Dr. Alan L. Nager is Head of the Division of Emergency
and Transport Medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The emergency
department treats 53,000 patients annually and is the only Level I Pediatric
Trauma Center in southern California. In addition, he is an Assistant Professor
of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern
California.
Dr. Nager received his undergraduate degree in Public
Health and Child Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1982 and
received his Medical Degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School
in 1987. He completed his pediatric residency at Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles and completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in 1992.
Dr. Nager has lectured extensively on a variety of emergency
medicine topics including several on injury prevention. He is frequently
quoted in the media and has appeared on numerous television and radio segments,
talking about injuries such as near drownings, motor vehicle accidents,
sports injuries, and falls. He is a member of several organizations dealing
with health and injury prevention and was a consultant for the Los Angeles
Poison Control Center for four years.
