Elaine Hua Situ-LaCasse, MD

Dr. Situ-LaCasse was born and raised in Phoenix. She moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona for her undergraduate studies and never left, staying for medical school, her residency and her fellowship.

She became a faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine in 2017, with a focus on emergency ultrasound education, and is a core faculty member of the University Campus Emergency Medicine Residency Program. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Situ-LaCasse is also the intersessions course director and advises emergency medicine-bound fourth-year medical students.

She is a current National Foundation of Emergency Medicine scholar in the foundation's Scholars and Mentors Program.

Outside of work, she loves spending time with her family, eating, cooking, baking and starting arts and crafts projects with the aspiration of eventually completing them.