Trauma Advisory Committee

Membership and Meetings

Since 1992, the Trauma Advisory Committee (TAC) has developed an organized System of trauma care to reduce morbidity and mortality from the most serious injuries and assure equally appropriate care for all other injuries. Meetings are held quarterly on the 4th Tuesday in the months of January, April, July and October at 12:30 PM.

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 the Maine EMS trauma system can be found here.

TAC Members

The Chair of the TAC is Rick Petrie.  The Maine EMS Trauma Program Manager is Kate Zimmerman, DO.

First Name	Last Name	Organization/Facility	Town	TAC Position “*” = minimum required
Mindy	Gammon, RN	Mercy Hospital	Portland	Administrator – large hospital (1)*
Matt	Sholl, MD	Maine Medical Center	Portland	MEMS Board (1)*
Regen	Gallagher, DO	Cary Medical Center	Caribou	MHA  (1)*
Thomas	Savadove, MD	Maine Medical Center	Portland	Trauma rehabilitation specialist (1)*
Guy	Nuki, MD	Blue Water Medical Group- Calais, DownEast, Houlton		Administrator – small Hospital (1)*
Pret	Bjorn, RN	Northern Lights EMMC	Bangor	Trauma Program Mgr.
Sam	Hurley, NRP	Maine EMS	Augusta	State EMS Director (1)*
Richard	King, MD	Central Maine Medical Ctr.	Lewiston	Trauma surgeon (4)*
Comfort	Hines, MD	Penobscot Bay Medical Ctr.	Rockport	Emergency physician (2)*
Joseph	Rappold, MD	Maine Medical Center	Portland	Trauma surgeon (4)*
Norman	Dinerman, MD	Northern Lights EMMC	Bangor	Emergency physician
Nathan	Morse	Maine CDC	Augusta	Rural health
Gwen	Downs, MD	Maine General Medical Ctr.	Augusta	Emergency physician (2)*
Tammy	LaChance, RN	Central Maine Medical Ctr.	Lewiston	Trauma program mgr.
Carlo	Gammaitoni, MD	MaineGeneral Medical Ctr.	Augusta	Trauma surgeon (4)*
Thomas	Judge, EMT-P	LifeFlight of Maine	Bangor	Air ambulance (1)*
Kevin	Kendall, MD	MaineGeneral Medical Ctr.	Augusta	Emergency physician
William	Jenkins	Maine CDC	Augusta	Public health preparedness
Julie	Ontengco, NP, EMT-P	Maine Medical Ctr.	Portland	Trauma Program Mgr.
Joanne	LeBrun, EMT	Tri-County EMS, INC	Lewiston	Regional coord. (1)*
Geno	Murray, EMT-P	Community Member	Greenville	System user (1)*
Nancy	Jackson, RN	Miles Memorial Hospital	Damariscotta	Emergency nurse (1)*
Amy	Fenwick, MD	Northern Lights EMMC	Bangor	Trauma surgeon (4)*
Chris	Paré, EMT-P	Wells EMS	Wells	Prehospital care provider (2)*
Gail	Ross	Northern Lights EMMC	Bangor	Trauma data mgr.
Heather	Cady, RN	LifeFlight of Maine	Lewiston	Critical care nurse (1)*
Tim	Pieh, MD	MaineGeneral Medical Ctr.	Augusta	ED Physician
Jennifer	Granata, RN	Southern Maine Health Care	Biddeford	Administrator – medium hospital (1)*
Kim	McGraw, RN	Bridgton/LFOM	Bridgton	Emergency nurse
Lyndsy	Bragg, RN	MaineGeneral Medical Ctr.	Augusta	Trauma nurse
David	Stuchiner, MD		Lewiston	System advisor
Sheila	Nelson	Maine CDC	Augusta	Injury Prevention
Mark	McAllister, MD	MaineGeneral Medical Ctr.	Augusta	ED Physician
David	Ciraulo, DO	Maine Medical Center	Portland	Trauma Surgeon
Ian	Reight, MD	MaineGeneral Medical Ctr.	Augusta	Trauma Surgeon
Ben	Zetterman, AEMT	Aroostook EMS	Caribou	Prehospital Care Provider (2)*
Kevin	McGinnis, EMT-P	NEMHS	Scarborough	System Advisor
Pete	Tilney, DO	Central Maine Medical Ctr.	Lewiston	Emergency Physician
Anna	Moses, RN	Northern Lights EMMC	Bangor	Trauma Nurse Coordinator
Bruce	Chung, MD	Maine Medical Center	Portland	Trauma Surgeon
Marc	Minkler, NRP	Maine EMS	Augusta	EMS-C Manager
Rick	Petrie, EMT-P	APEMS	Regions 1,3,4,6	Chair
Ian	Neilson, MD	Maine Medical Center	Portland	Pediatric Surgeon