Medical Direction Services

The department's EMS physicians provide Medical Direction for EMS and Fire agencies seeking medical oversight, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and education by specially trained and qualified physicians.

Several physicians of the Department have fellowship training in EMS.  Our EMS physicians serve on REMAC, SEMAC and SEMSCo and include members of county, state and national committees.

We provide CQI and education utilizing the latest methodologies. Agencies of all types and sizes will find a match with one of our specially qualified EMS physicians, while enjoying the benefit of our physicians' combined expertise.

If you're interested in having an Upstate EMS Physician to be the medical director for your agency, please contact Dr. Knutsen at [email protected].

EMS and Fire Agency Medical Directors

David Andonian, MD

Pompey Hill Fire Department

Jay Brenner, MD

Nedrow Volunteer Fire Department Onondaga Nation Fire Department

Derek Cooney, MD

AMR - Rural Metro Brewerton Fire Department Ambulance Cazenovia Fire Camillus Fire Department Constellation  - NINE MILE Chittanango Police Department East Syracuse Fire Department EAVES - East Area Volunteer Emergency Services FBI Albancy Field Office

Christopher Fullagar, MD

OCSO (Onondaga County Sheriff's Ofc) WAVES

Jordan Holliday, MD

Liverpool Fire Department Palermo Volunteer Fire Department Lakeside Fire Department Guilfoyle Ambulance Service Hinsdale Fire District No. 1 Northern Onondaga Volunteer Ambulance (NOVA) Solvay Fire Department Oswego County EMS 911 Baltimore Woods Nature Center Syracuse Police Department - SWAT Novalis Syracuse Fire Department Oswego County Ambulance Service (Menter)

A.J. Klimek, MD

City of Utica FD (UFD)

Christian Knutsen, MD

Fayetteville Fire Department Brewerton Fire Department LaFayette Fire Deparment and Ambulance Taunton Fire Department Manlius Fire Department Minoa Fire Department Southwood Volunteer Fire Department

James Mangano, DO

Sylvan Beach Fire District North Bay Volunteer Fire District Cody Volunteeer Fire Department Fair Haven Volunteer Ambulance (FHVA) DeWitt Fire District LeMoyne College Emergency Squad Minetto Fire Department SUNY - OSWEGO  SAVAC Granby Fire Department Oswego County Ambulance Service (Menter)

Lindsay Nausin, DO

Camillus Fire Department Syracuse Fire Department

Matthew Sarsfield, MD

Greater Baldwinsville Ambulance Corps North West Fire District (NWFD) Syracuse Regional Airport/174Th Attack Wing Warner-Memphis Fire Department

Christopher Tanski, MD

Onondaga Hill Fire Department Mattydale Fire Department Mercy Flight of Western, NY Cicero Fire Department Lyncourt Volunteer Fire Department NAVAC Southbay Fire Department Syracuse University - Dome