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Dr. James M. Cusick to receive award for Physician Excellence form Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado
DENVER -The Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado is pleased to announce that James M. Cusick, MD FACEP will receive the Dr. Wolhauer Award for Physician Excellence at the 2010 Colorado EMS Awards Gala on May 14, 2010.
Dr. Cusick is being recognized by Colorado’s Emergency Medical Services community for his outstanding con-tributions to pre-hospital care in Colorado. Dr. Cusick has a long history of involvement in and advocacy for Emergency Medical Services, including work with the emergency medicine faculty at Denver Health Medical Center where he has trained emergency medicine physicians and worked in quality improvement oversight of the Denver Paramedic Division, as EMS Medical Director for the Summit County Ambulance Service, Ameri-can Medical Response Denver, and Kaiser Permanente Colorado, as a member of the Denver Metro Emer-gency Medical Services Physician Advisors Group, and President of the Colorado chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Marc Burdick, EMT-P is the Director of the Summit County Ambulance Service, where Dr. Cusick serves as medical director. Of his insight and dedication, Burdick says “his unique ability to blend absolute clinical ex-pertise with a keen understanding of the challenges to EMS is truly amazing… he works tirelessly on our be-half and is always available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
Dr. Cusick’s dedication to Emergency Medical Services has spanned a lifetime. His work in Colorado has served to advance the profession and bring better care to all.
The 2010 Colorado EMS Awards Gala will be held on May 14 2010 at the Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows. Registration and other information can be found at http://www.emsac.org/events
About the Dr. Valentin E. Wohlauer Award for Physician Excellence in EMS
This award honors the memory of Dr. Wohlauer, who directed the EMS section of the Colorado Department of Health and brought into being many of the outstanding EMS components now existing in Colorado. The award is presented to a Colorado physician who has made a substantial contribution to the advancement of EMS in Colorado.
About the Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado
EMS is a critical component of our nation's and communities' safety net, proudly serving alongside rescue, fire and law enforcement professionals. The Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado is a profes-sional association of paramedic-, intermediate- and basic- level emergency medical technicians and EMS first responders, physicians and nurses who treat victims of traumatic injury and medical emergencies; and EMS agencies, administrators, dispatchers, researchers and educators. EMSAC's 3,200 members work or volunteer for ambulance services, air-medical services, fire departments, hospitals and clinics, search and rescue teams, ski patrols, military medical or rescue units and medical training institutions. For more information about EMSAC, please visit http://www.emsac.org
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