Tabitha earned her medical degree from UCLA with multiple honors, including AOA membership, the SAEM Medical Student Excellence Award, California Legislature Assembly Certificate for Outstanding Academic Achievement, and a Certificate of Commendation from the American Medical Women’s Association. Following medical school, Tabitha completed Emergency Medicine residency in the UCLA-Olive View program where she earned recognition with the program’s Medical Student Teaching Award.  Following residency, Tabitha completed two subspecialty fellowship programs – first in EMS and Disaster Medicine at UC San Diego, and then Pediatric Emergency Medicine right here at Harbor-UCLA. Her combination of academic and teaching excellence combined with subject matter expertise in EMS/Disaster and PEM will be a tremendous asset in shaping the Harbor DEM’s future.

Beyond her training, Tabitha brings a variety of real-world clinical, administrative, and operational experiences with her. She has practiced in a variety of clinical settings and locations, including Kaiser, multiple Children’s hospitals, and throughout southern California and in Massachusetts. Tabitha currently serves as the Associate Medical Director for the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care, the Burbank Fire Department’s EMS Medical Director, a Technical Expert for the National EMS Information System, and on multiple national committees with the National Association of EMS Physicians.

Dr. Ogunniyi is an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she has serves as an Associate Program Director and is primarily in charge of the didactic curriculum for the residency program. She also serves as a mentor for the PGY 2 class. She completed her residency training at Harbor-UCLA, followed by a fellowship in Global Health at the same institution, working on projects in rural South Sudan and in Amman, Jordan. Her academic interests are in medical education, simulation, global health, and social emergency medicine, with a goal of integrating these into residency training curricula. At the medical school level, she serves as one of the co-chairs for an unembalmed cadaver lab course at UCLA and is an instructor for various teaching courses. She is also a mentor to fourth year students looking to pursue a career in Emergency Medicine. In addition, she is an active member of various departmental, hospital, and medical school committees, including the departmental Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee and the International and Domestic Health Equity and Leadership (IDHEAL) section at UCLA. Dr. Ogunniyi is also adjunct faculty at the Charles Drew University School of Medicine and serves as a preceptor to third year medical students. She has also been an invited speaker to both national and international conferences and author of several book chapters and peer reviewed publications.

Dr. Jennifer Roh, the newly appointed Medical Director of the Harbor-UCLA Adult Emergency Department, brings over five years of leadership experience from UC Irvine Emergency Medicine, where she held key positions, including Medical Director of ED Observation, Associate ED Medical Director, and Quality Improvement Director. Notably, she successfully established a novel geriatric emergency medicine program and achieved Gold Level 1 Geriatric ED Accreditation through the American College of Emergency Physicians. She also founded the first emergency medicine administration fellowship at UCI and implemented multiple educational, quality and process improvement initiatives.

A board certified Emergency Medicine physician and dedicated educator, Dr. Roh has practiced in a variety of clinical settings and has mentored a diverse group of medical students, residents, and fellows throughout her career. She has given lectures locally, nationally and internationally and has written multiple journal articles and book chapters. Beyond clinical and educational roles, she has previously served as an executive medical director and consultant, providing strategic leadership to emergency medicine systems seeking to enhance their operations, regulatory compliance and quality of care.

With a commitment to global health, Dr. Roh has practiced in multiple countries, broadening her perspective on healthcare delivery and fueling her interest in medical administration and systems improvement, especially in underserved and vulnerable communities. Dr. Roh is a Yale Emergency Medicine residency graduate and former chief resident. She then completed an administration fellowship at UCLA and later obtained an MBA, further enhancing her expertise in healthcare leadership.

As Medical Director at Harbor-UCLA, Dr. Roh is dedicated to making substantial contributions to the department and the broader healthcare community, continuing her mission to enhance patient care and to improve patient centered outcomes.

As a retired Naval Captain with the experience of multiple war-time deployments and as a current Emergency Medicine Physician working at a large county trauma center, Dr. David Tanen is dedicated to providing the best care to Harbor-UCLA’s patients. As a clinical researcher and chair of a large IRB, he has published over 65 peer reviewed articles and 35 textbook chapters with multiple studies on pediatric fever, pain reduction, treatments of acute poisonings or envenomations, and antidotes for chemical threats, and worked with colleagues to push the frontiers of emergency care.

Kabir Yadav, MDCM, MS, MSHS, FACEP, is the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs and an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at UCLA. He completed emergency medicine residency at Kings County Hospital Center/ SUNY Downstate Medical Center, followed by a clinical research fellowship at Jacobi Medical Center with a Masters in Clinical Research Methods. After completing a NIH KL2 Career Development Award and a Masters in Translational Science at GW, he became one of the first board-certified clinical informaticists in the country. He is core faculty at the UCLA CTSI for both the Community Engaged Research Program, and Biomedical Informatics. He has been funded through PCORI, NIH, CDC, and foundations to leverage technology and implementation science to perform collaborative health services research focused on improving patient and provider decision making, and partners with community to do mutually meaningful research with an emphasis on social determinants of health.

Dr. Bosson is the Medical Director for the Los Angeles County EMS Agency. She is an Associate Clinical Professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and faculty and EMS fellowship director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA. She is board certified in EMS Medicine and is actively involved in EMS research, education, and policy development. Her research is focused on regional systems of care for time-critical emergencies. She regularly instructs at the J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute. Dr. Bosson is also a certified Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Medical Team Manager. She deployed with CA-TF2/USA2 to the Nepal, Mexico City and Turkey earthquakes.

Jennifer Fang, MD, MS is a physician informaticist with the DHS Enterprise Clinical Informatics team and a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from UCSD and medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, she completed an Emergency Medicine residency and served as Chief Resident at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Fang then completed fellowships in Medical Education and Clinical Informatics and a Master of Science in Clinical Research at UCLA. Dr. Fang serves as the faculty lead for the medical student Informatics and Data Science Discovery Year.

Dr. Patel is the Medical Director of the J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute at the Los Angeles County EMS Agency. He grew up in Kenya, where he was involved in rescue efforts during the US Embassy Bombing in 1998, before going on to obtain his undergraduate and masters degree from Oxford University in the UK. He subsequently moved to the United States and obtained his medical degree at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has a wide array of post-graduate clinical experience working in inner city training hospitals, private practice, as well as more underserved rural areas and continues practicing clinically. He is board-certified in both Emergency Medicine and EMS, and holds advanced training from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 

Dr Patel serves as the lead physician and a certified Medical Team Manager for the Los Angeles County Fire Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) Team, one of only two FEMA teams in the country that embarks on international operations on behalf of the US Government. He deployed with the team to the Mexico Earthquake in 2017 and the Türkiye Earthquake in 2023.   

He is passionate about clinical education, non-pharmacological approaches to health and longevity, and holds a wide range of experience in international health.