STAT MedEvac Staff

Dylan Morris, MD, MBA

Charissa A Lynn, MSN, RN, CFRN, CCRN, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, CTRN, PHRN

Sr. Professional Flight Nurse

STAT MedEvac 9

Years of Service – 3

• • Charissa has been a nurse for 15 years and has 19 years of prehospital experience.
  • She is one of only 100 Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) Superstars, holding all 5 BCEN certifications. Additionally, she holds a certification in CCRN.
  • Charissa is married with one son who has an ultra-rare genetic disease; Gatad2b chromosomal disorder. 
  • She was a National Park Ranger prior to becoming a nurse. 
  • Charissa loves to crochet.

Brett Stanga, NREMPT, FP-C

Years employed: 5

Title: Senior Professional Flight Paramedic

Fun Facts:

• In addition to being a flight paramedic, Brett is also a police officer.
• Brett is a private pilot with instrument ratings
• He is a certified SCUBA diver
• In his spare time, Brett enjoys performing arts, golf, traveling, and riding his motorcycle.

Meet Dan Balk

Job Title: Communications Supervisor

Years of Service: 9

Fun facts:

• Dan enjoys traveling across the country to hunt various game.
• He is from Upstate NY, and is a NY Jets fan.
• During his off time Dan enjoys spending time with his wife and two children.
• Dan enjoys building computers as a hobby.

The EMS industry is a small town in a globalized world of connectivity. Professionals in the industry are bound to cross paths at some point in their careers, whether from catastrophic forces of nature, such as The Johnstown Flood, or through innovative training and research at the Center for Emergency Medicine in Pittsburgh. Many build each other up for success with ingenuity and technological advancement during their colorful journey through the medical and EMS realm. Kevin L. Parrish, now a Lead Clinical Research Associate at Sanofi Pharmaceutical, portrays a vibrant past that started in Indiana, PA. Additionally, as a little-known fact, a lot of history that has paved way to the advancement of medical services started out in Southwestern Pennsylvania ranging from leaders to medical technologies. 

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Job Title: Education Coordinator-East, Flight Nurse

Gene started at STAT MedEvac as a flight paramedic in March 2009. His next career moves included graduating from nursing school, working in a hospital ICU, and then working as a flight nurse.

Facts:

1. Gene is married with 2 boys and a fur daughter (South African Mastiff)
2. He received his undergraduate degree from Denison University in 1998 and played Big Red Football and club lacrosse.
3. Gene started his career in the Army Reserve as a medic in 1998, paramedic in 2003, BSN from University of Maryland 2015.
4. Gene coaches his son’s lacrosse team, and he plays in an adult lacrosse league.
5. In addition to his passion for medicine, Gene’s other passion is playing Lacrosse.
   • He is proud to be playing in this charity event to support American veterans Shootout for Soldiers in Baltimore […]
     

Meet Scott Bierman

Job Title: Communications Specialist

Years of Service: 9

• Scott enjoys photography and has been a shutterbug since his early teens. He has multiple SLR’s and has been published by a local newspaper.
• He enjoys spending time with his two beagles, Shiksa and Babka. They are aunt and niece, respectively. Babka is still a pup.
• Scott has become fairly adept at home improvements and enjoy working on his 110 year old house.
• He also likes working on cars and wishes he owned a classic or antique.
• Scott has two children – Bill and Miranda.  Bill followed his Dad into EMS and is a paramedic with Penn Hills.
• Scott has worked in EMS as both an EMT and Paramedic. He was trained at the Center for Emergency Medicine(CEM) in 1983 when it was located at Victoria Hall on […]