EPC Committee

• Shannon Watson, CCEMT-P, Chair

  Shannon Watson began her EMS Career in Jacksonville, NC, where she earned her Paramedic license and Associate’s degree in Emergency Medical Science. She since completed her Bachelor’s in Business Administration and is starting her Master’s program this year. Shannon joined Christian Hospital EMS ten years ago, diligently working her way to the Assistant Chief position for the EMS Department. Watson is an instructor for a variety of certifications and teaches nationally at EMS conferences. She is a member of the East Central Region EMS Committee for St. Louis, and in 2012 became a contributing author of the Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers (PEPP) textbook and author of the chapter on resuscitation. Watson was the NAEMT Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) Regional Coordinator for two years prior to joining the EPC committee.

  Shannon realized her love for education while at Christian Hospital EMS, where she was a field training officer and member of the education committee. Then, she became Clinical Supervisor and assisted in the development of the Christian Hospital EMS Academy, which offers more than 30 EMS courses annually to employees and outside EMS participants. She advanced to Community Health Supervisor and assisted in developing and implementing the Community Health Access Program (CHAP). She supervised the mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) program and EMS portion of CHAP for three years prior to moving into the Assistant Chief role for Christian Hospital EMS. She is married to a firefighter/paramedic and has two children.

  
  

• Katherine Remick, MD, Medical Director

  Dr. Katherine Remick is Associate Medical Director for Austin-Travis County EMS System and an attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas. She completed her residency and chief residency in pediatrics at Washington University and fellowships in pediatric emergency medicine and emergency medical services at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles County EMS Agency.

  Dr. Remick was Co-Primary Investigator of the California Pediatric Readiness Project (the pilot study for the National Pediatric Readiness Project) and actively serves on the National Pediatric Readiness Resource Development Group for the federal EMS for Children program. She also serves on the Texas EMS for Children Advisory Committee and the Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council Medical Director’s Committee for the state of Texas. She is a member of the National Association of State EMS Officials EMS Education Task Force on Pediatrics.

  
  

• Ann Dietrich, MD, Medical Director

  Dr. Ann Dietrich is a pediatric emergency medicine doctor in Columbus, Ohio and is affiliated with Nationwide Children's Hospital. She received her medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She is one of 59 doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital who specialize in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
  
  
  

• Gustavo Flores, MD, EMT-P

  Dr. Gustavo Flores is director of Emergency & Critical Care Trainings LLC, a company that provides EMS continuing education in the Caribbean and internationally. He is also an air medical crewman for REVA Air Ambulance, and a volunteer member of First Response EMS, both in Puerto Rico.
  
  Gustavo has been involved in EMS for more than 20 years as a field provider and an educator in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, in the United States, and in Latin America. He is interested in social media, resuscitation science, and technology. Gustavo is an associate editor for Revista EMS World, a Spanish-language magazine, sits on the Editorial Board of EMS1, and is a member of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Educational Science and Program Subcommittee.

  Gustavo holds several certifications, is the NAEMT State Advocacy Coordinator for Puerto Rico, a member of the NAEMT Advocacy Committee, and an international faculty member for many of NAEMT's education programs.
  
  

• Jonathan Willoughby, Paramedic

  Jon Willoughby started in EMS after serving 4 years in the Marine Corps.  He worked as a dispatcher, a paramedic, a firefighter/paramedic, and as a search and rescue paramedic for the Department of State Air Wing in Iraq. He then worked in New Mexico as a lead instructor for University of New Mexico on the USAF Pararescue Paramedic Program and was appointed as an Air Force civilian to the clinical coordinator position for the USAF Pararescue Paramedic Program. Jon was later appointed as the paramedic program director for a collaboration of two accredited paramedic programs in Minneapolis, MN with Hennepin County Medical Center, eventually being promoted to Deputy Chief of EMS Education. Mr. Willoughby is currently completing a Doctorate of Educational Technology program through Central Michigan University while working for a rural volunteer ambulance service. He is a lifetime member of NAEMT, a former State Education Coordinator for NAEMT, and a member of NAEMSE.