employees

Darren Redding RN, BSN, CCRN, PHRN, CFRN

Senior Professional Flight Nurse II

STAT MedEvac 7

Years of Experience – 7

• During his time at STAT MedEvac,  Darren has rotated through all 18 bases including the ground unit.
• Darren is the Lifeguard Supervisor at Presque Isle State Park.  He has been there for 22 years and even discovered a shipwreck off the park in 2006!!
• He has completed a full and half Ironman triathlon.  He has also done multiple full and half marathons on three continents!
• Darren has traveled to 10 different countries outside of North America

Ciara Rupp RN, BSN, PHRN, CFRN

Senior Professional Flight Nurse II

STAT MedEvac 6

Years of Service – 11

Fun (or not so fun) facts:

1.  Ciara is a Boy Mom.
2.  Aunt CiCi to her sweet niece Emma.
3.  Ciara is an avid runner and biker. She is running in her first marathon in May.
4.  She loves hunting and fishing with her boys.
5. Saturdays in the fall are spent at her son’s college football games.
6. Ciara will attend Duquesne University in May for her AGAC-NP (Adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner).

Gabe Diamond

Senior Professional Flight Paramedic II

Years of services – 5.5 years

Fun facts:

• Gabe enjoys baking on his off time – ask his coworkers about the strawberry cheesecake cupcakes!!
• He is a self-taught computer programmer – there’s an App for that!!
• Gabe tried to get a skydiving license,  but he hurt his ankle on his second jump.
• His favorite vacation spot – Berlin
• Gabe says he’s the worst singer he knows!
• He teaches EMT and Paramedic students as well as Critical Care Paramedics!

Joyce Fee – RN, BSN, CFRN, CCRN

Flight Nurse

Years of Service – 26+

• On March 17, 2024, Joyce will have worked at STAT for 27 wonderful years.
• She was honored as the Pennsylvania PHRN of the year in 2005 as well being honored as the STAT MedEvac flight nurse of the year in 2005.
• Joyce has been a CCRN for 36 years and plans to never let that lapse!
• Joyce and her husband raise Hereford beef cattle and farm about 175 acres.
• She loves to ride the trails on her horse and hopes to go out West soon to trail ride and work on a cattle drive!
• Joyce says “Being a flight nurse at STAT MedEvac is best when surrounded by our outstanding pilots, mechanics, and paramedics with […]
  

Charlene Malecki RN, BSN, PHRN, CFRN

Senior Professional Flight Nurse II

Stat MedEvac 16

Years of Service- 20

Fun Facts:

• Charlene began her career as a flight nurse in 1989, performing critical care and IABP transports for St. Francis Medical Center. Time does “fly”, when you love what you do!
• She is dedicated to improving the quality and safety of patient care and the transport environment, working as a Site Surveyor for “The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems” (camts), inspecting patient transport services since 2013.
• She is a proud mother of 2 amazing adult children.
• When not working, she loves to travel. Recently traveling to Bangkok, Thailand.

Greg Winkle

Regional Field Support Maintenance Manager

19 years of service

Fun facts:

• Greg is an avid cyclist.
• He loves to cook- especially in the brick oven that he built.
• One of the coolest things that he worked on was a hot air balloon for a famous English adventurist!
• One of the things he loves most about STAT MedEvac are his coworkers!

Gary Kopcho

System Analyst – Senior

Years of Service – 5

• Gary started with the UPMC Health System in February 2012.  He transferred to CEM/STAT MedEvac in December 2018.
• He has as two daughters;  15-year-old Madison and 15-month-old Blake.
• Gary joined the Homeville Volunteer Fire Company in October 2003, and is currently serving as Assistant Chief.
• He enjoys taking family and friends camping as much as possible and visiting new locations.
• Gary loves having cookouts during the summertime with family and friends.

Caroline Levin, BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, PHRN

Education Coordinator

Years of Service – 6

Fun facts:

• Caroline has been a nurse for 11 years.
• She enjoys traveling and recently took a trip to Colombia and the rain forest.
• In her spare time,  she teaches spin classes at Steel House Cycle in Lawrenceville.
• There are few things Caroline enjoys more than a good pun or dad joke.
• She has a black cat named Zorro who helps her embrace Spooky season every year by tolerating his Halloween costumes.
• Caroline is originally from Annapolis, MD and moved to Pittsburgh early this year, she is now a self-proclaimed “true seafood snob.”
• She is notorious for trying to bring “fun” to every shift, last year for the Day of the Dead, Caroline brought sugar skull masks for the entire crew to wear.
• Caroline is a practice CFRN exam question writer for the […]
  

John Licina 

STAT MedEvac Communications

Communication Specialist III

Years of Service – 5

• John started in EMS in 1998, while still in high school. He collects old guns and lava lamps.  His oldest gun is from the 1800s.  His oldest lava lamp is from the 1990s –  John would love to have a lava lamp at work 😊
• John enjoys traveling and learning about other cultures.  And of course, part of that is trying new foods and treats.
• He is a big history buff.  John went to school to be a high school history and political science teacher.
• His faith is a big part of his life.
• An odd fact that nobody knows about John – he has an extra back bone.  Despite this, he says he is still short.
• John spends his free time reading and doing genealogy research.

Jeffrey Pesarsick, MPH, FP-C, NREMT-P

Senior Professional Flight Paramedic

Years of Service – 10 years

1. When not at work Jeff can be found working on the and his wife’s farm taking care of 26 cattle, 12 sheep, and 4 cats.
2. Jeff is a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the United States Army Reserves where he has served for 30 years as a Petroleum Systems Technician.  He has deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, and Oman.
3. Jeff and his wife Erika have been married for 21 wonderful years.
4. Jeff is a PhD candidate in spatial epidemiology at West Virginia University where he is currently writing his thesis.
5. In his free time Jeff is an avid woodworker, enjoys spending time outside, and staying active.