Fun Fact: National, State and Local Leadership

MedStar’s leadership team members are actively engaged in advancing the EMS profession, and building community through volunteer leadership roles in local, state, and national organizations.

Here’s a smattering of the leadership positions our team members hold:

National –

• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP):
  • Chair, EMS Committee
  • Chair, Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee
  • Chair, Air Medical Section
  • Editor, ACEP Journal
  • Clinical Resources Committee

• Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration (AIMHI):
  • Board Member
  • Treasurer
  • Chair, Education Committee

• EMS World Magazine:
  • Advisory Board member

• International Board of Specialty Certification (IBSC):
  • Exam item writer

• Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS):
  • Advisory Board member

• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT):
  • Board of Directors
  • Chair, EMS Economics Committee
  • Associate Medical Director
  • Finance Committee
  • Age-Friendly Public Health Systems (AFPHS) National Learning Collaborative

• National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP):
  • Chair, Emergency Preparedness Committee

• National Board of Public Health Examiners:
  • Exam Item Writer

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA):
  • Co-Principal Investigator, EMS Airway Evidenced Based Guidelines

• National EMS Quality Alliance (NAEMSQA):
  • Co-Chair, Measure Development Team

• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):
  • NFPA 450: EMS Standard Technical Panel
  • NFPA 451: Mobile Integrated Healthcare Standard Technical Panel

• Prehospital Care Research Forum:
  • Board of Directors

• Prehospital Guidelines Consortium:
  • Board of Directors

State –

• Texas College of Emergency Physicians:
  • Board of Directors
  • Finance Committee

• Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council:
  • Disaster Committee
  • Pediatric Stroke Workgroup

Local –

• Alzheimer’s Association:
  • Innovation Roundtable Advisory member

• American Heart Association of Tarrant County:
  • Board of Directors

• Fort Worth Police Bicycle Support Group:
  • Board of Directors

• Empower Fort Worth:
  • Board of Directors

• North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council:
  • Chair, Finance Committee

• John Peter Smith Hospital:
  • Chair, Emergency Management

• Bikers Against Child Abuse, Fort Worth Chapter:
  • Board of Directors

 

 

To learn more about MedStar and the EMS system, visit the Fort Worth City Manager’s EMS FAQs here.

For more information about the ongoing EMS System assessment, click a recent City of Fort Worth news release here, and a recent news article from the Fort Worth Report here.