Lars Douglas Ensign MD

Summary

• Dr. Lars Ensign is an emergency medicine specialist based in South Lake Tahoe, CA. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Michigan from 1997 to 2001 after graduating from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Ensign has expertise in emergency medicine and procedural sedation. He has published research on the effect of cocaine use on bone marrow-mediated erythropoiesis in Academic Emergency Medicine, which has been cited four times. He received the FACEP designation from the American College of Emergency Physicians in 2020 stemming from his work on championing emergency department use of nitrous oxide for painful procedures, digital fundoscopy, and development of a pediatric mock code simulation training program. He has experience as a EMS director, emergency department director, and also has served as chairman of the department of medicine. He is currently practicing emergency medicine at the Sierra Nevada Veteran's Hospital in Reno NV.