Gregg Margolis, Ph.D.
Fellowship Year(s): 2009-2010
Profession: Allied Health Profession
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Details:
Associate Director
National Registry of EMTs
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Sen Rockefeller (D-WV)
Ohio
At time of Fellowship
Gregg Margolis, Ph.D., is Associate Director of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), a nonprofit organization that serves as the national certification agency for nearly 300,000 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals in the United States. He is directly responsible for leadership of the Research, Community Relations, and Recertification Departments.
Dr. Margolis began his EMS career in 1983 while working as a SCUBA diving instructor. Prior to joining the NREMT in 2003, he held faculty and leadership positions at the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh, and George Washington University.
Throughout his career, Dr. Margolis has played key roles in many national EMS improvement projects. Most notably, he was Principal Investigator for the revision of the Paramedic and EMT-Intermediate: National Standard Curricula (1995) and has played major leadership roles in the EMS Education Agenda for the Future (2000), the National EMS Scope of Practice Project (2007), and the National EMS Education Standards (2008) projects. He has served in numerous board and leadership positions, including with the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions, the National Association of EMS Educators, the National Association of EMTs, and the Prehospital Care Research Forum.
Dr. Margolis has over 20 years of clinical experience in prehospital emergency medicine, including 12 years as a flight paramedic. He is the author of dozens of publications in a wide array of topics in emergency medicine. He remains active in many outdoor activities and adventure sports (skiing, SCUBA diving, alpine mountaineering) and recently developed an interest in acoustic guitar.
Current Info:
Director
National Academy of Medicine
Health Care Access;Health Care Costs;Health Care Quality;Health Care/Health Policy Advocacy;Health Reform;Public Health
Since Fellowship:
Gregg S. Margolis, PhD, is the Director of Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). In this role, Dr. Margolis leads the NAM’s nationally renowned health policy fellowship and leadership programs with a mission of building health policy leadership and expertise for the future.
Prior to joining the NAM, Dr. Margolis served as the Director of the Division of Health System Policy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he led a team of policy experts in formulating, analyzing, and implementing policies to build strong, integrated, and resilient health care systems that are prepared for, able to respond to, and recover quickly from disasters and public health emergencies. Dr. Margolis has served numerous White House, interagency, and HHS-wide efforts and played instrumental roles in major incidents, including Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombing, outbreaks of fungal meningitis, Ebola, and Zika.
Prior to his federal service, Dr. Margolis was the Associate Director of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, a nonprofit organization that serves as the national Emergency Medical Services (EMS) certification agency. He has held leadership and faculty positions in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and The George Washington University.
Dr. Margolis holds a PhD in administrative and policy studies from the University of Pittsburgh and has over 20 years of clinical experience as a field and flight paramedic. He is the author of over a hundred publications and is a frequent speaker in a wide array of topics in health policy, leadership development, emergency medicine, and disasters/public health emergency preparedness. He remains active in numerous outdoor activities, including skiing, SCUBA diving, and alpine mountaineering. Despite over a decade of effort, he is still a beginner on the acoustic guitar. (Updated 5/26)
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