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Committee Members:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Organization\u00a0<\/strong>Represented<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nEmail Address<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chair<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJoseph Lang, M.D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\njlang@ept911.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southwest Virginia EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPaul Phillips, D. O.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nrnremtp2@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Virginia EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCharles Lane, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCharlesLane@franklincountyva.gov<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue Ridge EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKayla Long, D.O.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKayla.w.long@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Jefferson EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGeorge Lindbeck, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\ngl2y@uvahealth.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central Shenandoah EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAsher Brand, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nASHERBRAND@GMAIL.COM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Fairfax EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nChristopher Turnbull, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCCTLOUIS@GMAIL.COM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rappahannock EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTania White, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\ntfaswhite@yahoo.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Virginia EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJohn Morgan, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJohn.Morgan@loudoun.gov<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Dominion EMS Alliance - Interim Medical Director<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAllen Yee, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nYEEA@CHESTERFIELD.GOV<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peninsulas EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAmir Louka, M.D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\namir.louka@vcuhealth.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tidewater EMS Council<\/td>\n<\/td>\nStewart Martin, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nstewartmartinmd@cox.net<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Member at Large<\/td>\n<\/td>\nScott Weir, M. D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nScott.Weir@fairfaxcounty.gov<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Member at Large<\/td>\n<\/td>\nE. Reed Smith, M.D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nrsmith@arlingtonva.us<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EMS Children<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKevin Gutermuth, M.D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nkgutermuth@carilionclinic.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia Association of Governmental EMS Administrators<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDillard \u2018Eddie\u2019 Ferguson<\/td>\n<\/td>\neferguson@goochlandva.us<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trauma Surgeons<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The OEMS Staff Liaison to this committee is Daniel Linkins (daniel.linkins@vdh.virginia.gov)<\/p>\n

The next Medical Direction Committee meeting will be held at:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOld Dominion EMS Council
\n7818 East Parham Road
\nSuite 911 (basement)
\nHenrico, VA 23294
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Meeting Agenda\/Minutes are posted at Virginia Regulatory Town Hall - Meetings<\/a><\/h4>\n

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