Faculty
Coordinators
Current Fellow
Gigi Landa, MD
Hometown: Curitiba, Brazil
Medical School: Faculdade Evangelica Mackenzie do Parana - Brazil
Residency: University of Iowa Health Care - Iowa City
Former Fellows
Benjamin Wilkinson, MD
2024-2025
Mercyhealth Prehospital and Emergency Services Center - Rockford, IL
Melvin Donaldson, MD, PhD
2023-2024
University of Iowa Health Care - Iowa City, IA
James Hart, MD
2021-2022
Decatur Memorial Hospital - Decatur, IL
Alexander Colgan, MD
2020-2021
Wyoming Medical Center - Casper, WY
Shaila Coffey, MD
2019-2020
University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha, NE
Peter Georgakakos, DO
2018-2019
University of Iowa Health Care - Iowa City, IA
Fellowship Educators
AirCare
- Missy Kiger-Bell, RN, BSN, Program Director
- Melvin Donaldson, MD, PhD, Medical Director
Area Ambulance
- Keith Rippy, Chief Executive Officer
- Jennifer Peden, Chief Financial Officer
- Joshua Pruitt, MD, Medical Director
- Tanner Wilson, CQI Education Manager
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
- Joshua Pruitt, MD, Medical Director
- Jason Andrews, Battalion Chief, EMS Program Manager
- Andy Olesen, Assistant Fire Chief
Emergency Medicine Research
- Brett Faine, PharmD, Vice Chair for Research
- Priyanka Vakkalanka PhD, Assistant Professor
EMS Learning Resources Center (EMSLRC)
- Michael McElmeel, Director
- Thomas Striegel, DO, FACEP, FAAEM, HPM-BC, Medical Director
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services - Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services
- Peter Georgakakos, DO FAEMS, Medical Director
- Brad Vande Lune, EMS Bureau Chief
Johnson County Ambulance Service
- Fiona Johnson, Director
- Peter Georgakakos, DO, FAEMS, Medical Director
- Alisia Meader, Education Supervisor
- Thomas Striegel, DO FACEP, FAAEM, HPM-BC, Community Paramedicine Medical Director
Joint Emergency Communications Center
- Joe McCarville, Dispatch Operations Manager
- Tom Jones, Executive Director
Johnson County Sheriff's Office
- Jeff Gingerich, SERT Commander
Keokuk County Ambulance Service
- Sven Steen, MD, Medical Director
- Wendy Stuhr, Director
- Cody Davis, Paramedic
- Taylor Zehr, Ambulance Director