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Medical Direction and Health Informatics Specialist with a focus on systems of care and improving clinical outcomes. This represents 40 years of experience with Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Fire, and Emergency Management industries

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Continue work as a specialist after previously acting as principal investigator until this $10M+ federal initiative wrapped up in 2021, acting as a supervisor to six direct reports while the project was with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine. Lead NEMSIS team in the integration of NEMSIS into Health Level Seven (HL7) and the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHI) standards and profiles.● Drove the design, development, and implementation of the national and internationally recognized electronic health record standard for prehospital (EMS, Fire, Air Medical) services in use in all 50 states and six US territories; compiled $50M+ in EMS events for analysis, quality management, and research.

Broomfield, Co, Us

Brought on to provide a voice to the operational, clinical, and health data solutions in use by ZOLL's customers through ZOLL's Data Solutions portfolio.Efforts are similarly directed to those described in the ZOLL Corporate Medical Director role (below).

Broomfield, Co, Us

Brought on to deliver thought leadership and an executive voice to the Data and Resuscitation divisions. Started as a Corporate Medical Director to aid in the design, development, and implementation of dispatch, navigation, electronic health record, billing, back-office, health information exchange and analytics software. Served as an executive leadership team member and led various project teams.● Instrumental in growing revenue from <$500M to $2B annually during tenure in role.● Enabled the study, design, development, and implementation of the medical device portfolio, including cardiac monitors, defibrillators, ventilators, and other devices used in acute resuscitation.● Participated in the EU's CE Mark and US FDA approval process of ZOLL's medical devices and software.

Hired to investigate and improve DHS-funded National Fire Operations Reporting System (NFORS), a $4.8M+ national fire industry consensus process to support compliance and positive outcomes. Directly oversaw six staff.● Led 30+ national fire industry organizations to design and define 500+ distinct elements to describe fire response, operations, firefighter health and safety, fire suppression, and other critical components of the fire service.● Designed software to collect defined data elements, including the interoperability between NFORS and other existing pertinent data sources (mapping, weather, etc.); now a standard software available to all US fire departments; transferred to the NFPA to provide a long-term home and ongoing support.

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

During my time within the Department of Emergency Medicine at UNC-CH, I progressed from Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor, to Adjunct (full) Professor. Other roles served over my tenure at UNC-CH included the Head of the Division of EMS, creator and Executive Director of the EMS Performance Improvement Center, and the Director of Innovation for the Department of Emergency Medicine.• Served as EMS Medical Director for Orange County, NC, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), the state of North Carolina, the EMS Performance Improvement Center (EMSPIC), and the National EMS Information System (NEMSIS)• Delivered operational leadership and clinical care within Orange County EMS System, UNC-CH Campus EMS System, the state of North Carolina (via NC Office of EMS), and NC Disaster Response Program.• Designed, developed, and implemented the NC EMS Clinical Protocols (Guidelines) using analytics and performance improvement principles (EMS Toolkits); currently in use in 50% of US states and territories.• Designed, developed, and implemented the Prehospital EMS Information System (PreMIS) within the states of NC, SC, and WV, using a statewide consensus process and 500+ defined discrete data elements.• Participated in the concept and early concepts of the Duke Center for Health Informatics (DCHI) program, a joint venture between Duke and UNC-CH.PRIOR ROLE: Emergency Medicine Chief Resident, Wake Forest University, ACGME approved

Doctor Of Medicine - Md

Ba, Chemistry And Biology