Federico Vaca MD, MPH

Professor of Emergency Medicine and in the Child Study Center; Senior Research Faculty

Biographical Info

Dr. Vaca is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and in the Child Study Center. He is also a Senior Research Faculty in the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Vaca previously served as a Medical Fellow for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in Washington, D.C. Prior to his arrival to Yale's School of Medicine, he founded and directed the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine’s Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research and received the California Office of Traffic Safety’s Achievement Award. His research funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development focused on adolescent development and behaviors that influence the risk of motor vehicle crash morbidity and mortality. He has served on several national expert panels directed by the National Academies of Science and the Transportation Research Board, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Safe States Alliance (previously knonwn as the State Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association), and the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Dr. Vaca serves as member of the Executive Board and the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. He is also a member of the National Hispanic Science Network.

Education & Training

M.D.

Creighton University School of Medicine (1992)

M.P.H.

University of California at Los Angeles (2002)

Resident

University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Emergency Medicine (1992 - 1995)

Fellow

U.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Fellow

University of California-San Diego, Family and Preventive Medicine - Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine (1995 - 1996)

Board Certification

Emergency Medicine, Board Certified  (2006)

Board Certification

Sports Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Board Certified  (2006)

Honors & Recognition

• California State Traffic Safety Achievement Award
  California Office of Traffic Safety (2007)
• AAMC, Humanism in Medicine Award
  Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), University of California, Irvine-School of Medicine (2005)
• National Honorary Society in Public Health, Delta Omega
  (2002)