Gerald Pagano To Chair AAMS Board of Directors

Alexandria, VA – The board of directors of the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) recently elected Gerald M. Pagano, ATP, CFI, CFII, ASPM, and past CMTE of Delray Beach, FL, to serve a one-year term as chair of the board following AAMS’ 2012-2014 elections.
He replaces Timothy Pickering, JD, EMT-P, CMTE of Air-Evac EMS in O'Fallon, MO. Pagano was elected during the Air Medical Transport Conference, held Oct. 22-24, in Seattle, WA.

“It is a great honor and privilege for me to serve the Association of Air Medical Services," says Pagano. "I am humbled at being selected to chair its board of directors as we work together with the president, staff and member volunteers to continue the great work the association does each and every day in support of our membership as they provide air and ground critical care transportation throughout the world to patients in need of those services.”

Pagano is currently the director of medical transport and aeromedical facilities for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County, an FAA-certificated air ambulance service based in West Palm Beach, FL. He is an aviation executive with 38 years of experience including military training, combat flight assignments, and ratings in fixed- and rotor-wing aircraft. His resume includes positions as director of operations, check airman, chief pilot, air traffic controller, emergency medical technician, and aviation consultant.

Pagano has also served as the Region VI Director on the AAMS board of directors since October 2006, chair of the AAMS safety committee since 2007, and has also served as president of the Florida AeroMedical Association. He is a current member of the National EMS Pilots Association and the Florida EMS Pilots Association.

Other elected AAMS officers also included vice chair Eveline Bisson, RN, BSN, CMTE, program director, Northwest MedStar, Spokane, WA; treasurer Martin F. Arkus, CMTE, VP of business development, Med-Trans Corporation, Tucson, AZ; and secretary Betsy Sullivan Casanave, MHA, RN, CMTE, EMT, director and chief, Mobile Critical Care Services, WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, NC. View a full listing of the 2012-2014 AAMS Board of Directors here.

“I look forward to working with such a distinguished and dedicated group of industry leaders who are so clearly committed to providing safe and effective medical transportation for the most critically ill and injured patients worldwide,” says Rick Sherlock, AAMS president and CEO.