About
Dr. Wittenberg is the Medical Director of the Emergency Department and a national oral board examiner. He has 17+ years experience as a practicing emergency physician at both a major tertiary care center and a smaller community hospital ER. Dr. Wittenberg provides consultation for chart reviews, expert witness depositions, and testimony. Dr. Wittenberg is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP). Dr. Wittenberg graduated from Temple University School of Medicine and completed his residency at Los Angeles County - USC Hospital. He currently works in Long Beach, California at a 100,000 visit per year ER and also has experience at a community hospital seeing 30,000 visits per year. Dr. Wittenberg serves as the Chair of the Quality Committee for the health system's Physician Society, as well as being significantly involved with the health system's sepsis program development and the system's emergency department best practice team. He has been recognized for excellence in teaching with awards from two residency programs.