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Marc Eckstein, MD, MPH, FACEP

is the medical director of the Los Angeles Fire Department. He’s a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and the director of prehospital care at the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center. A former New York City paramedic, Dr. Eckstein is a nationally recognized leader with more than 20 years of experience in EMS. Contact him at eckstein@usc.edu.

content by Marc Eckstein, MD, MPH, FACEP

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