Meet the Medical Directors Part I

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Location: 230AB

Critical Care Track Powered By

Panelist(s)

Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, FAEMS, MACP, MCCM

Global Lead, Metropolitan EMS Medical Directors (
Dallas County (TX), Palm County (FL), Broward Sheriff's Office (FL)
Dallas, Texas
Peter Antevy, MD

EMS Medical Director / PEM Physician
Davie Fire Rescue / Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Dept. / Palm Beach County Fire Rescue / Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Davie, Florida
William S. Gilmore, MD, EMT-P

Medical Director
St. Louis Fire Department
St. Louis, Missouri
Megan Marino, MD, FAAP

Director/ Medical Director
New Orleans EMS
New Orleans, Louisiana
Kenneth A. Scheppke, MD, FAEMS

Deputy Secretary for Health
Florida Department of Health
Jupiter, Florida

Description: Led by leading members of the so-called “Eagles” coalition, a de facto alliance of the jurisdictional EMS (9-1-1 system) Medical Directions from the nation’s largest cities and key federal agencies, this panel will explore distinct challenges to accepted practice. The Eagles have a track record for putting forth creative new approaches to problem solving in EMS along with novel observations and a wealth of EMS system data that have routinely changed future practices. In this session, Dr. Pepe, the main coordinator of the Eagles consortium, will moderate and introduce the other speakers who will report some of the latest discussions from this cohesive and very influential cadre of physicians and provide their vision of recent crises and things to come over the next decade.

Learning Objectives:
• Describe updates to management of cardiac arrest
• Describe medical management of agitation
• Describe updates to airway mangement

Speakers: TBD