James M. Larson, M.D., FACEP
1076 Oliver Avenue
San Diego, CA 92109
Home Phone: 858-274-7418
CURRICULUM VITAE
Licenses (current):
California License #G038734 – 1978
California License #G038734 – 1979
New York License #141101 1980 – 1980
Montana Physician #7387 – 1993
Florida #ME 128714 – 2016
Nevada #18090 – 2018
Certification:
Family Medicine Board Certified – 1981, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2006
Emergency Medicine Board Certified – 1986, 1996, 2004, 2014
Education:
High School:
Scotia-Glenville Central High Scotia, NY
Class Salutatorian Regents Honors Diploma 1966
College:
Brown University – Providence, RI
BS Biology 1970, cum laude
Medical School:
New York Medical College – Valhalla, NY
Doctor of Medicine 1977 Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Internship (PGY1):
Family Medicine 1977-78 UCSD Medical Center San Diego, CA
Residency (PGY2-3): Family Medicine 1978-80
UCSD Medical Center San Diego, CA
Fellowship (PGY4):
Family Medicine/Sports Medicine 1980-81
UCSD Medical Center San Diego, CA
Organizations:
Fellow American College of Emergency Physicians
American College of Sports Medicine
Academic Awards:
Cum laude graduate Brown University
Alpha Omega Alpha New York Medical College
Lange Award Outstanding Student in Internal Medicine
Continuing Education:
See CME statement
Medical Employment:
Per Diem physician Kaiser Hospital Emergency Department 6 to 10 hours Per week 11/79 to 5/81.
Emergency Room coverage and Human Services Volunteer Lake Placid Hospital 1980 Winter Olympics
Clinic physician California Health Plan 9/80 to 3/81.
Alvarado Hospital Medical Center 5/81-present (CEPAmerica-now Vituity) (EMA) (no longer working there)
Assistant Director 1984-1990, 2007-2008
Short term per diem clinic coverage Hudson Headwaters Primary Care Consortium,
Glens Falls, NY 1989-91
Locum tenens coverage Hipskind Family Medicine, Bellingham, WA Summer 1991
Locum tenens coverage Glens Falls Community Hospital Emergency Department 7/93-10/93
Centinela Hospital, Inglewood, CA Staff emergency Physician 10/93-10/96
Sharp Cabrillo Hospital, San Diego, CA Staff Emergency Physician 1996-98
Sharp Coronado Hospital, Coronado, CA per Diem Emergency Physician 1999-present
CEPAmerica Emergency Physicians Medical Group: Staff Physician Mercy Hospital Roseburg, Oregon 2008-2010.
CEPAmerica Emergency Physician Cultural Ambassador: (New contract staffing)
St. Joseph’s Hospital Eureka, CA and Redwood Memorial Hospital, Fortuna, CA 2010-2011
CEPAmerica Emergency Physician Cultural Ambassador May 2011 to December 2012: Sutter General and Sutter Memorial Hospitals, Sacramento, CA 2011
CEPAmerica Emergency Physician & Cultural Ambassador December 2012 to September 2016 Methodist Hospital, Sacramento, CA
Vituity Emergency Physician Reservist 2018 Siena Campus of St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, Henderson, NV.
Current Status:
CEPAmerica/Vituity Emergency Physician Reservist at Mercy San Juan Hospital in Sacramento from November 2016 to present.
Vituity Emergency Physician Reservist at Hi Desert Hospital in Joshua Tree, California
Administrative Work:
Governing Board Member California Emergency Physicians Medical Group 1999-2005
Alvarado Medical Executive Committee, Bylaws, 2007-2008
Assistant Medical Director Alvarado 2007-2008
Physician Assistance Committee 2003-2010 (supervises drug or behavior impaired physicians)
Projects/
Publications:
“Pneumomediastinum associated with Diabetic Ketoacidosis,” The Journal of Pediatrics v.93 n.3 September 1978
Southern California Running medical Columnist early 1980’s
Running & Triathlon News columnist Early 1980’s
Review article on Blood Loading
Competitor Magazine contributor 1997, “Running and Pregnancy”
2007 Moab, Utah Travel Article
Co-director Sports medicine Clinic UCSD 1980-81
Lecturer on health, fitness, and Sports injuries to community groups
Emergency Cardiology CME Lecture Alvarado Hospital Primary Care Update 1990.
Guest “Men & Medicine” Cox Cable
“The Ritual and Manners of the Patient Encounter” CEP Inside Track, September 2007 (also published in Emergency Medicine News
Other Professional Interests:
Sports Medicine/Exercise Physiology, Preventive Medicine, soft tissue injuries, running injuries, nutrition, and supplements.
Employment before Medicine:
Chemical Engineer General Electric Research & Development Center Schenectady, NY
Junior High School Math & Science Teacher Massachusetts & Connecticut
“Ski Bum”-hotel and restaurant work
Employment before Medicine:
Chemical Engineer General Electric Research & Development Center Schenectady, NY
Junior High School Math & Science Teacher Massachusetts & Connecticut
“Ski Bum”-hotel and restaurant work