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David Talan, MD, Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

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Emergency Medicine Los Angeles, CA

Professor of Medicine in Residence (Emeritus), UCLA Emergency Medicine & Infectious Diseases

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  • Office

    UCLA Medical Center
    924 Westwood Blvd., Suite 300
    Los Angeles, CA 90095
    Phone+1 310-794-0968
    Fax+1 310-794-0968
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Summary

  • Dr. Talan received his medical degree from the University of Illinois Medical College in Chicago. He completed his residencies in Internal and Emergency Medicine and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and its associated medical centers. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Infectious Diseases. He is Professor of Medicine in Residence (Emeritus) at The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

    From 1993 to 2014, Dr. Talan was Chairman of the Olive View-UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine. He is currently faculty of the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. In addition to his practice at Olive View-UCLA in the Los Angeles area, Dr. Talan worked for 10 years at a single-coverage rural emergency department near his current home in the Santa Ynez Valley near Santa Barbara. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Talan serves on the editorial board of the Annals of Emergency Medicine and is a reviewer for many journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

    Dr. Talan is considered an authority in the area of acute infections that result in severe morbidity and death. His research focuses on emergency department-based surveillance and epidemiological research of emerging infections and clinical investigations of acute infectious diseases. He has investigated skin and soft tissue infections, animal and human bites, rabies, tetanus, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, meningitis, appendicitis, and sepsis. Dr. Talan has several publications in the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA, including the seminal research on the emergence of community associated-MRSA infections. He edited and authored the Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America edition on infectious disease emergencies.

Education & Training

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1987 - 1989
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/Olive View
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/Olive ViewResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1984 - 1986
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine
    University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1981
  • University of California at San Diego
    University of California at San DiegoB.A., Chemistry and Biology, Summa Cum Laude, 1974 - 1977

Certifications & Licensure

  • IA State Medical License
    IA State Medical License 2019 - 2024
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1982 - 2024
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2012 - 2021
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009
  • Hottest Papers of the Year Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), 2006, 2014
  • Top 10 Most Requested Papers ScienceDirect, 2006
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Questionable Assumptions Provided in Nonoperative Treatment of Appendicitis Survey  
    David Talan, MD, JAMA Psychiatry
  • A randomized trial of clindamycin versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for uncomplicated wound infection  
    Talan DA, Lovecchio F, Abrahamian FM, Karras DJ, Steele MT, Rothman RE, Krishnadasan A, Mower WR, Hoagland R, Moran GJ, Clin Infect Dis, 1/29/2016
  • In reply to letter re: Inability of polymerase chain reaction, pyrosequencing, and culture of infected and uninfected site skin biopsy specimens to identify the cause ...  
    Talan DA, Crisp JG, Moran GJ, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Patient willingness to participate in a U.S. randomized controlled
    trial for nonoperative management of uncomplicated appendicitis., J Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2015
  • Skin and skin structure infections in the emergency department: who gets admitted?
    Khachatryan A, Patel D, Stephens J, Johnson K, Patel A, Talan D, Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2014
  • A randomized, double-blind trial of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. placebo for patients with an incised and drained cutaneous abscess.
    Talan DA, Mower WR, Abrahamian FM, et al, Abstracts of the IDWeek Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Have Matters Come to a Head? 
    San Diego, CA - 1/1/2016
  • Non-Operative Management of Appendicitis 
    Seattle, WA - 1/1/2016
  • Update on Infectious Diseases 
    Seattle, WA - 1/1/2016
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Other

  • Sepsis Coding: Learn Documentation Improvement Techniques to Ensure Accurate Coding. 
    Gold RS, Avery J, Ball J, Talan DA, HCPro Audio Conference
    1/29/2012
  • Challenging clinical cases in adult immunization: focus on MRSA. 
    Deresinski SC, Liu C, Talan DA, Vindico Medical Education
    1/1/2009
  • Clinical update on the use of moxifloxacin for the emergency medicine specialist. Monograph 
    Abrahamian FA, Moran GJ, Talan DA, et al, Gardiner-Caldwell, US
    1/14/2007
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Press Mentions

  • Avoid Surgery and Hospitalization: Study Finds That Antibiotics Can Treat Appendicitis
    Avoid Surgery and Hospitalization: Study Finds That Antibiotics Can Treat AppendicitisAugust 27th, 2022
  • Outpatient Antibiotic Management of Appendicitis Feasible for Selected Adults
    Outpatient Antibiotic Management of Appendicitis Feasible for Selected AdultsJuly 18th, 2022
  • Outpatient Antibiotic Management Safe for Select Adults with Acute Appendicitis
    Outpatient Antibiotic Management Safe for Select Adults with Acute AppendicitisJuly 8th, 2022
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Grant Support

  • Emergency ID NET StudyCenters For Disease Control And Prevention2011–2012
  • Emergency ID NET StudyNational Center For Infectious Diseases (Ncid)2006–2010