MedEvac Foundation International supports emerging leaders in the critical care transport community by offering a two-year competitive scholarship to the Medical Transport Leadership Institute (MTLI). The 2012 award went to Dr. Ryan Gerecht.

Dr. Gerecht is a second-year resident at the University of Cincinnati, and a flight physician for UC Health University Hospital Air Care & Mobile Care. Gerecht began his career in medicine as an EMT on a ground ambulance. He is a relatively new member of the air medical transport community; however Gerecht has a desire to make HEMS his life-long career.

“My motivation to apply for the MTLI Scholarship is based purely in the desire to bring compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence directly to the leadership and clinical care of my flight program. Furthermore I believe it is possible to indirectly bring these same values to flight programs and patients around the world through mentorship of, networking with, and role modeling for fellow transport professionals and emergency physicians.”