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Faculty:
 Michael S. Williams, MA, BSOE, MAJ, USAF (Ret)
Dean
E-mail: mwilliams@ICPDM.org
Mr. Williams has been involved in emergency medical services (EMS) and disaster response since 1971 serving at all levels. He is currently the Dean of the International Center for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine and Vice President of Operations for REMSA in Reno, Nevada. He has been the regional CEO in the southeast and southwest United States for the nation's largest publicly traded ambulance corporation. He also served as the Vice President of EMS and Trauma at the Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia where he oversaw hospital disaster response for the metropolitan area. He is the former EMS Director for the State of Florida and was appointed the Acting State Health Officer for the response to Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Mike retired after twenty years in the United States Air Force where he served in a variety of enlisted and officer positions including combat roles in Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Somalia. He is a former Assistant Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and currently serves on the faculty of the Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute, the Defense Institute for Medical Operations, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Management Institute and lectures around the world on Prehospital and Disaster Medicine topics. He is the Vice Chair of the Quality Review Committee for the National Disaster Life Support Foundation. Mike is completing his PhD dissertation at Capella University on crisis decision making under the mentorship of Dr. Raj Singh of Capella University and the University of Southern California, Dr. Christine Pearson of the Thunderbird International School of Global Management, and Dr. Jay Avella of Capella University.
 Alan Dobrowolski, RN
Director
E-mail: adobrowolski@ICPDM.org
Mr. Dobrowolski has been involved in emergency medical services (EMS) since 1979 serving at many levels. He is currently the Director of the International Center for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine and Administrative Director of Ground Operations for REMSA in Reno, Nevada. He began his EMS career as a volunteer EMT and worked for many years as a paramedic for both urban EMS systems and the Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site. He then obtained his nursing degree and worked as a helicopter flight nurse before joining REMSA as their Clinical Director. He is still an active flight nurse with REMSA's Care Flight helicopter program. Alan spent several years in the Air Force as a Flight Nurse with the Wyoming and Minnesota Air National Guard and was activated during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Alan is one of REMSA's original Tactical Medics and remains an active TEMS medic.
 Eric Bridges
Mr. Bridges is a Nationally Registered Paramedic and EMS Instructor in the state of Nevada. He completed Paramedic school in Woodland, WA in 2006 before moving to Nevada. Eric has worked at REMSA since July of 2007 as a Paramedic and has been the EMT-Basic and EMT-Intermediate class coordinator since August 2008.
 Megan Duffy
Ms. Duffy is REMSA's paramedic program coordinator-didactic portion. Megan received a BA in Cultural Anthropology in 1994 from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. In 2000 she completed a secondary teaching credential in social sciences from Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, NV. Prior to becoming involved in EMS, Megan taught outdoor education and social sciences in a variety of programs from ages 8 to adult. Meagan attended REMSA's paramedic program, and has been working for the company since 2003.
 Robert Harper
Mr. Harper is a NREMT-P and CCEMT-P for REMSA and is currently an Education coordinator for the REMSA paramedic program. Rob is a Tactical Medic and coordinates new hire training along with operating REMSA's simulation lab.
 J.W. Hodge
Mr. Hodge has been involved in EMS and hospital based education since 1998. He is currently the Education Manager for the REMSA Education and Training Center which offers various training opportunities in prehospital medicine. JW is the current Chairperson for the American Heart Association Community Strategies Council for Nevada, California and Utah, as well as acting Regional Faculty and a board member for the High Sierra Area Health Education Center.
 Phil Jones, Deputy Sheriff
Deputy Jones has been with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office since 1994 and has served in many positions including detention, patrol, gang unit, K9, and SWAT. He is certified in FBI Basic SWAT, Basic Man Tracking, Street Crimes and Surveillance Techniques and is an instructor of multiple weapons. Deputy Jones is an active SWAT Operator and Assistant Team Leader for Washoe County. He is a Post Certified Instructor.
 Todd Kerfoot, EMT-P
Mr. Kerfoot has been involved in emergency medical services (EMS) since 1996. He is currently a Paramedic and an Operations Supervisor at REMSA in Reno and is the team leader of their Tactical EMS Team. Todd helped develop REMSA’s Tactical Operational Medical Support Course and has served on REMSA’s TEMS team for 3 years.
 Gary M. Klein, M.D., MPH, MBA, CHS-V, FAADM
Dr. Klein is the Chief Medical Officer for Vangent Health Solutions. He is board certified in Disaster Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Medicine. He is also the current President of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine. Dr. Klein is a practicing physician at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda Naval Medical Center, and the Fort Detrick Medical Center. He is a nationally published thought leader, including his work through the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) and has multiple years of experience as the Chief Medical Information Officer for the Department of Homeland Security where he directed increased integration of national biological, chemical, and infectious disease surveillance monitoring systems to accelerate the identification and coordinated response of potential public health emergencies.
 Bradford Lee, M.D., JD, Colonel, USAF (Ret)
Associate Dean
E-mail: blee@ICPDM.org
Dr. Lee was Board Certified in Emergency Medicine in 1983. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is the former State Health Officer for Nevada. He is currently the Medical Director for the tactical medics of the Regional EMS Authority responding to call outs for three different SWAT teams in the Reno area. Faculty appointments include the University of Nevada, Reno, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, the Global Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Assistance at the University of South Florida and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
 Carrie Lewis, MPAS, MBA, PA-C, EMT-P
Ms. Lewis has over 20 years of emergency medical experience including work for REMSA in a variety of positions. She has worked on both ground and air ambulances as a paramedic as well as serving as an emergency medical dispatcher/system status controller. Carrie is currently employed as a physician assistant in a local emergency department. In 1992 she earned her MBA from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a focus in international business. Her master’s in physician assistant studies was earned at the University of Utah in 2004.
 Thomas J. Mason, PhD, Captain, USPHS
Associate Dean
Professor Mason is the Director, Global Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action (CDMHA) and Professor at the University of South Florida (USF). He was commissioned in the U.S. Public Health Service in 1967, and is presently in the Individual Ready Reserve, USPHS where he is the Special Assistant for Environmental Health at the Office of the Director, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Health Studies.
 David McCann, M.D.
Associate Dean
Dr. David McCann is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. At McMaster, he is striving to create Canada’s first center of excellence in Disaster Medicine. He is an Incident Commander for the Province of Ontario’s Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT) based out of Toronto. Also, since 2003 he is Chief Medical Officer of the Florida-One Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) with the US Department of Health & Human Services. Dr. McCann is the current Chair of the American Board of Disaster Medicine (ABODM), the first board certifying physicians’ competence in Disaster Medicine in the United States. He is a Senior Policy Fellow in Homeland Security at the Homeland Security Policy Institute of George Washington University. He is board certified in Family Medicine in the US and Canada, and he is board certified in Disaster Medicine in the US.
 Debra Milliner, MSN, MBA/HCM, CEN, CFRN, NREMT-P
Ms. Milliner currently works as a flight nurse and educator for Care Flight in Reno, NV. She has over 30 years experience as a professional nurse with 14 of those in the transport arena. Ms. Milliner also possess 17 years of paramedic experience. Ms. Milliner is the Western Region Director for the Transport Nurse Advance Trauma Course and coordinates and teaches classes across the nation. Ms. Milliner also had the experience of helping develop and train the flight nurses associated with the flight program in Hong Kong. Ms Milliner is an editor at large for Air Medical Journal and has contributed to several publications for the Air Surface Transport Nurses Association. Ms. Milliner also teaches nursing program for local hospitals and has presented at both state and national educational conferences.
 Alan L. Moloff, D.O., Colonel, USA (Ret)
Associate Dean
Dr. Moloff is Board Certified in Aerospace, Undersea and Disaster Medicine. He is the past president of the Special Operations Medical Association, Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association and American College of Preventative Medicine. He is a founding member of the American Board of Disaster Medicine and is a Disaster Life Support instructor. Dr. Moloff retired after 30 years in the United States Army where he served in a variety of special operations and medical positions. Faculty appointments include Professor, the Medical College of Georgia, Department of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Senior Medical Officer for the Global Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Assistance at the University of South Florida.
 Diane L. Rolfs, R.N., M.S., CEN
E-mail: drolfs@remsa-cf.com
Ms. Rolfs has been practicing nursing for over 34 years, predominantly as an emergency nurse manager. She currently is the Director of Education, Training and Continuous Quality Improvement at REMSA in Reno, Nevada. She is a former Assistant Professor at the Orvis School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno.
 Kevin Romero, EMT-P
Kevin currently serves as the EMS Director for the Regional EMS Authority “REMSA” in Reno, NV. With 20 years of EMS experience, he has served the citizens of Washoe County, NV as a Paramedic for the past 15 years. Certified through Homeland Security and FEMA in Incident Command along with Disaster Preparedness and Response, he remains an active instructor for the International Center for Association of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine in basic and advanced disaster life support. In 1997 he was the founding member of the Tactical Emergency Medical Support Program, which is currently utilized by all County, City, and Federal Law Enforcement “SWAT’ Teams in Washoe County. After serving 10 years as a “SWAT Medic Team Commander”, he remains active as an advisor to the program. Honored in 2001 as a “Star of Life” award recipient from the American Ambulance Association, he has received numerous other EMS related awards and commendations.
 Joseph L. Ryan, M.D.
Associate Dean
Dr. Ryan is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. He is the Medical Director for REMSA and Care Flight based in Reno, Nevada. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the former Medical Director for Santa Clara County EMS in California and the Pinellas County EMS System in Florida.
 Barry Smith
Mr. Smith has been involved in emergency services for over 35 years. He has been a paramedic since 1980 and is currently the Ground Continuous Quality Improvement Coordinator for REMSA in Reno, NV. Barry is also a Nevada State EMS Instructor. In addition, he is a member of the Editorial Board of JEMS Magazine and has photographed and written extensively about emergency services.
 Patrick Smith
Mr. Smith is the only President and CEO of REMSA in Reno, Nevada since it was created in 1986. He has over 36 years of emergency medical services (EMS) experience at all levels. He was a former national consultant on high-performance EMS system design with Jack Stout.
 Klark Staffan, CEM
Mr. Staffan is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for SEMSA, the parent company for ICPDM. Klark is a veteran executive in the EMS and emergency services field with over 37 years experience in management, finance, operations, integrations and transitions, strategic planning and Emergency Management. Previous experience includes a broad spectrum of health care delivery and emergency services including serving as a Regional President over a multi-state service region on the east coast. Klark has experience in numerous business sectors including local government, for-profit corporations, non-profit organizations and the public service sector. Klark is also a Certified Emergency Manager through the National Coordinating Council on Emergency Management.
 Jonathan D. Washko, BS-EMSA, NREMT-P
Mr. Washko started his career in public safety in 1986 in the suburbs of Philadelphia as an EMT / Paramedic, Firefighter and Police Dispatcher. In 1994, Mr. Washko received his Bachelor of Science Degree in EMS Administration from Hahnemann University with focused studies in High Performance EMS (HPEMS) System Design, System Status Management (SSM) and adult education. Mr. Washko has held various leadership positions at local, regional and corporate levels with small, medium and large sized EMS agencies and is considered one of the leading industry experts on HPEMS and SSM. Mr. Washko currently serves at the pleasure of the President and CEO of REMSA on various projects, is a speaker at various national venues and frequently consults with public safety agencies on a variety of industry related topics.
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