Air Methods Announces New Chief Medical Officer
September 12 2016 - 4:01PM
Air Methods (Nasdaq:AIRM) announced the appointment of its first
chief medical officer, David Frederick Edward Stuhlmiller, MD,
FACEP, CMTE.
Mike Allen, president of air medical services at Air Methods
said, "We're very pleased to have Dr. Stuhlmiller join our
leadership team. We provide emergency air medical care to more
than 100,000 patients every year. As America’s largest air medical
provider, there was a growing need for an in-house chief medical
officer to harness the expertise of our valued physicians, and to
elevate our focus on quality clinical care.”
Dr. Stuhlmiller joined Air Methods in July 2005 as medical
director for LifeNet of New York. In 2013, he joined the Company’s
physician advisory board. In his new role, Dr. Stuhlmiller is
responsible for leading Air Methods’ team of 70 medical directors
across the United States, and will report to the president of
domestic air medical services. He will represent Air Methods
internally and externally on matters of medical care delivery,
research, quality improvement and patient safety. In addition, Dr.
Stuhlmiller will develop and adopt best practices to advance the
national air medical health care industry.
“Air Methods is a leader in the air medical community,” added
Dr. Stuhlmiller. “Air medical transport approaches intensive care
in the air with two highly-trained personnel and equipment treating
each and every patient, and intuitively, specially-trained
transport medicine personnel will improve patient outcomes. I'm
pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the air medical
transport community’s clinical advancements through increased
quality, benchmarking, and outcomes research.”
Dr. Stuhlmiller brings more than 15 years of experience as an
emergency medicine specialist and an emergency medical services
(EMS) medicine physician, and will continue to deliver care as a
part-time emergency physician at Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital Rahway in New Jersey. He obtained his undergraduate degree
at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, received his medical
degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Pennsylvania,
and completed his emergency medicine residency at the Indiana
University School of Medicine, Methodist Hospital of
Indianapolis.
Air Methods Corporation (www.airmethods.com) is
the global leader in air medical transportation. The Air Medical
Services Division is the largest provider of air medical transport
services in the United States. The United Rotorcraft Division
specializes in the design and manufacture of aeromedical and
aerospace technology. The Tourism Division is comprised of Sundance
Helicopters, Inc. and Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, which provide
helicopter tours and charter flights in the Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
region and Hawaii, respectively. Air Methods’ fleet of owned,
leased or maintained aircraft features over 450 helicopters and
fixed wing aircraft.
CONTACTS: Christina Brodsly,
Director, Corporate Communications (303) 256-4122 or
christina.brodsly@airmethods.com. Please contact Christina to be
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