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Morgan K. Anderson joined the ImageTrend team in 2017. She graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2011 with a Master’s degree in Public Health with an emphasis in epidemiology. Prior to coming to ImageTrend, Morgan spent 5 years with the Army Public Health Center as an injury prevention epidemiologist. Morgan has published in “The Journal of Emergency Medical Services,” the “American Journal of Preventative Medicine,” “The American Journal of Sports Medicine,” “Public Health,” “Military Medicine” and other publications.

David Wright, MS, PA-C, NREMT-P, is a physician assistant at Washington University in St. Louis working in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He is a former paramedic who has worked in a busy 911 response service, hospital emergency rooms, and as a flight paramedic. He also currently holds certifications as a Nationally Registered Paramedic, TEMS, EMS Instructor, Clinical Simulation Instructor, Firefighter I & II and Hazmat Operations. His passions include EMS education, clinical simulation and furthering the EMS profession.

Susanne Nasr Fischer is a German journalist with a strong passion for the Middle East. Before she started working as Regional Director Middle East and North Africa for the international nonprofit Internews, she lived five years in Iraq and eight years in Lebanon. Her Lebanese husband is from Damour, one of the towns that lost a firefighter in the explosion, and his late uncle served at the Karantina Fire Department as a firefighter for 45 years. At his funeral in 2014, Nasr met many firefighters from Beirut, and when she heard about the destiny of Platoon Five, she set up the fundraiser with her husband to raise support for the families. Nasr, who has a degree in political science and journalism, authored five books, two of them about Iraq.

Ian Emmons is the deputy chief of operations for Washington Township in Dayton, Ohio, and a content developer for Lexipol. Emmons received his MBA from the University of Cincinnati and is a current EFOP student at the National Fire Academy. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Safety, Health and Survivial section of the IAFC, is an IAFC Professional Development Committee member, serves as the Education Committee Chair for IFE-USA, and sits on multiple NFPA technical committees, including 1001 and 1021. Emmons has been designated as a CFO and CTO through the CPC and received his MIFireE status from the IFE.

Looking for some fun EMS education? Hosted by American Ambulance’s Medical Director, Dr. Danielle Campagne, along with her UCSF-Fresno colleagues, Drs. Patil Armenian and Saajan Bhakta, discuss practical, pertinent and evidence-based topics that you can use today to take care of your community. They also bring in guests from all parts of the EMS world to highlight the heroes among us, and share their unique take on challenging situations. Join us, let’s learn together and thrive.

Danielle Campagne, MD, FACEP, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician. She was an honors student at Fresno State and received her bachelor’s degree in Biology. She received her medical degree from USC School of Medicine and completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at UCSF-Fresno. Dr. Campagne is an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at UCSF and works at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, California. She currently serves as vice chief of emergency medicine at UCSF Fresno. She has spoken internationally on orthopedic topics in emergency medicine in places such as the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Vietnam. She has spoken nationally at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly and the Society of Emergency Medicine PAs. She has published on a wide range of EMS/wilderness, medical education and orthopedic topics. She is the co-editor for Oxford Press’s Emergency Medicine Board Review textbook and also serves as the associate editor for the orthopedics section in EM:RAPs ComPendium textbook. Dr. Campagne is also active in EMS and currently serves as medical director for American Ambulance in Fresno, and serves as the course chair for the UCSF High Sierra Wilderness and Travel Medicine Conference.

Patil Armenian, MD, FACEP, is a board-certified physician in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. She received her B.S. with honors in physiological science and classical civilization from UCLA and her medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. Her residency in Emergency Medicine was completed at UCSF Fresno where she served as chief resident in her final year. She completed a Medical Toxicology fellowship at UCSF in San Francisco. She is an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at UCSF and works at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno as a staff physician and co-director of Medical Toxicology.

Dr. Armenian’s primary focus is in identification of drug intoxication outbreaks, including novel drugs of abuse, such as fentanyl analogs. Additional areas of expertise include prehospital care of poisoned patients, stimulant drug use and traumatic injury patterns, and MDMA intoxication and treatment. She helped start the successful inpatient toxicology practice at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, which accepts transfers from all of Central California. In addition to clinical duties, Dr. Armenian also does expert witness and peer review work in medical toxicology and emergency medicine, works closely with local law enforcement on illicit drug outbreaks, and has a strong interest in prehospital emergency medicine.

Saajan Bhakta, DO, is currently an Emergency Medicine resident at UCSF Fresno. He obtained his Bachelor’s of Science degree with Honors from UC San Diego, majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in Music. He then attended medical school at Western University of Health Sciences. In medical school, he was privileged to be a part of the Sigma Sigma Pi honors society and graduated on the Dean’s List. He served as a volunteer for several organizations, including local free clinics as well as large community-wide projects such as Care Harbor LA. Dr. Bhakta traveled to Nepal shortly after a devastating earthquake, providing disaster relief and prehospital medical care to those most affected. During residency at UCSF-Fresno, he has been involved with medical student and resident teaching, as well as Park Medic training. Through these experiences, he has garnered an appreciation and excitement for emergency medical services, and hopes to continue advancement in the field through education.

Tom Nelson is a firefighter-paramedic for the City of Anacortes, Washington. He has been a firefighter for 21 years and a paramedic for 28 years.

Lindsey works full-time as a paramedic for Culpeper County, Va. and is a life member with the Harrisonburg Rescue Squad. She also serves as a Paramedic Program Coordinator and EMS educator for Associates in Emergency Care and for Rockingham County Fire and Rescue. Lindsey is a graduate of James Madison University in Virginia and received her Master’s in Emergency Management from Jacksonville State University in Alabama.

Dr. Brent Myers is the chief medical officer for ESO and one of the authors of the EMS Index. He is also the past president of the National Association of EMS Physicians. He can be reached at brent.myers@esosolutions.com.

Jeremy Kelly is a firefighter/EMT with the Upper Pine Fire Protection District in Colorado. He has been in the fire service for 22 years, having served as a firefighter, EMT-B and EMT-P. He previously served in the Magnolia (Texas) Fire Department and the Houston Fire Department.

Justin Schorr is a rescue captain for the San Francisco Fire Department, where he has served as a field paramedic and a firefighter, a field captain and an administrative captain. He is ARFF-qualified and oversees EMS response for San Francisco International Airport. Schorr spent 25 years in the fire service and is experienced in rural, suburban and urban firefighting as well as paramedicine. He runs the blog The Happy Medic.