CommonSpirit EMS & PreHospital Services

CommonSpirit Health offers the EMS education and medical advisorship programs for agencies across the region.

CommonSpirit EMS & PreHospital Services

CommonSpirit Health offers the EMS education and medical advisorship programs for agencies across the region.

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Further your EMS career

Accredited EMS courses and medical directorship

CommonSpirit EMS & PreHospital services has been providing exceptional education, training and medical directorship across Denver Metro and southern Colorado for more than 40 years.  

Whether you are looking for an exciting career where you can help people or you are already an experienced EMS professional seeking a quality environment to attain your continuing education, we have are your link to accreted education and resources.

We also provide medical directorship to more than 55 prehospital agencies including fire departments, ambulance services, search and rescue organizations, ski patrols, and certain law enforcement groups. This includes oversight of quality assurance, continuing education and specialty courses for agencies with whom we are affiliated. 

Training facilities

Training facilities

We offer two training facilities serving the Denver metro area and Colorado Springs. 

Our Denver area facility is in Lakewood near St. Anthony Hospital and our Colorado Springs facility is on the Penrose Hospital campus. Training facilities offer:

  • Dedicated classroom space with skill and simulation capability.
  • Dedicated simulation labs.
  • Computer resources that allow the students access to online educational resources that are maintained by the school.
  • Close proximity to hospitals for student clinical experience.
Why choose our program?

Why choose our program?

Benefits of choosing St. Anthony PreHospital Services and Institute of Emergency Medical Training:

  • A state-of-the-art education facility that includes dedicated simulation labs.
  • We interact with local, state, regional and national organizations to make your job easier. 
  • We provide Medical Advisorship to more than fifty-five emergency response agencies.
  • Our team is highly motivated and each member of our staff has a common interest in the advancement of EMS. 
  • Our backgrounds represent several levels of the medical specialties including: EMT, paramedics, nurses, and medical doctors, business professionals and hospital administrators
Contact our EMS & PreHospital team

Our team looks forward to working with you to answer questions about our courses or to discuss medical directorship and continuing education. 

Administration


Scott Phillips MS, NRP 
PreHospital Services Director 
Phone: 720-321-4166
Email


Tracy Collins RN, BSN, NREMT-P
Paramedic Program Coordinator
Phone: 720-321-8978 Lakewood
Phone: 719-776-3678 Colorado Springs
Email


Arleen Fujimoto, BA
Business Support - Initial Education
Phone: 720-321-8972
Email


 


Medical Directors

Jonathan Apfelbaum, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

Scott Branney, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

E. Stein Bronsky, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

Casey Dart, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

Mark Doucette, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

Eugene (Gene) Eby, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

David Hakkarinen, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

Timothy (Tim) Hurtado, DO
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

R. Zach Louderback, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

Derrick Morford, DO
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

Case Newsome, DO
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

C. Sam Smith, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

Gina Soriya, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services

W. Peter Vellman, MD
Medical Director
Emergency Medical Services


Education Coordinators

Bobby Allen NRP
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 303-778-5277
Email

Maureen Bradley, NRP
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 719-776-5426
Email

Joni Briola, BS, NRP
Clinical Coordinator, Lakewood Campus
Phone: 719-776-8115
Email

Traci Coulson, NREMT
Lead EMT/ EMS Resource, St Mary Corwin Medical Center
Phone: 719-557-5209
Email

Richard Estep, AA, NRP
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 720-321-8946
Email

Jessica Manzo, AAS, NRP
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 719-776-8115
Email

John Mason NRP
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 303-269-2481
Email

Melody Mesmer, EMT-P
PreHospital Field Coordinator 
Phone: 720-321-8975
Email

Arthur (Lee) Meyer AS., CCEMTP, I/C
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 303-738-7765
Email

Mary (Clancy) Myers
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 303-726-3803
Email

Thomas (TR) Resignolo NREMT-P
PreHospital Field Coordinator 
Phone: 970-668-2847
Email

David Sanko BS, NRP
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 303-269-4296
Email

Gina Scarbrough, FP-C, NRP
PreHospital Field Coordinator
Phone: 720-321-8948
Email

Gretchen Schad, BS, NREMT-P
PreHospital Field Coordinator 
Phone: 720-321-8977
Email

Jenna Steege, BS, NRP
EMS Coordinator, Longmont United Hospital
Phone: 303-651-5497
Email

Andrew Whittle BS, NRP
Paramedic Instructor
Phone: 303-651-0031
Email

Meredith Young, BSN, RN
Clinical Coordinator, Penrose Campus
Phone: 719-776-3675 
Email