About
Dr. Manpreet Sidhu’s interest and expertise is in Emergency Medicine. She obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with honors and as a member of the International Society of Scholars from California State University-Fullerton DNP Consortium program. Her primary research focus is mitigating emergency room overcrowding, improving timely access to care, decreasing Emergency Department (ED) throughput and ultimately improving patient outcome.
She spent most of her clinical career in the ED at LAC+USC medical center, where she taught many nurse practitioner and medical students. Her ED time was divided in trauma, medical and orthopedic emergencies, 24-hour medicine hold unit, and 48-hour cardiology hold unit. She was part of the team which pioneered a new ED flow process that included same day appointments for Emergency Severity Index (ESI) category 4-5 patients and other programs to decompress the ED and increase access to primary care. Her doctoral project was developing the first advanced-practice nurse led Rapid Medical Evaluation and Treatment (RMET) program which implemented a novel approach to providing optimal care in a timely manner for patients presenting to the ED. Dr. Sidhu is proud to be teaching at her alma mater in the School of Nursing in UCLA.
Courses
N269: Quality Improvement and Population-Based Quality of Practice
N216B: Adult/Gerontology Concepts for Advanced Practice Nurses in Acute Care
N216C: Adult/Gerontology Concepts for Advanced Practice Nurses in Acute Care
N440: Advanced Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis Practicum
N416A: Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practicum I
N416B: Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practicum II
N416C: Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practicum III
N416D: Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practicum IV
N416E: Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practicum V
Professional Activities | Honors | Awards
2025-Present: California Association of Nurse Practitioners, Educational Affairs Co-Chair
2024-Present: American Academy of Family Physicians
2024-Present: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Gamma Tau at Large Chapter Leadership Succession Committee Member (LSC)
2024-Present: California Indian Nurses Association
2023-Present: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Gamma Tau at Large Chapter UCLA faculty counselor
2023-Present: California Association for Nurse Practitioners (CANP)
2021-2022: Obesity Medicine Association
2017-2019: Phi Beta Delta, Honors Society of International scholars
2019-present: American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP)
2018-2020: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Upsilon Chapter
2018-2020: National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium
2018-present: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
2007- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Medicine Residency Training at LAC-USC Medical Center
2007 - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Acute Care Board Certification
2007 - Essentials of Emergency Medicine, Introductory Ultrasound Course
2005 - present: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Gamma Tau Chapter
Scholarly Papers
2019: Currently in collaboration: Risk stratify chest pain in the urgent care
2019: Doctoral project, Rapid Medical Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Department
Scholarly Presentations | Conferences
March 2025 DNP Thesis: Rapid Medical Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Department, Poster presentation, 47th Annual Educational Conference California Association for Nurse Practitioners
May 2024 DNP Thesis: Rapid Medical Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Department Poster presentation, 20th Annual UCLA Nursing Science and innovation conference, University of California Los Angeles, Covell Commons
November 2020: Rapid Medical Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Department DNP Project Presentation to the DNP cohort-3 students, University of California Los Angeles
October 2019: Rapid Medical Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Department, poster presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International, Sigma SoCal Odyssey Research Conference
April 2019: Rapid Medical Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Department, poster presentation Sigma Theta Tau International Upsilon Chapter, California State University Fullerton
March 2019: Rapid Medical Evaluation and Treatment poster presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International Iota Eta Chapter VA Long Beach Healthcare System
Community Service
2023-2024: Sigma Volunteer at Gamma Tau at Large Chapter
2020-Present: UCLA one Alumni Mentor
2020-2021: Fiver Rivers Heart Association, Medalert/TeleHealth, Rural India
2019: UCLA Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative (BPSHI)
2015: Nurse Practitioner Volunteer Sant Baba Onkar Charitable Hospital, Punjab, India
2015: Nurse Practitioner Volunteer (clinic) Guru Aasra Orphanage Home Punjab, India
2014: Nurse Practitioner Volunteer, Azusa Internal Medicine clinic, Azusa, CA
2004: Registered Nurse Volunteer, Flying Doctors of Mercy, LIGA International, Mexico
Education and Degree(s)
2019 | Doctor of Nursing Practice, California State University, DNP Consortium
2006 | Master of Science in Nursing, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, University of California Los Angeles
2002| Bachelor of Science in Nursing, California State University San Bernardino