Rate My Professor Carl Chudnofksy

Carl Richard Chudnofsky, MD, serves as Chair and Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). He also holds the position of Interim Chair of the Department of Radiology. Chudnofsky joined USC in 2000 after serving as an attending emergency physician at UMass Medical Center in Worcester for three years, followed by roles at the University of Michigan and the Einstein Hospital Network in Philadelphia. Earlier in his career, he completed medical training including residency in Cincinnati after attending George Washington University School of Medicine and earning a bachelor's degree from Clark University in 1981.

Chudnofsky's scholarly work centers on emergency medicine, with a focus on procedural sedation and analgesia, trauma triage, residency and fellowship training, and management of acute conditions in the emergency department. He has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, including "The safety of fentanyl use in the emergency department" (1989, Annals of Emergency Medicine), "Social deprivation among patients in the emergency department" (2001, Journal of Urban Health), "A randomized comparison of helium-oxygen mixture (Heliox) and racemic epinephrine for the treatment of moderate to severe croup" (2001, Pediatrics), "Costs and Benefits of Initial Certification for Emergency Medicine Residency Graduates" (2019, Journal of Graduate Medical Education), and recent contributions such as "Early validity and reliability evidence for the American Board of Emergency Medicine Virtual Oral Examination" (2023, AEM Education and Practice). He has been a key contributor to annual American Board of Emergency Medicine reports on residency and fellowship training information from 2016 to 2022. Recognized as a Top Doctor in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2020, Chudnofsky leads a department committed to excellence in emergency care, training the next generation of physicians, and addressing disparities in healthcare delivery for diverse patient populations in high-volume urban emergency departments.