Medical Direction

Medical Director: Megan Gussick, MD
Assistant Medical Director: Jesse Jamieson, PA-C

The City of Madison Fire Department (MFD) is a nationally recognized leader in providing emergency services. MFD has 14 fire stations around the Madison area, with nine stations having 24/7 paramedic level ambulance staffing. MFD is an active leader in EMS, as well as several specialty teams including Hazardous Material, Lake Rescue, and Heavy Urban Rescue. Supplementing the emergency services, MFD provides progressive, cutting-edge fire prevention and community education programs.

All MFD firefighters are licensed as Wisconsin Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) to partner with their paramedics on significant medical calls and provide initial care at most incidents. In addition, MFD has more than 90 firefighters licensed as State of Wisconsin paramedics.

Annually, emergency medical calls comprise more than 70% of MFD’s overall emergency response. MFD provides service to the City of Madison, Town of Blooming Grove, Town of Burke, Village of Shorewood Hills, and Town of Madison. MFD was the first paramedic-level provider in Dane County, the second largest fire service in the sate, and one of the oldest programs in the nation.

Medical Director: Michael Spigner, MD, NRP

Belleville EMS is the primary 911 EMS provider for approximately 5,800 residents of a 75-square mile district spanning Dane and Green counties. It operates two ambulances at the Advanced EMT level, responding to around 400 emergency calls each year from a single station in the Village of Belleville. Their team consists of more than 35 dedicated EMS providers who serve the Belleville community and surrounding areas.

Belleville EMS continuously gives back to their community through activities like Public Safety Night, Belleville Pool Lifeguard training, and providing scholarships to qualified high school students.

Medical Director: Craig Tschautscher, MD, MS, DRTM

The City of Berlin Emergency Medical Services consists of EMTs, AEMTs, and Paramedics responding to between 1,800-2,000 calls for service annually. The City of Berlin EMS has three separate stations located in Berlin, Green Lake, and Princeton, that provide Advanced Level Paramedic care to Green Lake County and portions of Waushara County.

Medical Director: Michael Spigner, MD, NRP

The Brooklyn Fire & EMS District is a professional Fire and Emergency Medical Services provider for citizens of Dane, Green and Rock Counties in South Central Wisconsin since 1906. Their more than 50 volunteer firefighters and EMTs respond to nearly 300 calls each year for a population base of approximately 3,500.

Medical Director: Michael Mancera, MD

In 1985, Fitch-Rona became the first EMT-Intermediate service in the state of Wisconsin. Today, Fitch-Rona EMS paramedics are among the most highly trained and dedicated found within south-central Wisconsin. Their primary coverage area includes the cities of Fitchburg, Verona, and the Verona Township, but they also provide paramedic intercepts to other EMS services in south and southwestern Dane County.

They provide an aggressive approach to EMS including incorporating the latest technology into their services and training as well as delivering high quality emergency prehospital care.

Fitch-Rona EMS consists of three stations that house full-time paramedics 24/7. They respond to approximately 4,500 calls annually.

Medical Director: Michael Mancera, MD

Middleton EMS is the exclusive 911 advanced life support ambulance provider for the City of Middleton, Township of Middleton, and a portion of the Township of Springfield. Middleton EMS is staffed at the paramedic level.

They are highly engaged with their community. Their service provides countless contributions to the community such Car Seat Check, Bicycle Check, and frequent visits to the local schools for educational and safety trainings.

Medical Director: Michael Lohmeier, MD

Established in 1890, the Mount Horeb Area Joint Fire Department (FDMH) consists of around 70 members, primarily volunteers. FDMH provides fire and emergency medical response to two Villages and six Townships. FDMH is staffed at the AEMT level.

Medical Director: Craig Tschautscher, MD, MS, DRTM

Southern Greal Lake County Ambulance (SGLCA) is an Advanced EMT agency that responds to an average of 400-550 calls for emergency medical services annually. Their territory includes the City of Markesan, Villages of Kingston and Marquette, and the Towns of Green Lake, Mackford, Manchester, Marquette, and Kingston. They are staffed by Paramedics, AEMTs, and EMTs.

Medical Director: Michael Lohmeier, MD
Assistant Medical Director: Michael Horowitz, PA-C

Sun Prairie EMS has served the City of Sun Prairie, and currently also serves the village of Marshall, and towns of Bristol, Medina, Sun Prairie and York since 1977. Over their 45 year history, they have grown from a volunteer service to a full-time career agency, capable of providing the highest level of prehospital emergency medical care 24/7.

Sun Prairie EMS responds to nearly 4,000 calls annually and serves a population of over 50,000 in northeastern Dane County.

Medical Director: Michael Lohmeier, MD
Assistant Medical Director: Michael Horowitz, PA-C

Waunakee Area EMS is a highly trained and dedicated emergency medical service providing 911 medical care to over 20,000 citizens in the villages of Waunakee and Dane and the towns of Westport, Springfield, Vienna and Dane. They operate at the paramedic level.

Medical Director Advisory Board Representative: Michael Lohmeier, MD

Dane County’s Emergency Medical Services Division has helped coordinate, advise, and oversee local EMS programs within the county since 1973. Dane County EMS is comprised of 25 emergency medical services that utilize the five different hospitals located within the county, as well as four outside the county.

Dr. Michael Lohmeier serves on Dane County’s inaugural Medical Advisory Team for emergency medical services. The movement to joint Medical Advisors from single Medical Director oversight focuses on providing excellent evidence-based care, meeting the needs of the community and local medical providers, and doing so as efficiently and effectively as possible.

The joint Medical Advisory Team reflects the collaborative nature of our EMS community. The EMS agencies in and around Dane County continue to support and elevate one another in the interest of better patient care.

Medical Director: Ryan Newberry, DO, MPH, EMT-P

With a proud history of over 175 years of service, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office is a community-based law enforcement agency of over 450 sworn staff and over 120 professional staff. It is the fourth largest Sheriff’s Office in the State of Wisconsin, serving over 565,000 residents in a county with more than 60 cities, villages, and towns.

Medical Director: Andrew Cathers, MD, DRTM

As a unified Division of Prehospital Medicine, several faculty physicians have expertise in both ambulance and helicopter emergency medical services. UW Health Med Flight is proud to be partners in emergency critical care and transport with fire and EMS programs and surrounding hospitals in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota.

Medical Director: Ryan Wubben, MD

The UW Athletics EMS system helps to ensure the health and safety of both athletes and fans at UW sporting events, particularly Wisconsin Football games. Dr. Wubben coordinates with an interdisciplinary team of professionals, including sports medicine, security, and local EMS services and hospitals.

We have served as Medical Advisors for the state’s Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition (HERC)* for the South Central Region since its inception in 2014. SCWIHERC combines the knowledge and resources of all healthcare agencies in the region to provide coordinated preparedness and response capabilities to citizens. The coalition includes 14 counties: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Lafayette, Marquette, Richland, Rock, and Sauk counties.

The coalition aims to unite all aspects of medical care in preparation for large-scale disasters, such as flooding, tornadoes, communicable disease outbreaks and acts of terrorism. By providing leadership to EMS, hospital-based care, skilled nursing facilities and pharmacies, we help prepare an all-hazards response plan that would protect the public and stabilize systems of care should the unimaginable occur. We have worked with regional partners to expand Area and Regional Medical Coordinating Centers and develop plans for a scalable, flexible response to nearly every emergency.

*This program is funded by the Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) through the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.