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After graduating with honors as Alpha Omega Alpha from UC Davis School of Medicine in 2003, I completed an Transitional Year in Internal Medicine at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego with some surgical clinical specialty training as well and then completed 3 more years of Emergency Medicine at UC San Diego where I was also the Chief Resident in my final year. I have since also completed extended post graduate training in Emergency Ultrasound from UCSD. I also hold a Masters of Public Health in International and Environmental Medicine from UCLA School of Public Health from 1997.
B.S. in Kinesiology & Pre-med, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
9/88 12/92 Amherst, Massachusetts -- Minor in French Language and Literature
(Graduated Cum Laude overall, Magna Cum Laude in Major & Minor)
1/95 - 6/96 Graduate School: Master’s degree in public health, University of California, Los Angeles School
of Public Health, Los Angeles, California -- Focus: International Health (Salutatorian)
9/98 6/03 Medical School: M.D., University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Davis, California. (AOA)
Internship: Department of Internal Medicine
6/03 6/04 Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California
Residency: Department of Emergency Medicine
7/04 6/07 University of California, San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, California (Chief Resident: 2006-07)
Department of Emergency Medicine/ Department of Emergency Ultrasound 02/17 - 02/19 University of California, San Diego Medical Center San Diego, California (Certificate of Ultrasound Training Fellowship equivalent)
HONORS AND AWARDS2000 – 2003 Honors in all Core Clinical Clerkships
2001 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in Medical School
2001 – 2002 Mackenzie Foundation Scholarship X 2, 2001 and 2002
2001 Dean’s Predoctoral Research Fellowship (for SALUD Study in Costa Rica)
1999 UC Davis Family Practice Department Grant for study in Latin America
Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners, 2003
Diplomate American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2008
Fellow American College of Emergency Medicine, 2010
American College of Emergency Physicians, 2003 - present
International Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 2003 - present
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2003 – 2008
Books / Book Chapters
Lowe LG: Blunt Chest Trauma. In: Rosen and Barkin’s 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (third edition). Schaider J, Hayden SR, Wolfe R, Barkin RM, Rosen P (Eds.); Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, © 2006.
Lowe LG, Bamber D, Chan TC: Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies: Problems and Procedures. In: Emergency Medicine Handbook: Critical Concepts for Clinical Practice. Mosby Inc, © 2007
Contributing Editor for Imaging Chapter In: Side-Kick Emergency Medicine (2nd Edition). Pregerson B; EDInsight.com, © 2016
Lowe LG: Blunt Chest Trauma. In: Rosen and Barkin’s 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (fourth edition). Schaider J, Hayden SR, Wolfe R, Barkin RM, Rosen P (Eds.); Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, © 2010
Lowe LG: Spondylolysis / Spondylolisthesis. In: Rosen and Barkin’s 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (fourth edition). Schaider J, Hayden SR, Wolfe R, Barkin RM, Rosen P (Eds.); Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, © 2010.
Lowe LG: Blunt Chest Trauma. In: Rosen and Barkin’s 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (fifth edition). Schaider J, Hayden SR, Wolfe R, Barkin RM, Rosen P (Eds.); Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 2014.
Lowe LG: Spondylolysis / Spondylolisthesis. In: Rosen and Barkin’s 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (fifth edition). Schaider J,Hayden SR, Wolfe R, Barkin RM, Rosen P (Eds.); Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 2014.
Lowe LG: Blunt Chest Trauma. In: Rosen and Barkin’s 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (fifth edition). Schaider J, Hayden SR, Wolfe R, Barkin RM, Rosen P (Eds.); Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 2018. anticipated
Lowe LG: Spondylolysis / Spondylolisthesis. In: Rosen and Barkin’s 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (fifth edition). Schaider J, Hayden SR, Wolfe R, Barkin RM, Rosen P (Eds.); Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 2018. anticipated
• Stavropol State Medical University, 09/1998-06/2005 Stavropol, Russian Federation • Northwest Florida State College, 10/2008 -08/2010 Fort Walton Beach, FL
Clinical Externship• Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, 10/2014-11/2014, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, 1300 Miccosukee Rd, Tallahassee, FL Supervising attending, Dr. Edward Forster I have completed four weeks of pre-residency insured clinical experience in Family. Medicine. • Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Medical Center, 07/2014 - 08/2014 Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Medical Center, 9003 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ Supervising attending, Dr. Payam Azima I have completed four weeks of pre-residency insured clinical experience in Internal. Medicine. • Rose Medical Center, 06/2014 - 07/2014 Rose Medical Center, 4567 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO Supervising attending, Dr. James Wilk I have completed four weeks of pre-residency insured clinical experience in Internal. Medicine. • Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak Hospital, 05/2014 - 06/2014, 7400 E. Thompson Peak Parkway, Scottsdale, AZ Supervising attending, Dr. Justin Possner I have completed four weeks of pre-residency insured clinical experience in Family. Medicine.
Poster Presentations• Hanson, S, Shi, Q. “Anemia and Acute Heart Failure.” Poster presentation at Geisinger Health System Patients safety and quality improving conference, 3/2015 • Hanson, S, Pandit, R, Shi, Q. “Safe use of Proton Pump Inhibitors for GI prophylaxis in the Inpatient.” 7th Annual Current Concepts in Medication Safety Geisinger Health System, 3/2016 • Member of Jeopardy team in PA-ACP Regional abstract and Doctor’s Dilemma Competitions, 10/2015
Medical School Honors/Awards• Scholarship Recipient, Stavropol State Medical University/Russian Government, awarded for academic excellence by Dean B.D. Minaev 10/1999