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Michael Carr

  • Department of Emergency Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • Emory University
    Emergency Medicine
    531 Asbury Circle, Annex Suite N340
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Overview

Michael J. Carr, MD FACEP FAEMS is Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Section at Emory University and is board certified in Emergency Medicine and in EMS & Disaster Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM).

Dr. Carr serves as Medical Director for DeKalb County Fire Rescue in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also Medical Director for Air Methods / Air Life Georgia, overseeing six helicopter bases in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Dr. Carr is a member of the National Physicians Advisory Board for Air Methods Corporation.

Dr. Carr is project director and principal investigator for the Emory Rural Tele-EMS Network (ER-TEMS) a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded project that works to expand telehealth capabilities to ambulances throughout rural Georgia. Most recently, Dr. Carr was appointed as a co-investigator for the Southern Regional Disaster Response System, funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR). He is a course instructor and subject matter expert for the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC), and for the United States Public Health Service Corps (USPHS).

He is an appointed member of the Georgia State EMS Medical Director Advisory Committee, and the states Region III EMS Council. He works clinically in the Emergency Department at Emory University Hospital and the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Emory University
  • Assistant Professor of EMS and Prehospital Medicine, Emory University Hospital

Education

Degrees

  • MD from St. George's University
  • BSc from Siena College

Research

Publications

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