing colleague and great doc”, “Hardworking and takes great care of patients”, “Excellent clinician acumen, professional, calm and effective, and highly ethical”, and “Jason is knowledgeable and has a calm please demeanor and great pleasure to work with” only show his dedication and contribution to the hospitals and communities he serves. We are very proud to have Dr. Gentile as a member of the EMA family!
Outside LA Region
Physician of the Year
Congratulations to Dr. Miroslaw Szatko our 2019 EMA Physician of the Year- Outside LA Region! He has been with our EMA family since 2018 working at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and is Hyperbaric Certified. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New Jersey and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey. Comments from his peers such as, “Great physician and is great to work with. He goes above and beyond for the department with tech.”, “He is hardworking, doesn’t complain, reliable, always puts in extra hours and is extra helpful”, “He has routinely supported our technology needs both in Maui ED, Lanai and with transition of EMA dot phrases, etc.”, and “He is an excellent leader and colleague that I enjoy working with” only show his dedication and contribution to the hospitals and communities he serves. We are very proud to have Dr. Szatko as a member of the EMA family!
Advanced Practice Provider of the Year
Congratulations to Stella Gomory, PA our 2019 EMA Advanced Practice Provider of the Year- Outside LA Region! She has been with our EMA family since 2018 working at Corona Regional Medical Center. She is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She received her Master of Physician Assistant Studies from Touro University Nevada in Henderson, Nevada. Comments from her peers such as, “She is kind, smart, and hardworking”, and “Team player and efficient” only show her dedication and contribution to the hospitals and communities she serves. We are very proud to have Stella as a member of the EMA family!

About Emergent Medical Associates
EMA, headquartered in El Segundo, CA, is a premier provider of physician staffing and practice management services for 25+ Emergency Departments and 2 Urgent Care Centers that treat almost 1M patients annually throughout California. EMA‘s comprehensive system of ED and UCC management is based on over 100 combined years of healthcare experience. Through its management company, Pacific HealthWorks, EMA exports best practices and innovative management techniques to Hospitals, Urgent Care Centers and other Emergency Department groups, helping improve patient care and ensure contract security. EMA's proprietary techniques are patient-focused and targeted on improving the daily operations of ED’s and UCC’s.

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