Kaori Tanaka, DO, FACEP, FAMPA, MSPH (she/her/hers)

Clinical Associate Professor System Medical Director | Flight Physician
University at Buffalo - Division of EMS / Emergency Medicine Mercy Flight, Inc.
Derby, New York

Dr. Kaori Tanaka is dual board certified in Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and Emergency Medical Services (ABEM), with specialty training in EMS, Critical Care Air Transport Medicine and Tactical Medicine. She completed her residency at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and received her fellowship training in EMS through SUNY at Buffalo. She currently works as an attending physician in the Emergency Department at Buffalo General Hospital and Erie County Medical Center. Dr. Tanaka is also the System Medical Director and a flight physician for Mercy Flight of WNY, covering both ground and air ambulances (rotor and fixed wing).

Dr. Tanaka’s research interests centers around prehospital resuscitation, training prehospital providers/law enforcement, critical care transport medicine and international emergency medicine. She has a passion for international emergency medicine development and has worked in Vietnam through Vietnam Society of Emergency Medicine. She serves on national committees with the American College of Emergency Physicians, National Association of EMS Physicians, and the Air Medical Physician Association.

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Presentation(s):

• Discussion: Stroke Protocols, Blood Pressure Targets

  Monday, November 4, 2024
  14:45 – 15:45 MST