Dr. Mark A. Merlin is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Vice-Chairman, Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center/RWJBarnabas Health. He has over 35 years’ experience in EMS as a volunteer first aider, paramedic and EMS Physician. Dr Merlin is currently the CEO of MD1 which is a fifty member nonprofit dedicated to advancing prehospital care. Dr. Merlin has been involved overseeing prehospital physician response since 2002. For MD1, manages teams participating in event medicine, tactical response, flight medicine (both rotary and fixed wing) and ground field response. Dr. Merlin is the founder of MD1 and Board Chairman. At MD1, Dr. Merlin has created numerous revenue streams and developed relationships between the business and EMS community to develop support for numerous programs. He has developed EMS grant and community support and public awareness via social media and community engagement.
Dr Merlin has published over 75 peer reviewed publications and abstracts and has obtained grant dollars (including NIH) over 1.5 million. He has presented nationally and internationally in multiple areas of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services, physician field response, EMS Operations and medical care. His research has been highlighted in the NY Times, JEMS, EMSWorld, multiple PODcasts and meetings for various specialties. Additionally, he is a frequent commentator on Fox, CBS and NBC on multiple EMS and Emergency Medicine Topics.
He founded three EMS Fellowships including the NJ EMS fellows which became the largest one in the U.S. consisting of nine EMS fellows and generating 23 publications and abstracts. He has worked with C-Suite personnel in numerous hospitals to build relationships to promote concepts of EMS and the importance of financial support and community outreaches.
Dr. Merlin is the Medical Director of Medway Air Ambulance providing fixed wing medical care to 250 patients each month. He is actively engaged with fixed wing protocols and has provided consultation with multiple companies through the accreditation process. He has developed numerous protocols for AirMedical and maintains daily oversight of critical patients being transferred around the world. He has coordinated review articles on topics of AirMedical Transport.
Previous he held positions as the active medical director of both state police rotary and private rotary system.
Currently, Dr Merlin is the Chair of the NJ EMS Council for the NJ Department of Health. He still responds on 911 requests as an EMS Physician and provides training on advanced prehospital procedures including TEE, REBOA, and Field Amputation and best EMS medical practices. He routinely provides consultation on physician field response and fixed wing best practices. Dr Merlin has been involved as a consultant for multiple major legal and intellectual property cases involving EMS and Emergency Medicine.
Previously, Dr Merlin was the Chief Medical Officer of MONOC EMS overseeing an educational budget of 1.4 million with 800 paramedics and EMTs. He has provided medical direction and Chief Medical Officer services to multiple organizations for the past twenty years. Additionally, Dr Merlin has been a board member for multiple medical related start-ups and organizations including the American Heart Association. He has provided consultation to companies through the 510K approval process for medical devices.
