RickA.McPheetersDO

Emergency Medicine • Bakersfield, CA

Professor and Vice Chair Emergency Medicine UCLA. Chief of Emergency Medicine Kern Medical

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Office
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306
Phone+1 661-326-2000

Fax+1 661-326-2100
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Education & Training

Kern Medical CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1997 - 2000
Kern Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the PacificClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

CA State License 1997 - 2025
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine

Clinical Trials

A Double Blind Randomized Controlled of Placebo and Nebulized Lidocaine for Migraine Headache Start of enrollment: 2002 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Primary Mpox and Secondary Syphilis in an HIV Patient: A Community Hospital Experience.
Geocel-Grace Castanares, Carlos D'Assumpcao, Michelle Fang, Rick McPheeters, Arash Heidari> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2023 Apr 13
3 citations
A Fatal Case of Penile Calciphylaxis.
Carlos D'Assumpcao, Rupam Sharma, Addie Bugas, Arash Heidari, Rick A McPheeters, Shahab Hillyer> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2022 Feb 25
9 citations
A Case and Review of Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Oestrus ovis in the Central Valley of California, United States.
Carlos D'Assumpcao, Addie Bugas, Arash Heidari, Sandra Sofinski, Rick A McPheeters> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2019 Jan 1
3 citations
Radial Arterial Lines Have a Higher Failure Rate than Femoral.
Matthew R. Greer, Scott Carney, Rick A McPheeters, Phillip Aguiniga, Stephanie Rubio, Jason Lee> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018 Feb 20
7 citations
Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck
Jagdipak Heer, Rick A McPheeters, Asha Eryn Atwell, Phillip Aguiniga, Jason Blake> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015 Sep 1
Erratum: This article corrects: "Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck".
Jagdipak Heer, Rick A McPheeters, Asha Eryn Atwell, Phillip Aguiniga, Jason Blake> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015 Jan 1
9 citations
Cervical ectopic pregnancy.
Jag S Heer, Denver K Chao, Rick A McPheeters> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012 Feb 1
1 citations
Raccoon eyes.
Rick A McPheeters, Sommer White, Adria Winter> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2010 Feb 1
7 citations
Counter-Point: Frequent Users of the Emergency Department: Meeting Society's Needs.
Rick A McPheeters> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2009 Jan 1
1 citations
Chemical pneumonitis from hydrocarbon aspiration.
Keimanh Pham, James Sverchek, Rick A McPheeters> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2008 Aug 1
1 citations
Adaptation of Predictive Models to PDA Hand-Held Devices.
Edward J. Lin, Thomas B. Purcell, Rick A McPheeters> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2008 Jan 1
3 citations
Rapid oral loading of carbamazepine in the emergency department.
Thomas B. Purcell, Rick A McPheeters, Matthew Feil, Robert Chavez> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2007 Aug 1
2 citations
Reentrant supraventricular tachycardia in a pediatric trauma patient masquerading as a cardiac contusion.
Christopher Bradbum, Ryan Westfall, Rick A McPheeters> ;The California Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2005 Jan 1
4 citations
Fatal pulmonary embolism in a 10-year old with nephrotic syndrome.
Rick A McPheeters, Thomas B. Purcell, Donald L Snyder, Ronald T Peterson> ;The California Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2003 Apr 1
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