UCI physicians to attend emergency management summit

UC Irvine emergency medicine physicians Tareg Bey, Kristi Koenig (pictured) and Carl Schultz will attend the second annual National Emergency Management Summit in Washington, D.C., Feb. 3 – 5. The summit is the nation’s leading forum on medical preparation and response to disasters, epidemics and terrorism. Koenig, co-director of Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship, UC Irvine School of Medicine, will lead a special half-day session on hospital surge capacity and what medical professionals should be doing to prepare for disaster.