Membership and Meetings
The Interfacility Transport Advisory Committee aims to improving the transport of patients of all ages during non-911 medical needs. Moving patients to acute care hospitals from smaller critical access facilities, to the "routine" transport of non-emergency patients who need higher levels of care and transport to the emergency movement of patients throughout Maine and beyond. Meetings are held as needed. Please call 207-626-3860 for information about the date and time of the next meeting.
All meetings are open to the public, with the exception of those portions that may be conducted in executive session in accordance with Maine Law 32 M.R.S.A. § 90-A(3) and 1 M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(E) & (F)
All meetings are held at Maine EMS, 45 Commerce Drive, Suite 1, Augusta, ME 04333. Meetings are typically held in the Champlain conference room. Directions are located here.
Resources
A variety of resources related to Interfacility Transport can be found here.
Interfacility Transport Committee Members
The chair of the IFT Committee is Judy Gerrish.
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Judy Gerrish | Maine EMS Board Representative |
| Tim Beals | Maine EMS Board Representative |
| Joseph Conley | Maine EMS Board Representative |
| Dennis Russell | Maine EMS Board Representative |
| Matt Sholl, MD | MDPB Representative |
| Pete Tilney, MD | MDPB Representative |
| Beth Collamore, MD | MDPB Representative |
| Chris Costello, RN | Rural Sending Facility Representative |
| Sandra Parker, JD | Maine Hospital Association |
| Christopher Azevedo | Maine EMS Staff |
| Marc Minkler | Maine EMS Staff |