Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD

At the time of her passing on August 1, 2024, Dr. Kaji was senior advisor for academic development at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and a professor of clinical emergency medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

A Harvard College graduate, she earned her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson Medical College. Her extensive training included an emergency medicine residency and research/disaster medicine fellowship at Harbor-UCLA, where she also completed an MPH and a doctorate in epidemiology from UCLA School of Public Health. 
Dr. Kaji authored hundreds of published works and was a methodological and statistical editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine and JAMA Surgery. In addition, she edited the 9th edition of Rosen's Emergency Medicine and co-authored the first edition of the study guide, Emergency Medicine Board Review. Her three-book series, The Kaji Review, remains a valuable educational resource for emergency medicine students, residents, and attending physicians.