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Dr. Mendelson joined EmCare 12 years ago. He is responsible for provider education at EmCare for more than 5,000 physicians and mid-level clinicians. His responsibilities with EmCare’s Medical Practice and Medical Affairs divisions include oversight of medical education, content development and education delivery via Emergency Medicine Education Systems, Inc. (EMEDS), a company he co-founded in 1997. EMEDS, now owned by EmCare, has provided hundreds of thousands of hours of Category I continuing medical education and is recognized as a premier educational provider. EMEDS offers live conferences and online education for physicians, mid-level providers, nurse practitioners and nurses. Dr. Mendelson is also a member of EmCare’s Risk Management Team and developed the concept of Fail-Safes, which are being used in many of EmCare’s client hospitals.
After obtaining Master of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees, Dr. Mendelson pursued a fellowship in administration. Board certified in Emergency Medicine by ABEM, Dr. Mendelson is the interim medical director at Dallas Children’s Medical Center (First Care and Referral Care) as well as the medical director of several small urgent care and emergency departments. He serves on the board of directors for TCEP and currently serves as the board’s secretary. Dr. Mendelson also is a member of the national ACEP Steering Committee and the Emergency Medicine Practice Committee, where he co-chairs the committee on psychiatric and substance abuse patients
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