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Davin Combs is a PGY-2 emergency medicine resident at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA. He has a strong interest in EMS and disaster medicine particularly as it relates to training, capacity building and MCI preparedness. Before medical school he spent six years in the military and worked as a Congressional staffer in Washington, DC. He obtained his BS in public health from George Washington University and his medical degree from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. His work throughout residency has focused on improving the medical capacity of law enforcement officers and improving deficiencies within active threat MCI response from both a clinical and operational perspective. He has a particular passion for systems engineering and design as it relates to complex pre-hospital problem-sets. When not working, he can be found spending time with his wife and three sons, or coaching lacrosse and football.

Dr. Ackerman is an Assocaite Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Emory University School of Medicine and is an Associate Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at Stonybrook after completing medical school and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina. Dr, Ackerman teaches graduate and undergraduate engineering students about design in healthcare settings. He has been awarded multiple patents and has worked with multiple medical start-ups. Dr. Ackerman is also a certified Peace Officer in the State of Georgia and serves as a member of a SWAT team. He is a certified law enforcement instructor and regularly provides training for police officers and cadets.

Dr. Schmitzberger is a clinical instructor at the University of Michigan. He has a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Computation as well as a Master of Science in Bioinformatics from Stanford University. He completed his medical studies at the Charité University in Berlin where he also received his scientific doctorate. He is an emergency medicine physician at the University of Michigan and a fellow for resuscitation science and is principle investigator in multiple studies. He holds a fellowship of the academy of wilderness medicine. He served in the Austrian Military as a medic and is the associate medical director for the Genesee county Sheriff’s department paramedic division, serving Flint, Michigan. He has extensive experience in international medicine, having been active as team leader, medic and physician in numerous conflict regions (Burmese civil war, Syrian conflict, Afghanistan war, Venezuelan crisis, Ukraine war) as well as in medical civic actions in other regions.

I am currently serving as the EMS Fellowship Program Director at Carilion Clinic. I am board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. I am also the Operational Medical Director for Roanoke County Fire-Rescue, a career fire service based EMS agency in western Virginia and Carilion Clinic Patient Transport/Lifeguard, a hospital based EMS agency providing 911, interfacility and air medical transport services. My areas of interest are quality improvement, EMS education and medical director engagement. I attended undergrad at Pepperdine University and medical school at Jefferson Medical College before completing residency and fellowship at Carilion Clinic while obtaining an MBA at Virginia Tech. Outside of medicine I am hiking, reading or traveling with my husband, a career firefighter, and my two kids.

Taylor Giller is an Emergency Medicine Resident Physician at Emory University. She attended Auburn University, where she received dual undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Spanish Language. She then went on to receive her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia where she was inducted into AOA honor society. Her interests include pre-hospital and disaster medicine and systems improvement strategies.