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The EMS Physician Advisory Committee (EMS-PAC) makes recommendations to the Department of Health Services on medical issues related to EMS.  Although the EMS Advisory Board appoints members to the EMS Physician Advisory Committee, the EMS-PAC does not report directly to the Board. Listed below is a summary of the roles, duties, and interactions between the EMS Advisory Board, the EMS Physician Advisory Committee (EMS-PAC), and the State Medical Director.

Statutory duties

  • Advise the Department on selection criteria and performance of the State Medical Director

  • Advise the Medical Director on appropriate medical issues

Board assigned duties:

  • Assist with development of qualifications for medical directors at the local level

  • Serve as an advisory committee for all related agencies (Wisconsin Technical College System Board, Department of Transportation)

  • Assist with development of medical items for state data base

  • Recommend Scope of Practice for each EMT level

  • Other duties as assigned by the Board


Committee Membership

Suzanne Martens, MD (Chair)
Saint Nicholas Hospital
3100 Superior Drive
Sheboygan, WI  53081
Work: (920) 459-4760
Email: smartensmd@aol.com
Christopher Sorrells, MD, FAAEM
BayCare Emergency Physicians
164 North Broadway
Green Bay, WI  54303-9983
Work: (920) 405-5382
Email: csorrells@new.rr.com
W Scott Carpenter, MD
Marshfield Clinic - Indianhead Center
1020 Lakeshore Drive
Rice Lake, WI 54868
Work: (715) 236-6292
Fax: (715) 305-2643
Email: carpenter.w@marshfieldclinic.org
C Todd Stewart, MD
Marshfield Clinic
1000 North Oak Avenue
Pediatrics 1B3
Marshfield, WI  54449
Work: (715) 387-5014
Email: stewart.todd@marshfieldclinic.org
Michael Curtis, MD (Vice Chair)
St. Michael's Hospital
900 Illinois Avenue
Stevens Point, WI  54481
Work: (715) 346-5578
Email: curtism@smhosp.org
Wade Woelfle, MD
Fort Health Care
611 Sherman Avenue E.
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
Work: (920) 568-5330
FAX: (920) 568-5075
Email: woelflems@aol.com
Thomas L Nielsen, MD, FACEP
ASpirus Wausau Hospital
333 Pine Ridge Blvd.
Wausau, WI  54401
Work: (715) 847-2160
Kenneth Yen, MD, MS
Children's Hospital and Health System
999 N. 92nd Street, Suite C550
Milwaukee, WI  53226
Work: (414) 266-2625
FAX: (414) 266-2635
Email: kyen@mcw.edu
Mark Schultz, DO, FACEP
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
725 American Avenue
Waukesha, WI 53188
Work:
(262) 928-2475
Email:
firedr@wi.rr.com

If you have corrections to the listings available on this page, please send
a detailed e-mail message to Nicola.Symons@wisconsin.gov.

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Last Revised: April 27, 2009