As the stories unfold on the television program ER, the doctor’s struggle to address emergency medicine and their personal and professional lives, too. This episode brings the ER to life and the impact of trauma and stress on emergency medicine physicians. Our guest is Dr. Ronald Roth.

Dr. Ronald Roth began his career in Emergency Service at Penn State University where he completed an EMT course and then worked on the University Ambulance Service. He earned his medical degree and completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Pittsburgh. As a resident, Ron staffed a physician emergency response vehicle and served as a flight physician on a medical helicopter service.

For more than 30 years, he worked at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. In his tenure, Ron has served as medical director of paramedic training at the Center for Emergency Medicine, Director of the EMS fellowship, and chief of the division of EMS in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Roth currently serves as the medical director of the City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, Command Physician at the UPMC Medical Command Center, medical director for the Dicks Sporting Goods–Pittsburgh marathon, and as a team physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers football club.

The Resilient Minds podcast is sponsored by Passages & Prose, LLC.

It is produced by: Lillie Leonardi and Chris Sichi.

Music: Ocean Breeze by Ketsa