Hospital Procedures Consultants

Experienced doctors teaching Hospitalist & Emergency Procedures CME courses covering the 20 most common procedures for the ICU, ER, & the wards.

Hands-on skills labs using simulation manikins & over 3 hours of ultrasound training. Courses limited to 48. Faculty:

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP - Dr. Esherick is the Director of Medicine, hospitalist and ICU attending at the Ventura County Medical Center. He is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He received his medical degree

from Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, and completed a family practice residency at the Ventura County Medical Center, California. He is board certified in family medicine and the author of the Tarascon Primary Care Pocketbook, Tarascon Hospital Medicine Pocketbook, Tarascon Medical Procedures Pocketbook, Tarascon Internal Medicine Pocketbook, Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care, Procedures: Hospital Collection iPhone App, and numerous medical reference cards. He was the creator and lead instructor of the Hospitalist Procedures course for the National Procedures Institute between 2005 - 2011. He is now one of the lead instructors for Hospital Procedures Consultants. He is also an expert reviewer for the Medical Board of California and an editorial board member for Tarascon Publishing. Richard Rutherford, M.D., FAAFP - Dr. Rutherford graduated with honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 2001 and went on to Ventura County Medical Center in California for his Family Practice internship and residency. He was a faculty member of the Stanislaus Family Practice Residency where he practiced and supervised residents in outpatient family medicine, obstetrical deliveries, and inpatient/ intensive care. He is an attending physician in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care at Ventura County Medical Center. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. His professional skills include a variety of emergency and intensive care procedures, including fracture/ dislocation reduction, airway management, chest thoracostomy and thoracentesis, vascular access, lumbar puncture, point of care ultrasound use, and procedural sedation. Dr. Rutherford is one of the lead instructors for Hospital Procedures Consultants