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About Professor Paul Werfel Professor Paul Werfel brings more than four decades of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) expertise to his clients, learners, and colleagues. A nationally recognized educator, international speaker, and published author, he has written over 50 articles, magazine columns, and book chapters, and has been a practicing New York State and nationally registered paramedic since 1983. Paul spent fourteen years as a paramedic in New York City and held key leadership roles at major medical centers, including serving as Program Coordinator for Advanced Cardiac, Trauma, and Pediatric Life Support at the Emergency Care Institute at Bellevue Hospital–NYU Medical Center, and as Emergency Care Programs Coordinator at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York. For 31 years, Paul served as Director of the Stony Brook University EMT and Paramedic Program, while also holding appointments as Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professor of Health Science. He is a recipient of the 1998 Faculty Achievement Award and has contributed significantly to the field through editorial and advisory work. He has served on review boards for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine and Prehospital Immediate Care, was an expert writer for the National Standard EMT-Intermediate/Paramedic Curriculum revision project, and is a founding board member of the National EMS Educators Association. He serves as the Chair of the Paramedic Accreditation Advisory Committee of Borough of Manhattan Community College. Paul continues to serve on several influential committees, including the New York State EMS Committee, the Suffolk County Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee, and the Suffolk Rapid Sequence Induction Subcommittee. Since 1997, he has presented at more than 250 EMS international conferences and seminars. As a widely respected expert witness, Paul has testified in numerous jurisdictions, including New York City; Bridgeport, CT; Cape May, NJ; Suffolk and Nassau Counties, NY; Youngstown, OH; Trenton and Camden, NJ; Clark County, WA; and Maricopa County, AZ. He has supported many of the nation’s leading defense and plaintiff law firms. Frequently featured in videos, radio programs, and major EMS publications, Paul has served on the editorial boards of EMS World and JEMS. He authored the long-running “Ask the Educator” and “Case of the Month” columns for JEMS, which later became the basis for his book Clinical Clues, published by Mosby/JEMS in 2003. Werfel also works regularly as a paid paramedic and has the following peer-reviewed publications: July 2019 Maloney, L., Marshall, R., Werfel, P., & Johnson, S. (n.d.). Using a Journal Club Series to Introduce Paramedic Students to Research Fundamentals and Critical Appraisal of Medical Literature. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 1-5. doi:10.1017/S1049023X19004618 January 2018, Maloney LM, Dilger JP, Werfel PA, Cimino LM. Are Audience Response Systems Worth the Cost? Comparing Question-Driven Teaching Strategies for Emergency Medical Technician Education The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 2018 Jan 01;16(1), Article 8.