Sheldon Gilbert has stepped down in June as fire chief of the Alameda County (Calif.) Fire Department to become the new director of business development and government affairs for Paramedics Plus, a Texas-based emergency medical services company with operations in California, Florida, Oklahoma and Indiana. Gilbert will be working out of Alameda, Calif. Paramedics Plus […]
EMS physician & educator takes on new role After 20 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), Greg Mears, MD, FACEP, is leaving to accept a newly created position with ZOLL Medical Corporation as medical director of the Data Management Products division. According to a press release from ZOLL, Mears will provide […]
Carol Cunningham, state medical director for the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Division of EMS and an emergency physician at Akron General Medical Center, is the 2012 recipient of the James Keaney Leadership Award, presented by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). Named after the founder of AAEM, the award recognizes an individual member […]
Retired Fire Department of New York (FDNY) EMS Assistant Chief John McFarland died on Feb. 6 after battling a brain tumor. McFarland had served the EMS command for more than 28 years before his retirement in 2011. He began his career with the FDNY as an EMT in 1983 and became a paramedic two years […]
William ‘Earl’ Riggs William “Earl” Riggs died Jan. 11, 2012, at the age of 71 in Brentwood, Calif. He was co-owner of Fremont-Tri-Cities Ambulance Company, Regional Ambulance and was co-founder of American Medical Response. Born on Aug. 14, 1941, in Redondo Beach, Calif., Earl graduated from James Logan High School in Union City, Calif. He […]
What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Bruce Evans, EMT-P, MPA, recently left the bright lights of the city of North Las Vegas Fire Department for the greener pastures of Upper Pine River (Colo.) Fire Protection District, outside Durango. Evans had served as the North Las Vegas EMS chief and assistant fire chief. […]
Gregg Margolis, PhD, NREMT-P, recently accepted a position as director of the Division of Healthcare Systems and Health Policy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Based in Washington, D.C., Margolis says his current role involves looking at the policy side of […]
In June, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that Aarron Reinert, executive director for Lakes Region EMS, will chair the 24-member National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC). Before taking the position at Lakes Region EMS, Reinert was the field services manager for the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board, where his projects […]
In May, Dia Gainor joined the staff of the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) as executive director. Her new responsibilities as the association’s spokesperson include providing strategic leadership to promote and expand NASEMSO’s presence as a national leader in emergency medical services. According to a press release from NASEMSO, her major duties will […]
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