EMS Update 2010 Faculty
Allen Baldwin
Manager, Operations and Incident Response
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Tracy Beltowski, MSN, CRNP
Trauma Nurse Practitioner
Memorial Medical Center
David A. Bradley, BS, NREMT-P
Education Specialist
VFIS
Roy E. Cox, Jr., D.Ed., EMT-P
Patient Care Coordinator
City of Pittsburgh EMS
R. MacDonald Cunningham, EMT-P
City of Pittsburgh EMS
Bradley Dean, BBA, NREMT-P
Assistant Regional Emergency Response Coordinator
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Beverly A. Dickson-Lewandowski, RN, ADN, PHRN, CLNC
CEO
BDL Medical Legal Consulting Services
Erica Diethorn, RN
Psychiatric Emegency Nurse
UPMC Mercy
Scott Dolan, EMT-P
EMS Specialist
UPMC Prehospital Care
Chris Ebright, B.Ed., NREMT-P
EMS Training Program Director
MedCorp Training and Education Center
R. Scott Everitt, EMT-P
District Chief, Bureau of EMS
City of Pittsburgh
Raquel M. Forsythe, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery & Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Karen Glass, BSN, PHRN
Flight Nurse
Allegheny General Hospital—LifeFlight
Francis X. Guyette, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Lisa Hollett, RN, BSN, MA, MICN
Division of Trauma Acute Care & Critical Care Surgery
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Tudor G. Jovin, MD
Program Director
UPMC Stroke Institute
Richard Kaufman, MBA, EMT-P
EMS Specialist
UPMC Prehospital Care
Dean R. Kelble, Jr., EMT-P
Paramedic
Penn State Hershey Life Lion EMS
Robert W. Kelly, MD
Trauma Surgeon
Allegheny General Hospital
Skip Kirkwood, MS, JD, EMT-P, EFO, CMO
Chief, Emergency Medical Services
Wake County Department of EMS
Jason Kodat, MD, EMT-P
Resident Physician
Allegheny General Hospital
David W. Lindell, MS, NREMT-P
EMS Program Coordinator
Allegheny General Hospital
Richard W. Lippert, MBA, NREMT-P
EMS Coordinator
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Patricia J. Manni, RN, BSN
West Penn Burn Center
Chris Martin-Gill, MD
EMS Fellow
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Robert McCaughan, BS, EMT-P
Chief
City of Pittsburgh EMS
Jim Morey, NREMT-P, FFII
Owner
Short Track Safety Consulting
Vincent N. Mosesso, Jr., MD, FACEP
Medical Director
UPMC Prehospital Care
David Nitsch, BS, NREMT-P
Program Director, Center for Special Operations
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Paul M. Paris, MD, FACEP
Medical Director
EMS Institute
Richard Patrick, MS, EMT-P, CHS III, ESRSM
Director, Medical First Responder Coordination
Office of Health Affairs—Medical Readiness
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Andrew B. Peitzman, MD
Chief, Division of General Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Erin D. Phrampus, MD, MPH
Attending Physician
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Anthony F. Pizon, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Dwight A. Polk, MSW, NREMT-P
Paramedic Program Director
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Jon Politis, MPA, NREMT-P
Chief
Town of Colonie EMS
Brian Risavi, DO, FACEP, FAAEM, HPDO
Emergency Physician/Regional Medical Director
Hamot Medical Center/EMMCO West
Jon Rittenberger, MD, MS
Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Research Director
University of Pittsburgh
Kimberly R. Roth, MD, MPH
Attending Physician
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Jennifer M. Russell, BS, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P
Paramedic
Skagit County, Washington
Joseph W. Schmider
Director, Bureau of EMS
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Brian Schultz, MD
Attending Physician
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Sandy Smith, BSN, RN-BC
Outreach Coordinator
West Penn Burn Center
Josh Stuart, EMT-P
Paramedic
Medical Rescue Team South Authority
Jenifer A. Swab, EMT-P
Training Coordinator
Ross West View EMS/Rescue
Ashis Tayal, MD
Medical Director
AGH Comprehensive Stroke Center
Jorge R. Varcelotti, MD, FACS
Trauma and Burn Surgeon
UPMC Mercy
Jerome R. Wasek, EMT-P
Crew Chief, Bureau of EMS
City of Pittsburgh