Dr. Michael Abernethy, Chief Flight Physician, has been appointed as the first American examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in their Faculty of Pre-hospital Care.
In addition to his certification in Emergency Medicine, Dr. Abernethy is a Fellow and Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and is the first American to earn a Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is an instructor/faculty with the UK’s renowned Anesthesia, Trauma & Critical Care Group (ATACC). With over 30 years of continuous experience and thousands of patient transports, he is one of the world’s most experienced helicopter flight physicians.