FACULTY and KEY PARTICIPANTS:

Consortium of U.S. Metropolitan Municipalities EMS Medical Directors and Key Medical Officers for Federal Security Service Agencies --List of the Core Group, Associate Members, and Also Special Faculty for the February 24^th - February 27^th, 2010 Eagles Coalition Meetings, Dallas, Texas, USA

U.S. Metropolitan Municipalities EMS Medical Directors

New York City

David J. Prezant, MD – Chief Medical Officer, Fire Department of New York, Office of Medical Affairs and Co-Director, World Trade Center Monitoring and Treatment Programs; Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, NY

John P. Freese, MD – Medical Director for Training for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and EMS Medical Director for On-Line Medical Control; Director of Prehospital Research, FDNY; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital and New York University College of Medicine, New York City, NY

Bradley J. Kaufman, MD, MPH – Medical Director for Quality Assurance and Pre-Arraignment Screening for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY); Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY

City of Los Angeles:

Marc Eckstein, MD, MPH – Medical Director, Los Angeles Fire Department; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

City of Chicago:

Paula J. Willoughby-DeJesus, DO, MHPE – Former Assistant Commissioner and Medical Director, Chicago Fire Department; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago; Past National President, American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians

City of Houston:

David E. Persse, MD – Physician Director, City of Houston EMS and Public Heath Authority, City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services; Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine; and Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, TX

City of Phoenix:

John V. Gallagher, MD – EMS Medical Director, City of Phoenix Fire Department; Base Hospital Medical Director, St. Lukes Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

City of Philadelphia:

C. Crawford Mechem, MD – Medical Director, City of Philadelphia EMS, Philadelphia Fire Department; Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

City of San Antonio:

Craig A. Manifold, DO - EMS Medical Director for San Antonio Fire; Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Health Sciences Department, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

City of San Diego:

James V. Dunford, MD – Medical Director, City of San Diego EMS; Professor of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Department of Emergency Medicine, the University of California, San Diego,CA

City of Dallas:

S. Marshal Isaacs, MD – Medical Director, City of Dallas Fire-Rescue Department; Professor of Surgery / Emergency Medicine, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX

City of San Francisco:

Karl A. Sporer, MD – Medical Director, EMS, San Francisco Fire Department EMS; Clinical Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and Attending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA.

City of Indianapolis:

Michael L. Olinger, MD – Medical Director, City of Indianapolis EMS and Indianapolis Motor Speed Way; Director, Division of Out-of-Hospital Care, Department of Emergency Medicine, and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

City of Columbus:

David P. Keseg, MD - Medical Director, Columbus (Ohio) Division of Fire. Chief Development Officer, Premier Health Care Services; Clinical Instructor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

City of Austin:

Paul R. Hinchey, MD, MBA – Medical Director, City of Austin/Travis County EMS; Austin, TX

City of Fort Worth:

John K. Griswell, MD – Medical Director, MedStar (City of Forth Worth EMS), Ft Worth, TX

City of Memphis:

Joe E. Holley, MD – Medical Director, Memphis Fire Department EMS, City of Memphis and surrounding Shelby County; Memphis, TN

City of Charlotte:

Thomas H. Blackwell, MD – Medical Director, Mecklenburg County EMS Agency; Medical Director, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport; and Director, Center for Prehospital Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

 
City of Boston:

K. Sophia Dyer, MD, Medical Director, City of Boston Public Safety (EMS, Fire & Police); Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

City of El Paso:

James R. (Randy) Loflin, MD – Medical Director, City of El Paso EMS; Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX

City of Milwaukee:

Ronald G. Pirrallo, MD - EMS Medical Director, City and County of Milwaukee; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

City of Seattle:

Michael K. Copass, MD – Medical Director, Seattle Medic I Program, City of Seattle EMS, Seattle Fire Department; Professor of Medicine and Neurology, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

City of Nashville:

Corey M. Slovis, MD – Medical Director, Nashville EMS, Nashville Fire Department; Medical Director, Nashville International Airport; Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

City of Denver:

Christopher B. Colwell, MD - Medical Director, Denver Paramedic Division and Denver Fire Department; Associate Professor, Surgery/Emergency Medicine, The University of Colorado at Denver, School of Medicine; Associate Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center; Denver, CO

Washington, D.C.

James J. Augustine, MD – Immediate-Past Medical Director and Assistant Fire Chief, District of Columbia Fire-EMS; Medical Director, Airport Fire-Rescue, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton OH

Louisville, KY:

Neal J. Richmond, MD – Chief Executive Officer, Louisville Metro EMS; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville Medical Center, Louisville, KY

City of Portland:

Jonathan Jui, MD, MPH – EMS Medical Director, Multnomah County, Oregon (includes Cities of Portland and Gresham and the Portland International Airport; Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

Cities of Tulsa and Oklahoma City:

Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD – Associate Medical Director, Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) System and First Responder Network for Tulsa and Oklahoma City; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Oklahoma, College of Community Medicine, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK

City of Tucson:

Terence D. Valenzuela, MD, MPH - Medical Director, Tucson Fire Department, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

City of Kansas City:

Joseph A. Salomone, MD – Medical Director, Kansas City Missouri EMS; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine and Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MO

City of Cleveland:

Thomas E. Collins, MD – Medical Director, City of Cleveland EMS, Cleveland, OH

City of Miami:

Kathleen S. Schrank, MD, FACEP, FACP - Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; EMS Medical Director, City of Miami Fire Rescue and Village of Key Biscayne Fire Rescue; Emergency Medicine Core Faculty, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

 
City of Minneapolis:

Marc R. Conterato, MD – Assistant Medical Director, Joint Minneapolis EMS System and Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Minneapolis Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

City of Raleigh:

J. Brent Myers, MD, MPH – Director, Raleigh / Wake County EMS System, Raleigh NC; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

City of Honolulu:

Elizabeth A. (Libby) Char, MD – Director of Emergency Services Department, City and County of Honolulu; Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu HI

City of Cincinnati:

Donald A. Locasto, MD - EMS Medical Director, City of Cincinnati Fire Department; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

City of New Orleans:

Jullette M. Saussy, MD - Director of EMS, City of New Orleans; Clinical Instructor, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, LA 

City of St. Paul:
Ralph J. (RJ) Frascone, MD – Medical Director, Regions Hospital Emergency Medical Services and Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Minneapolis Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 

City of Orlando:

George A. Ralls, MD – Medical Director, Orlando - Orange County EMS System; Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Florida State University School of Medicine, Orlando Campus, and Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL

City of Richmond:

Joseph P. Ornato, MD – Medical Director, Richmond Ambulance Authority, City of Richmond EMS; Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and Chair of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Global Metropolitan Municipalities EMS Medical Directors

 
London, UK

Fionna P. Moore, MD – Medical Director, London Ambulance Service, London, England, UK

Toronto, Canada

Brian Schwartz, MD – Senior Director, Sunnybrook Osler Centre for Prehospital Care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Scientific Advisor, Emergency Medical Unit, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care; Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine. University of Toronto; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 
Vancouver, Canada

Karen P. Wanger, MD – Regional Medical Director, Vancouver and Lower Mainland British Columbia Ambulance Service; Medical Director, Whistler Fire and Rescue, Whistler BC; and Clinical Associate Professor, Departments Family Practise and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Federal Agency Medical Directors / Medical Officers

Federal Bureau of Investigation:

William P. Fabbri, MD – Medical Officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Washington DC

United States Secret Service:

Nelson Tang, MD – Medical Director, United States Secret Service, U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms & Explosives; Chief Medical Officer, Center for Law Enforcement Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

The White House Medical Unit

Jeffrey C. Kuhlman, MD, MPH – Captain, U.S. Navy; White House Medical Director, and Chief White House Physician, Washington, DC

Ronny L. Jackson, MD – Commander, U.S. Navy; Deputy Director and Senior White House Physician, Washington, DC

Richard J. Tubb, MD – Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force, MC, CFS; The White House, Washington, DC

The White House National Security Staff

David "Marco" Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, Director, All-Hazards Medical Preparedness Policy,

White House National Security Staff, Washington, DC 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Kevin Yeskey, MD – Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Alexander G. Garza, MD, MPH – Assistant Secretary and Chief Medical Officer, Office of Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

Robert M. Davis – Director, External Affairs, Office of Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

American Medical Association:

J. James Rohack, MD - President, American Medical Association, Chicaogo, IL

ACEP-NAEMSP-NAEMSO:

Angela F. Gardner, MD –President, American College of Emergency Physicians; Dallas (Irving) TX

Dean Wilkerson, JD, MBA, CAE – Executive Director, American College of Emergency Physicians; Dallas (Irving) TX

Robert E. Suter, DO – Past-President World Federation of Emergency Medicine, Past-National President, American College of Emergency Physicians and Past-Chair, Emergency Medicine Foundation, Dallas, TX

Eric W. Ossmann, MD –Chair, American College of Emergency Physicians Committee on EMS; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Prehospital Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Robert E. O’Connor, MD, MPH – Past-President, National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and Co-Editor-in-Chief, NAEMSP Core Textbook; “Emergency Medical Services: Clinical Practice and Systems Oversight"; Immediate Past-President (2008-2009), Advocates for EMS; Past Chair, Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, American Heart Association; Co-Director, American College of Emergency Physicians Advanced EMS Medical Directors Course; Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Peter P. Taillac, MD - EMS Medical Director, Bureau of EMS and Preparedness, Utah Department of Health; Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION:

Michael C. Bell – Executive Vice President for Emergency Cardiovascular Care Programs, American Heart Association National Center, Dallas, TX

Jo Haag, RN, MSN – Director of Global Training, Emergency Cardiovascular Care Programs, American Heart Association National Center, Dallas, TX

Brian Eigel, PhD – Director of Science, National Emergency Cardiovascular Care Programs, American Heart Association National Center, Dallas, TX

SPECIAL GUEST FACULTY:

Jeffrey J. Clawson, M.D. - Chair - Board of Certification, National Academies of Emergency Dispatch Board of Trustees, National Academies of Emergency Dispatch, Medical Director – Research & Standards, Priority Dispatch Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT

Lori Moore-Merrell, DrPH, MPH, EMT-P – Assistant to the General President, International Association of Fire Fighters, Washington DC

Jeffrey K. Beeson, DO – Associate Medical Director, MedStar (City of Forth Worth EMS) and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery/Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Parkland Health and Hospital System; Ft Worth, TX

Raymond L. Fowler, MD – The First Eagle; Past-President and Co-Founder, National Association of EMS Physicians; Inaugural National Program Director, International Trauma Life SupportÓ; Professor, Surgery/Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Parkland Health and Hospital System; Deputy Medical Director for Operations, the Dallas Metropolitan BioTel (EMS) System, Dallas TX

Ronald D. Stewart, OC, ONS, BA, BSc, MD, DSc

Director, Medical Humanities and Professor of Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesia

Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS CANADA

Eagles Host and Program Coordinator:

Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH – Director, City of Dallas Medical Emergency Services (for Public Safety, Public Health and Homeland Security); Medical Director, Dallas Metropolitan BioTel (EMS) System; Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Public Health and Chair, Emergency Medicine, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX