Nationally recognized in clinical excellence and prehospital medicine research, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center offers a comprehensive approach to EMS medical direction, focusing on quality improvement and systems design services for local EMS agencies and the communities they serve.

Each year, our EMS medical director physicians provide tens of thousands of continuing education hours directly to their agency paramedics. This training features evidence-based guidelines and protocols that have been developed by our research division, which receives more than $10 million annually – $2 million of which goes specifically to prehospital projects.

The EMS physicians at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center have each completed the state of Ohio’s requirements for the position of medical director and have knowledge and training in:

Medical control and medical command, such as protocols, standing orders, triage and the capabilities of care providers
Quality improvement theories and applications
Medical delivery of care consistent with the mission profile of both ground and air ambulance services
Pertinent regulatory and safety requirements for ground-service EMS units, including vehicle capabilities and equipment performance
Operational management of communication equipment and dispatch procedures
Prehospital and interhospital transport issues and laws

Medical directors

Travis Sharkey, MD, PhD

Medical Director – Ohio State Center for EMS
Medical Director – Worthington Fire Department
Assistant Fellowship Director – EMS Fellowship at Ohio State University
Medical Director for the City of Westerville Division of Fire and EMS

Clinical profile

Creagh Boulger, MD

Medical Director – Columbus State Community College EMS Program

Clinical profile

Hussam Salhi, MD, PhD

Associate Medical Director- Worthington Division of Fire and EMS
Associate Medical Director- Westerville Division of Fire and EMS

Clinical profile

Christopher Kao, MD

Clinical profile

Nicholas Kman, MD

Medical Director – Defense Logistics Agency, Fire & EMS
Medical Team Manager- Ohio Task Force 1, FEMA Urban Search and Rescue

Clinical profile

Ashley Larrimore, MD

Medical Director – MedFlight of Ohio
Medical Director – Newark Fire Department
Medical Director – Whitehall Division of Fire

Clinical profile

Nicole McAllister, DO

Medical Director of Clinton Township Fire Department
Associate Medical Director of Delaware County EMS
Associate Medical Director of Columbus State Community College EMS Program
Medical Team Manager for FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Ohio Task Force 1

Clinical profile

Brooke Moungey, MD

Associate Medical Director – Columbus State Community College EMS Program

Clinical profile

Ashish Panchal, MD

Medical Director – Delaware County EMS
National Registry of EMT Medical Director

Clinical profile

Medical Direction

Medical directors

Travis Sharkey, MD, PhD

Creagh Boulger, MD

Hussam Salhi, MD, PhD

Christopher Kao, MD

Nicholas Kman, MD

Ashley Larrimore, MD

Nicole McAllister, DO

Brooke Moungey, MD

Ashish Panchal, MD

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