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M. Riccardo Colella, DO
Medical Director, Flight For Life
Assistant Medical Director,Milwaukee Cnty Emergency Med Services
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Emergency Medicine
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Dr. Colella is the Medical Director for Flight For Life, a CAMTS accredited air medical transport system providing service to southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Dr. Colella is also the Assistant Director of Medical Services for the Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System, a national leader in EMS serving a population of approximately one million citizens. Additionally, he is a consultant for the Center for International Health developing academic EMS curriculum for international physician development and other projects.
Dr. Colella has an extensive background in EMS, technical rescue, and critical care transport that spans two decades. Prior to his recruitment to the Medical College of Wisconsin, he was an appointed faculty at the Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director for their Critical Care Transport Program. Other appointments include an Emergency Services Section Physician for the United States Secret Service and disaster physician for both DMAT and USAR Teams.
His academic interests include EMS, critical care transport, operational, international and disaster medicine, expert testimony and the intersection between public health and emergency care. |
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| Patient Care Emphases: |
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medical Services
- Disaster and Operational Medicine
- Critical Care Transport Medicine
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| Clinical Practice: |
- Patient Age: All
- Joined MCW: 2007
- Additional Languages Spoken:
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Clinical Practice Locations: |
- Emergency Department & Trauma Center at Froedtert & Medical College Clinics, (414) 805-6717
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| Education: |
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, PA, 1999
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| Training: |
- Internship, Internal Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1999-2000
- Residency, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 2000-2003
- Fellowship, Emergency Medical Services, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2003-2004
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