| Dr. Tharratt is Director of the California Emergency Medical Services Authority. Appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2008, Dr Tharratt is responsible for the strategic vision and leadership of emergency medical services and out of hospital care for California. He has published widely on emergency management issues and the relationship between the medical and veterinary medical disciplines in response to biodefense and emerging zoonotic diseases, including avian influenza. Dr. Tharratt has research interests in emergency management and the integration of health issues into public policy and emergency decision making in both natural and technological disasters.
Dr. Tharratt is formerly medical science Advisor to the California Governors Office of Emergency Services, chief medical consultant to the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and vice chairman of the California Commission on Emergency Medical Services. He previously served for 13 years as Medical Director for Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services and all Sacramento City and County Fire Agencies. Dr. Tharratt was one of two physicians deployed to the World Trade Center Collapse on September 11, 2001 with the Sacramento Urban Search and Rescue Team.
Dr. Tharratt received his MD degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Master of Preventative Veterinary Medicine Degree (Public Health) from the University of California, Davis. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine and Medical Toxicology. He is a Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
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