Chief Medical Officer, Medstar Mobile Healthcare

Dr. Jarvis is the Chief Medical Officer and System Medical Director for Medstar Mobile Healthcare in Fort Worth, Tx. He is paramedic and board certified EM and EMS physician. In addition to his EMS and clinical practice, he is the host of the EMS Lighthouse Project Podcast where he discusses how literature impacts EMS clinical practice.

Teri Campbell has over 20 years of obstetric, emergency, and flight nursing experience. She began her critical care career in High Risk Labor and Delivery. For over 10 years, she was a clinical educator and maternal transport team nurse caring for normal healthy pregnancies and critically ill maternal and fetal patients. Since leaving obstetrics, Teri has been a rotor and fixed wing flight nurse. She has the varied experiences of flying trauma patients from the scenes of highways and cornfields to managing critically ill patients while flying hours over oceans to get them home or to the tertiary care that they need.

Teri is an instructor in numerous critical care classes including BLS, NRP, PALS, ACLS, PHTLS, TNCC, TNATC, CATN and EN CARE. She has also authored critical care articles for the Journal of Emergency Nursing and has written Obstetric and Pediatric chapters in numerous critical care text books.

She has presented at numerous national conferences including the Air Medical Transport Conference and the Emergency Nurses Association and has provided emergency/transport OB education for numerous flight programs across the country. Presentation topics vary from adult trauma, adult critical care, pediatrics, pediatric critical care, transport, neonatal and obstetrics. In addition, Teri assists law firms by providing expert review and testimony related to nursing standards of care.

However, Teri's true passion is her 5 children and although 3 of them are currently teenagers there is nothing she would rather do than hang out with them! She considers herself truly blessed.

Internationally known speaker, instructor, author and paramedic.

Bob Page has been recognized for his thought provoking energetic, humorous and motivational style. Bob is a passionate educator who takes ordinarily dry and hard to teach topics and transforms them into a fun, learning experience. He hold a Master’s degree in Adult Education. Bob has been an instructor for over 4 decades teaching a variety of adult education courses from customer service to advanced medical care. He is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and Operations Specialist. He has presented over 3000 seminars worldwide. He was recognized by his peers in Missouri as Missouri’s “Most Creative Educator” in 2009 and was awarded the Legends That Walk Among us Award from NAEMSE is 2012.

Medical Director, Washington and Clackamas Counties

Dr. Sahni is a regular at the SOJ. He is EMS Medical Director of both Washington and Clackamas Counties as well as Lake Oswego Fire Department. He has served fire-based, private, and third-service EMS agencies as well as been Medical Director of air and ground critical care services. He was the first Oregon State EMS/Trauma Medical Director. He is a practicing emergency physician and Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland, OR.

Supervising Physician, Jackson County EMS Agencies

Dr. Bond is a working emergency physician and the supervising physician for the EMS agencies in Jackson County. She likes chocolate, sunshine, interagency cooperation, and cardioverting people and especially appreciates all of you.

Manager, GMR Life

Matt Philbrick is a career emergency responder and has served the EMS industry for two decades. Currently, Matt is the Manager for GMR Life providing deployment to catastrophic events, provision of crisis resources, psychoeducation, employee death response, and wellness outreach for the nation's largest EMS Provider - Global Medical Response. Although Matt is supporting teams nationally, he is active with local EMS in his home state of Oregon. He is Chair of the Oregon EMS for Children Committee and Vice Chair of the Oregon Senior EMS Advisory Council. He is an accomplished public speaker having been featured at EMS Today, EMS World, and AMTC. In late 2021, Matt served as the Branch Chief for an Oregon-requested FEMA deployment serving Southern and Central Oregon. In 2020, Matt was named as one of the "Top 40 under 40" EMS Leaders by the American Ambulance Association. Matt's post-graduate work includes a focus on EMS Leader Development. He holds two master’s degrees and is a doctoral student in the field of Performance Psychology.  In addition to his responsibilities with GMR, Matt is a Regent for the AAMS LIFT Academy, teaching employee death response skills to EMS Leaders, and an EMS Leadership consultant for SafeTech Solutions, working nationally with teams developing front line leaders.

Jessica "Veege" Ruediger first began attending births in Southern Oregon at the age of 19, in 1996, as an apprentice and student midwife. In 2003, she earned a BA in Women's Reproductive Lives: Biology, Evolution and Culture from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. During her time in Washington, she also completed Postpartum Doula training from Seattle Midwifery School. She returned to the Rogue Valley to start a family, where both of her daughters were born at home.

She spent the next several years practicing the fine art of balancing parenting two young children with midwifery training, attending homebirths as an apprentice and later, as an assistant midwife. In the summer of 2010, she interned at Mercy Maternity Center in Davao City, Philippines. She received her national midwifery certification in 2011, to become a Certified Professional Midwife. She was voted one of southern Oregon's favorite midwives in Oregon Healthy Living of 2011.

In 2011 she co-founded Oak Grove Midwifery, a group midwifery practice serving Southern Oregon. After obtaining her Oregon State License of Direct Entry Midwifery in August of 2013, she founded Moonstone Midwifery as a solo practice.

By 2021, Moonstone Midwifery grew into a group practice model, in order to serve more Southern Oregon families. Skilled in herbalism, experienced in providing primary care to pregnant and postpartum women for over 10 years, Veege is honored to serve the community by offering holistic maternity care to birthing families

Research Leadership Group Chair, ESO

Scott Bourn PhD, RN, FACHE has a rich and diverse background in EMS, emergency & critical care nursing, and education. His career roles include: field paramedic, ED and ICU nurse, EMS system coordinator, university EMS degree program director, researcher, and senior clinical executive for two national healthcare organizations.

Dr. Bourn is presently the Research Leadership Group Chair at ESO, a Mentor in the Leadership Mentoring Network of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Co-Founder and Faculty for the NAEMSP Quality & Safety Course, Secretary and Board Member for the GMR Foundation for Research and Education, and on the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Paramedicine. He also serves as a regular volunteer in the food pantry at the Douglas/Elbert Counties Help & Hope Center, addressing needs for homeless, low income and the working poor, as well as Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, building and maintaining trails in Colorado’s mountains.

My name is Mike Verkest, and I am starting my 28th year in Emergency Medical Services. I currently work for ESO, which provides an integrated suite of software products for EMS agencies, fire departments, and hospitals that are transforming the way first responders collect, share, report, and analyze critical information to improve community health and safety. I am part of the content development and training team. After living in Oregon my whole life, We recently relocated to Austin, Texas.

I recently retired from Clackamas Fire District #1 where I served as Captain in the EMS Division as a training officer and program manager. I have two advanced EMS board certifications through the IBSC, FP-C, and CCP-C.

Jimmy Apple is the pediatric critical care paramedic behind the EMS Avenger TikTok and Instagram channels, as well as the newly launched EMS Avenger Podcast, which are dedicated to evidence-based medicine and best practice for emergency health care providers.

Art Groux is currently the Chief Partner-Client Officer for Beyond Lucid Technologies. He has been a paramedic for over 32 years and worked in EMS for over 33, 25 of that as chief of service for a variety of service types. During his career, he has spent time in both the role of provider and management in both small rural systems to time with New York City EMS and Magen David Adom in Israel, where he spent time working out of the Jerusalem office covering the occupied territories of The West Bank.

He has been involved in many programs in the area of MCI preparedness and response; serving as the Planning Section Chief for CT region 3 Incident Management Team deployed with the team in that role to many incidents including the Clean Energy Plant Explosion and Sandy Hook Shooting. He also served as a member of the Integrated EMS Response to Active Shooter work group as part of the Connecticut Capital Region. He was awarded the CT Public Health Commissioner's Award for Individual Impact on EMS in the State of Connecticut, and has been the author of numerous EMS-related articles.

Chris Ebright is the lead instructor for the University of Toledo EMS program, where he provides all aspects of primary EMS education in-house, as well as continuing eductaion for numerous EMS services within Toledo and northwest Ohio. Chris has baan a nationally-registered paramedic for 30 years, providing primary EMS response and critical care transportation. He has educated hundreds of first responders, EMTs, paramedics, and nurses with his trademark whiteboard sessions. Chris is also a recurring contributor to the Limmer Education web site, and has been a featured presenter at numerous local, state and national EMS conferences over the past 18 years.

Gary is the Paramedic Program Director at RCC and is an adjunct faculty member of the EMS Administration program at Eastern Oregon University. He has been a paramedic since 1984 and has extensive experience in both urban and rural EMS systems. He has been a Paramedic, Field Training Officer, Field Supervisor, Flight Medic, Operations Director, and since 2004, a full-time educator. He has presented at regional, state, national and international EMS conferences and written for JEMS and EMS World magazines.

Kyle has 11 years of firefighting experience and currently works at Medford Fire Department in southern Oregon. In addition to currently holding the rank of Engineer/Paramedic, he is also the leader of the department's vehicle extrication training program.

Owner and Lead Instructor, Dynamic Rescue Solutions

Chuck Glose, has 25 of experience as a professional firefighter, currently holding the rank of captain. A 22-year paramedic, IBSC-certified tactical paramedic, and SWAT Medic, he’s taught TCCC and TECC to first responders, medical, and military personnel for more than a decade.

Sabrina Ballew is a leader in Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH), spearheading Mercy Flights’ innovative MIH program. A certified Community Paramedic and Community Health Worker (CHW), she has been a key figure in MIH since 2016 and serves as Chair of the Oregon MIH Coalition. Beyond Mercy Flights, Sabrina sits on the NAMIHP board and CAMTS advisory board and previously served as Secretary for the Jackson County Community Services Consortium. Her influence extends nationally and internationally, making her a respected voice in MIH. Passionate about healthcare transformation, Sabrina fosters collaboration and growth. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring Southern Oregon with her family and dogs and finds relaxation in gardening.

Dr. Turner is an Emergency Physician and EMS Medical Director in Clackamas County, including Clackamas Fire District #1. He also supervises medical direction for Project Hope, a program in Clackamas County that connects Community Paramedics with EMS patients who have suffered an overdose, distributes leave-behind naloxone, connects to treatment, and provides peer-mentor recovery services. In 2023, all ALS apparatus in Clackamas County began carrying Buprenorphine (“Bup”) to treat patients in acute withdrawal from opioid abstinence or from overdose reversal, providing hope for recovery and protection from repeat overdose. He also has a passion for advocacy in medicine and serves on the executive committee for the Oregon Medical Association

With over 20 years of experience as a paramedic, flight paramedic, EMS educator, supervisor, and mobile integrated healthcare manager, Marcus is passionate about improving the quality and accessibility of emergency medical services. As the Manager of Growth and Innovations at Mercy Flights, he oversee the development and implementation of new programs, procedures, and partnerships that enhance our organization's efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability.