Course Directors
Christie Fritz
EMS Division Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Caitlin Farrell
Director, EMS and Prehospital Care, Boston Children’s Hospital
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Stephen Thomas
Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Faculty
FACULTY
Paul D. Biddinger, MD, FACEP
Chief Preparedness and Continuity Officer, Mass General Brigham
Chief of the Division of Emergency Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mass General Brigham Ann L. Prestipino MPH Endowed Chair, Division of Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital
Matt Bivens, MD
Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Attending Physician, St. Luke’s Hospital
EMS Medical Director, St. Luke’s Hospital
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, FAEMS
Medical Director, Los Angeles County EMS Agency
Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
EMS Fellowship Director, Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA
Instructor, J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute
Jonathan Burstein, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Emergency Department Quality, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center State EMS Medical Director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Gregory R. Ciottone, MD, FACEP, FIBODM, FFSEM
Director, Division of Disaster Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Director of Medical Preparedness, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University
Special Advisor for Medical Preparedness, U.S. National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
Jason Cohen, DO
Chief Medical Officer, Boston MedFlight
Intensivist, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Emergency Physician, US Army
Daniel Davis, MD
EMS Medical Director, Logan Health
Medical Director, Rural Emergency Care Alliance
Chief Medical Officer, Logan Chester
Medical Director, Air Methods Regional
Sam Galvagno, MD
Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Michael P. Goldman, MD, MHS-Med Ed
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) and Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Transport Program; Associate Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Medical Director – CT – Emergency Medical Services for Children, Yale School of Medicine
Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Professor of Emergency Medicine, EMS Section Chief, and Director of the Oklahoma Center for Prehospital & Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Control Board, EMS System for Metropolitan Oklahoma City & Tulsa, Oklahoma Medical Director, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Attending Emergency Physician, Hillcrest Medical Center Emergency Center, Tulsa, OK
Tim Harris, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
Program Director, Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine Program, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Bill Justice, NREMT-P, TEMS-I
Program Manager, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Active Threat Response Programs Director, Office of the Medical Director Special Operations and Outreach
Associate Director, University of Oklahoma Department of Emergency Medicine Center for Pre-Hospital and Disaster Medicine
Shan W. Liu, MD, SD
Director, Geriatric Emergency Medicine Division Fellowship
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Past-President, Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
David Lockey, MB, BS, MD (Res), FFICM, FRCA, FIMC, RCS(Ed), FFSEM, FFRRHH, ACIArb
Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine, Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine & Anesthesia
National Director, Emergency Retrieval and Transfer Service (EMRTS), Wales
Gibson Chair and Immediate Past Chairman, Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Russell D. MacDonald, MD, MPH, FCFP, FRCPC, DRCPSC
Medical Director, Toronto Paramedic Services
Medical Director, Toronto Central Ambulance Communications Centre
Professor and Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs, University of Toronto
Michael McCartin, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, The University of Chicago
Assistant Medical Director, The University of Chicago Aeromedical Network
Medical Team Manager, Illinois Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, UChicago Medicine
Ben Palmere, BA, NRP, TP-C, FP-C
Pediatric Preparedness Planner
MA EMSC Program Director
Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
William Porcaro, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Attending Emergency Physician, Mount Auburn Hospital
Colby Redfield, MD
EMS Physician, Redfield EMS Medical Direction
Jordan Rettig, MD
Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
LCDR Paul Roszko, MD FAEMS FACEP
Telehealth Program Manager, VHA Office of Connected Care
Emergency Physician, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Suburban Hospital and San Francisco VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University
Sonny Ruskin, RN, FP-C
Paramedic, Yale Critical Care Transport Team
David Schoenfeld, MD
EMS Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director, EMS Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Attending Physician, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jacqueline C. Stocking, PhD, MBA, MSN, NEA-BC, FAASTN
Vice Chair for Patient Quality and Safety, Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UC Davis Health
Edward Ullman, MD
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Needham (BIDN)
Associate Director, Emergency Cardiology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director, STEMI Quality Assurance, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Assistant
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Daniel Willner, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Franklin County EMS
Assistant Medical Director, Carolina Air Care
Assistant Professor, UNC School of Medicine
Lincoln Zernicke, MD
Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
EMS Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center