David P. Thomson, MS, MD, MPA, FACEP, FAEMS, FAsMA, FAMPA

Dr. David P. Thomson is currently Clinical Professor and the Medical Director for the Human Performance Clinical Research Laboratory at Colorado State University. He received is BA from Wabash College. At Ball State University he was a student in the Human Performance Laboratory, receiving is MS in Human Bioenergetics. He received his MD from the University of Cincinnati and did a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. It was during residency that Dr. Thomson became interested in EMS, working as an EMS Physician with the City of Pittsburgh EMS Bureau. He has been a medical director for the University of Cincinnati Air Care, EastCare (Greenville, NC), Onondaga County (NY) Sheriff’s Air One, and the National Medical Advisor for PHI Air Medical. On the ground EMS side Dr. Thomson has been the medical director for Erlanger (KY) Fire Rescue, Florence (KY) EMS, Rural Metro of Central New York, and was a tactical physician for the Town of Manlius Emergency Response Team. He has been a member of the boards of AMPA, CAMTS (representing NAEMSP), AAMS, and served as the chair of the MedEvac Foundation International. He has given presentations at the National Association of EMS Physicians meeting, Air Medical Physician Association preconferences, AirMed International Conferences, and the Aerospace Medical Association. In his current position he supervises stress testing of first responders, VO 2 max testing of athletes, and supports researchers in exercise physiology.

Michael A. Duerson, MD

Michael Duerson, MD is an EMS/Emergency Medicine Physician and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and University of Colorado Hospital. He completed his undergraduate education at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and obtained his medical degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Health and

Science. Dr. Duerson then completed his emergency medicine training at the Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine and EMS Fellowship at Denver Health Medical Center.

Dr. Duerson’s interest in the Emergency Medical Services stem from his prior career in the prehospital setting, where he spent over 10 years working as an EMT/Paramedic on the Central Coast of California. His current academic interests include delivery of prehospital education, prehospital airway management, and EMS quality assurance. Dr. Duerson also serves as the Medical Director for Prehospital Education with

UCHealth’s EMS education programs.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Duerson is passionate about enjoying the outdoors, especially flyfishing. He also enjoys camping, hiking, and skiing with his wife and two daughters.

Andra Farcas, MD, FAEMS is an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and emergency medical services physician providing medical direction for various EMS agencies throughout the state of Colorado. She has a specific interest in rural EMS.