Deirdre R. Anglin

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC
Office: (323) 409-7079

Expertise Summary

Expert in trauma medicine, especially related to gang violence, domestic abuse, date rape, gunfire and hate crimes

Expertise

  • medical costs of gang-related violence
  • trends in gang-related homicides and drive-by shootings in Los Angeles County
  • firearms and the prevention of firearm injuries
  • injury and death from gang violence
  • minimizing gang violence in the emergency department
  • law enforcement (K-9) dog bites
  • youth violence
  • recognition and management of domestic and intimate partner violence
  • domestic violence and the efficacy of intervention programs
  • family violence prevention
  • hate crime violence and its emergency department management
  • tangential gunshot wounds to the head
  • date rape drugs
  • land mines and blast injuries
  • "suicide by cop" or law enforcement forced assisted suicide
  • forensic assessment

Languages

  • French

Additional Information

  • Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine
  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada