Dr. Michael Sullivan will speak at the Orcas Medical Foundation annual meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23
Orcas Medical Foundation (OMF) invites “anyone interested in health care on Orcas Island” to its annual meeting on Tuesday, April 23, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Madrona Room at Orcas Center. “Members and non-members alike are welcome,” said OMF Board President Norm Zimlich.
OMF is the non-profit organization that owns the Orcas Medical Center (OMC) building. The OMF organization was founded 57 years ago to attract quality medical care to Orcas Island. Tony Giefer, MD, MPH (Master of Public Health) is Medical Director of the OMC practice, which is managed by Island Hospital of Anacortes.
On April 23, a brief Medical Foundation business meeting and announcement of new board members will be followed by a guest speaker, discussion and light refreshments.
This year’s guest speaker will be Michael Sullivan, MD, FACEP (Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians). Dr. Sullivan is the Orcas Island Fire & Rescue Medical Director and San Juan County Medical Program Director. His topic will be, “A View from Inside EMS on Orcas Island.”
According to protocol, when paramedics or emergency medical technicians from Orcas Island Fire & Rescue respond to a 911 call and need to transfer a patient for medical treatment, they contact Dr. Michael Sullivan, their Medical Director.
Dr. Sullivan is also San Juan County Medical Program Director and Medical Director for San Juan Island EMS/Island Air Ambulance. An accomplished emergency physician, lecturer and mentor, he is Emergency Medicine Department Chair of the new Peace Island Medical Center and makes his home on San Juan Island with his wife Ashley.
