2026 National EMS Medical Directors Course and Practicum
Course Directors:
Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, NRP – Medical Director, Los Angeles County EMS Agency; EMS Fellowship Director, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California Los Angeles
Andra Farcas, MD – EMS Medical Director; Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Andrew McCoy, MD – EMS Medical Director, Shoreline Fire Department and American Medical Response Puget Sound; EMS Fellowship Director, Assistant Professor, University of Washington
FACULTY
Jeff Beeson, DO, FAEMS – Medical Director, Texas Task Force; Vice President of Clinical Partnerships, Assistant Professor, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Sabina Braithwaite, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS – Medical Director, Patient Flow & Utilization Management, VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System
Catherine R. Counts, PhD, MHA, FAEMS – Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Remle P. Crowe, PhD, NREMT – Director of Research, ESO
Joelle Donofrio-Ödmann, DO – EMS Medical Director, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, City of San Diego; Associate Professor, University of California San Diego
Maia Dorsett, MD, PhD, FAEMS – EMS Medical Director, Gates Volunteer Ambulance Company, Medical Director, Prodigy EMS; Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
Robert Dunne, MD – EMS Medical Director, Chief Medical Consultant, City of Detroit; Ems Fellowship Director, Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine
William Fales, MD, FAEMS, FACEP – State Medical Director, Michigan; Professor and Chief, Division of EMS, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Francis X. Guyette, MD, MS, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS – Medical Director, STAT MedEvac; Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Ameera Haamid, MD, FAEMS – Associate EMS Medical Director, Chicago South EMS System; Assistant Professor, The University of Chicago
Paul Hinchey, MD, MBA – Chief Operating Officer, University Hospitals Cleveland
Eric Jaeger, JD, NRP, EMS IC – EMS Educator, True North Group
Lekshmi Kumar, MD, MPH, FAEMS – Medical Director, Grady EMS; Associate Professor, Emory University
Douglas F. Kupas, MD, NRP, FAEMS – Commonwealth EMS Medical Director, Pennsylvania, Medical Director, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, EMS Medical Director, Geisinger EMS; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Temple University
Michael Levy, MD, FAEMS, FACEP, FACP – Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director, Anchorage Fire Department, Medical Director, Office of EMS State of AK
Kevin Mackey, MD, FAEMS, NRP – EMS Medical Director, Sacramento Regional Fire Services;
Megan Marino, MD – Director and EMS Medical Director, New Orleans EMS
Nee-Kofi Mould Millman, MD, PhD — Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Paul Misasi, PhD, NRP – Assistant Director Academic Center for Excellence, Academic Systems Analyst, Assistant Professor, Cl, KANSASCOM
Brent Myers, MD, MPH, FAEMS – Chief Medical Officer, ESO
Jerry L. Overton, MPA – President, International Academies of Emergency Dispatch
David Page, NRP — Director of EMS Education, EMS CORP
Ashish R. Panchal, MD, PhD, FAEMS – Research and Fellowship Director, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University
Ed Racht, MD – Chief Medical Officer, Global Medical Response
Ritu Sahni, MD, MPH, FAEMS – EMS Medical Director, Clackamas and Washington Counties, Oregon.
David E. Slattery, MD – Deputy Chief and EMS Medical Director, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue; Professor and Research Director, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada Las Vegas
David K. Tan, MD, FAEMS – Chief Medical Officer & Medical Director, St. Charles County Ambulance District; Professor, Washington University
Katie L. Tataris, MD, MPH – EMS Medical Director, Chicago South EMS System; Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Rickquel P. Tripp, MD, MPH – EMS Medical Director; Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Stacy N. Weisberg, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS – EMS Medical Director; Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Chelsea C. White IV, MD, NRP – Director, Center for Rural and Tribal EMS, EMS Medical Director; Associate Professor, University of New Mexico
Scott T. Youngquist, MD, MS, FACEP, FAEMS, FAHA – Chief Medical Officer Salt Lake City Fire Department; Professor and EMS Section Chief, University of Utah