Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in US EMS
Andra Farcas, MD (EM and EMS, University of Colorado)
Carolina Pereira, MD (Medical Director, Lee County EMS, FL)
Ameera Haamid, MD (EM and EMS , University of Chicago)
Kimberly Whitten-Chung, M.Ed (Director EMS Education, Pikes Peak State College, CO)
Sylvia Owuwu-Ansah, MD MPH FAAP (PEM and EMS, University of Pittsburgh)
Veronica Case, MD (EMS Fellow, University of Mississippi)
Jordan Rudman (PGY-1 Harvard - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)
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