Meet Dr. Austin

 
 

Dr. Andrea Austin is an emergency physician, simulation educator and coach. She is an educator and consultant on topics related to emergency medicine, simulation, medical education, military medicine, veterans health and equity in healthcare.

Dr. Austin graduated medical school from the University of Iowa. She completed emergency medicine residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD). In 2016, she deployed to Iraq as part of a Shock Trauma Platoon. She returned to NMCSD and was the Assistant Program Director and Simulation Director of the Emergency Medicine residency program.

She was the first female emergency medicine physician to be stationed at Navy Trauma Training Center (NTTC) at LA County + USC, one of the busiest trauma centers in the United States. As the emergency medicine physician and simulation director at NTTC, she trained hundreds of military medical personnel in the latest trauma advances to prepare them to provide medical care in austere environments. 

 

Dr. Austin has completed a Certificate in Foundations in Health Professions Education from the Uniformed Services University. She also is a certified Healthcare Simulation Educator®, granted by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Dr. Austin works in Southern California as a simulation educator and emergency physician.

She is an ardent advocate for physician well-being. Dr. Austin is a contributing author to The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 4. This book gives an intimate glimpse into the lives of women doctors through their stories of navigating gender bias, failure, sacrifice, and triumphs.

 
 
 

Speaking topics

 
 

Simulation:

  1. Building a simulation program

  2. Debriefs

  3. Stress inoculation

  4. In situ simulations (sims in the clinical space)

  5. Interdisciplinary simulations

Military medicine:

  1. From the battlefield to the trauma center

  2. Deployment preparation for the mind and body

  3. Resiliency

  4. Caring for veterans

 

Gender Equity

  1. Men as allies, sponsors and mentors

  2. Women in medicine groups: why and how?

  3. Responding to microagressions

 
 
 
 
 

Covid-19

 
 


COVID-19 is an unparalleled time in history. Dr. Austin has been interviewed by the media on her experiences as an emergency physician during the pandemic.

Andrea Austin, an emergency room physician, at her home in San Diego, Calif. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Sandy Huffaker for The Washington Post)

Andrea Austin, an emergency room physician, at her home in San Diego, Calif. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Sandy Huffaker for The Washington Post)