Baltimore City Fire Department's Community Paramedicine

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:19:17 -0400

Please join us on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, from 3-5 pm for the Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Graduate Speaker Seminar Series via WebEx. The speaker's information and seminar topic can be found below. Please help us welcome this week’s speaker by attending the seminar, and please bring your questions and discussion points!

We hope to see everyone there!

All majors are welcome!

Speaker Information:

Dr. Ben Lawner, DO, EMT-P

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

EM Physician, University of Maryland Medical Center

Medical Director, Baltimore City Fire Department, Maryland ExpressCare, PHI Air Medical EMS Liaison

Seminar Topic:

"Baltimore City Fire Department's Behavioral and Community Paramedicine & State of paramedicine and practice of prehospital care"

Speaker Bio:

Ben's interest in emergency medicine began at an early age. He considered paramedics Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto as childhood friends and was often spotted at daycare donning a plastic "squad 51" fireman's hat. After "Emergency!" was cancelled, he inexplicably clung to the TV set for career counseling. Disappointed by the surgeons of, "Trapper John, MD," Ben turned to Howie Mandel (St Elsewhere's Dr.Wayne Fiscus) for further inspiration. True to his out-of-hospital roots, Ben completed EMT school in 1994 and secured his first pair of trauma shears. Until 2001, Ben worked for Alachua County Fire Rescue as a lead paramedic / firefighter. Fortunately for the population of north central Florida, Ben was never detailed to a fire suppression apparatus and remained "stuck on the box (ambulance)." He graduated from Nova Southeastern University's College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2005 and completed his emergency medicine residency training at the University of Maryland. He served as a Chief Resident and Faculty Development Fellow for the 2008-2009 academic year and is completed an EMS fellowship jointly sponsored by UMBC, UMD, and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). Ben's current academic interests include medical education, critical care transport, and resuscitation. In 2018, he was recognized with the Street Medicine Society's John P. Pryor Award for his ongoing commitment to prehospital medicine.

Ben Lawner currently serves as the Medical Director for the Baltimore City Fire Department and the Maryland ExpressCare Critical Care Transport Team. In 2023, he was recognized as the EMS Physician of the Year by the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is a board member and Fellow of the Air Medical Physician Association.

Location: 900 Walker Ave, Room 114, or online via Webex

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Meeting number:

2633 827 4060

Meeting password:

36350242

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+1-202-860-2110 United States Toll (Washington D.C.)

Attendee access code: 36350242

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Please note that the Dept of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) has temporarily moved (due to renovations of Sherman Hall) to the 900 Walker Building. Address is 900 Walker Ave. (building located behind the Walker Apartments, towards Wilkins Ave.) in the main EHS classroom Walker 114. Enter the front doors and follow the signs to the department area & classroom (Room 114). Link to map (see upper right corner on Walker Avenue, it is the building entitled Baltimore County Courthouse): https://mcac.umbc.edu/maps-and-directions/