Danny Cheng, a 2009 graduate of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), is among the physicians who appear in the critically acclaimed film, Code Black, which will be shown September 5–12 at the Kahala Theatres. Cheng works in the emergency department at The Queen’s Medical Center.
“Acting as the chief of Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Emergency Medicine residency, Dr. Cheng exemplifies exactly what JABSOM instills in us during our training,” said Los Angeles emergency room third-year resident Darragh O’Carroll, a 2012 JABSOM graduate. “Being a third-year resident at LAC+USC, I am extremely proud of this movie, and extremely proud of the values and knowledge that JABSOM has given every alumnus of this terrific medical school.”
More about Code Black
Code Black follows a dedicated team of charismatic, young doctors-in-training as they wrestle openly with both their ideals and with the realities of saving lives in a complex and overburdened healthcare system.
Their training ground and source of inspiration is “C-Booth,” Los Angeles County Hospital’s legendary trauma bay, where “more people have died and more people have been saved than any other square footage in the United States.”
Code Black offers a tense, doctor’s-eye view into America’s only 24/7 safety net.
The film has received the Los Angeles and The Hamptom’s Film Festival’s best documentary award, and the Denver Starz and the Aspen FilmFest’s audience award.
