Desert Regional Medical Center
History
The Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC) is located in Southern California, in the historic city of Palm Springs; an area that enjoys nearly 354 days of sunshine a year and is nestled right at the foot of mountains, a national park and is a short drive from multiple beautiful beaches. The DRMC is a Level II Trauma Center and the only designated trauma center in the Coachella Valley, covering more than 8,000 square miles, 3 states and 2 countries. It has received advanced certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and is also a STEMI center and a Level I Methamphetamine receiving center.
The Emergency Medicine program is a 3 year ACGME accredited program with over 70,000 ER visits per year of which roughly 20% are pediatric visits. In addition, we receive over 2000 trauma visits per year and have an 18.3% general admissions rate and a 3% critical care admissions rate. There are only four other residency programs within the DRMC: FM, IM, Neurology and Neurosurgery. We also have only 8 residents in each class. This means that we have an excellent faculty/staff to resident ratio and from the first day, access to very high numbers of procedural and clinical experiences.
Leadership
- Department Chair / Medical Director: Babak Khazaeni, M.D.
- Assistant Medical Director: Jacqueline Le, M.D.
- Program Director: Joel Stillings, D.O.
- Assistant Program Director: Michelle Mouri, D.O.
- Assistant Program Director: Ryan Roten, DO
- Research Director: Babak Khazaeni, M.D.
- Ultrasound Directors: Grant Nelson, M.D.; Korbin Haycock, M.D.
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
Desert Regional Medical Center - Palm Springs, CA
Secondary Hospital
Sutter Health - Sacramento, CA
- Pediatric Emergency medicine
Curriculum
PGY1
- Emergency Medicine - 16 weeks
- Anesthesiology - 2 weeks
- Ophthalmology - 2 weeks
- Orthopedic Surgery - 4 weeks
- Internal Medicine - 8 weeks
- Medicine ICU - 4 weeks
- Pediatrics - 4 weeks
- Surgical ICU - 4 weeks
- Vacation - 4 weeks
- Ultrasound - 4 weeks
PGY2
- Emergency Medicine - 28 weeks
- Medicine ICU - 4 weeks
- Obstetrics - 4 weeks
- Trauma ICU - 4 weeks
- Ultrasound - 4 weeks
- Selective - 4 weeks
- Vacation - 4 weeks
PGY3
- Emergency Medicine - 30 weeks
- Pediatric EM - 6 weeks
- Selective - 4 weeks
- Vacation - 4 weeks
- EMS - 4 weeks
- Administration/Related activities - 4 weeks
Fellowships
- Clinical Ultrasound - 1 year
Contact Information
Lizet C. Martinez, MHA
- Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency
- DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Graduate Medical Education
- 1180 N. Indian Canyon Drive, Suite E418, Palm Springs, California 92262
- Phone: 760.323.6830 | Fax: 760.323.6489 | Email: lizet.martinez@tenethealth.com