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Medical Director Course - Three Part Series
Paul Pepe MD, MPH, MACP, FACEP
Medical Director
Dallas Fire Department
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
214-648-4812
Background:
Dr. Paul Pepe, Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Public Health & Riggs Family Chair
in Emergency Medicine (EM) at UT Southwestern; heads an academic EM program of about 55
faculty and 70 residents/fellows based at the county emergency-trauma center, Parkland Hospital.
He is also City of Dallas Director of Medical Emergency Services for Public Safety, Public Health
& Homeland Security and is the jurisdictional Medical Director for the regional EMS system and
Medical Director for special services for the DFW Airport, the Dallas Police Department and the
Dallas Metropolitan Medical Response System for counter-terrorism and disaster mitigation.
An extremely distinguished academician, Dr. Pepe has served simultaneously as a high-level
municipal or state employee for over three decades. Renown for a grass-roots, street-wise style
in planning, implementing and overseeing a systems approach to saving lives, both operationally
and through clinical trials, his programs have resulted in some of the highest cardiac arrest and
trauma survival rates worldwide. In addition to the Chain of Survival publication, he is known for
his original measurements of physiological mechanisms, intrepid clinical concepts and groundbreaking
clinical trials. Many of his numerous studies, injury prevention programs and media
interactions have consistently affected public policy and legislation.
He served as an assistant to the medical directors of the Seattle Fire Department EMS (1977-82), as
Director for the City of Houston EMS System (1982-96) and as Commonwealth Emergency Medical
Director for Pennsylvania under Governor Tom Ridge. In addition, Dr. Pepe has served for years
as emergency medicine-trauma consultant to various entities such as the White House Medical
Unit, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), FBI, NIH, network news organizations, and even the National
Basketball Association Trainers. He coordinates the so-called Eagles consortium, a cohesive and
highly-influential de facto coalition of the jurisdictional 9-1-1 (EMS) system medical directors for
the nation’s 25-30 largest cities and pivotal federal agencies (e.g., FBI, USSS, ATF, DHS, White
House Medical Unit).
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