Michael O’Brien, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, CCEMT-P |  Attending Physician

Dr. Michael O’Brien is an attending physician in the emergency department at ECMC. Dr. O’Brien is also a veteran critical care paramedic, EMS educator, and EMS physician. His clinical practice is split between shifts in the emergency department and operational medicine/field response. He provides medical direction to Erie Community College’s EMS training programs and the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response Team. Additionally, he is a Medical Director and Flight Physician for Mercy Flight of Western New York.

Dr. O’Brien’s research interests center around extracorporeal life support (ECLS) and prehospital resuscitation. He is a frequent speaker on topics such as out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, operational/austere medicine, and the ethics of emergency care. He is double board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. Dr. O’Brien serves on national committees with the National Association of EMS Physicians, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Air Medical Physician Association.