Dr. Julie Augenstein is board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and is the EMS Base Hospital Medical Director at Phoenix Children’s. She completed her pediatric residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital and The University of Washington. Her clinical focus includes expertise in pre-hospital care, patient safety and simulation. Appointed by the Governor of Arizona, Dr. Augenstein holds the role of Physician Specializing in Pediatric Medicine on the Medical Direction Commission at the Arizona Department of Health Services and serves on the Trauma and EMS Performance Improvement (TEPI) Committee. Dr. Augenstein is an Assistant Professor of Child Health and Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and the University of Arizona. 

Dr. Joshua D. Koch is a board certified Pediatric Critical Care Physician. Before joining the CVICU as Division Chief and becoming Division Chief of both the PICU and CVICU at Phoenix Children’s, Dr. Koch was the Clinical Director of Critical Care Services at Children's Health in Dallas, Texas.  He attended medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.  Dr. Koch completed his residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children's Health/ UT Southwestern in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Josh Haverland is a board-certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician of EMC Team Health at Children’s Medical Center Plano in Plano, Texas. Dr. Haverland is also the lead of the Patient Experience Committee in the emergency department at CMC-Plano. He completed his pediatric residency at Phoenix Children’s, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, also at Phoenix Children’s. Dr. Haverland previously presented at the EMS MVP 2019 Symposium and at the 2019 American Academy of Pediatrics Conference on his research surrounding pediatric head trauma and biomarkers in pediatric sepsis.

Dr. Benjamin Wright is a board-certified Allergist and Clinical Immunologist affiliated with Phoenix Children’s and Mayo Clinic. He completed a pediatric residency at Primary Children’s Medical Center and the University of Utah, followed by a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at Duke University Hospital. His clinical focus includes expertise in the management of food allergies. Dr. Wright also serves as a clinical advisor to the Arizona Department of Health Services for newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency. His advocacy efforts also focus on management and anaphylaxis in school systems. He is an Assistant Professor at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and is a lecturer for the immunology course.

Dr. Gail Bradley is a board-certified physician in both Emergency Medicine and EMS. She serves as the Medical Director for the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System. She is also the Medical Director for Mesa Fire and Medical Department, Peoria Fire-Medical Department and Goodyear Fire Department. Dr. Bradley practices emergency medicine at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Phoenix and currently holds an appointment as clinical instructor of emergency medicine with the College of Medicine - Phoenix. Dr. Bradley has been working in EM/EMS in Maricopa County for the past 10 years and is board certified in both EM and EMS.

Dr. Garth Gemer is board certified in Forensic Examination, Forensic Medicine and Emergency Medicine. He attended medical school and residency at the University of Nebraska. He has played an integral role in EMS medical direction throughout Arizona including the Arizona Emergency Medical System and the Arizona Department of Health. Dr. Gemer has served as the medical director for the Surprise Fire Department, Rural Metro-Southwest Ambulance, Glendale Fire Department, the Phoenix Fire Department and the Bureau of EMS Arizona Department of Health Services.

Dr. David Notrica is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He completed his General Surgery residency training at Emory University in 1997 where he won the JD Martin award for Most Outstanding Surgical Resident. He completed his Pediatric Surgery Fellowship training at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston in 1999. He is a Professor of Surgery and Child Health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, and an Associate Professor of Surgery at Mayo Clinic Medical School.  He has given more than 150 regional, national, and international invited presentations on 5 continents and has more than 90 peer-reviewed publications. He is currently the Program Director for the Mayo Clinic/Phoenix Children’s Pediatric Surgery fellowship training program. He has been identified multiple times as a Top Doc by Phoenix Magazine, and was named a Healthcare Hero by the Phoenix Business Journal in 2014. He Co-founded and co-chairs the Western Pediatric Trauma Conference, the Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium and Trauma Conference International. He was one of the founding members of the ATOMAC pediatric trauma research network. Dr. Notrica developed Arizona’s first and only ACS-verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center for Phoenix Children’s. He is currently the Site Principle Investigator on a multi-million-dollar NIH-funded trauma study using bone marrow derived stem cells to mitigate traumatic brain injury.

Dr. R. Blake Bulloch earned his medical degree from the University of Manitoba. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, Canada. His fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine was completed at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Dr. Bulloch is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Creighton Medical School and Associate Professor at the Mayo School of Medicine.  He attained his MBA at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst and is currently the Division Chief of Emergency Medicine at Phoenix Children’s.

Dr. Christina Conrad is originally from Northern California where she did her undergraduate work at UC Davis. She went to medical school at Des Moines University and completed Pediatric Residency at Unity Point Health in Des Moines, Iowa, where she served as chief resident. She then did her fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Following fellowship, Dr. Conrad practiced for five years at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Arizona. While there, she served as the Education Director of the pediatric emergency department and served on the board of directors for North Valley Emergency Specialists. She now works for Phoenix Children’s as the Section Chief of Emergency Medicine and the rotation director for the emergency department. She enjoys teaching and is a PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) instructor and is on faculty at five different medical schools.

Dr. Frischknecht is board certified in Pediatrics and is currently a senior Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Phoenix Children’s. He and his family are proud to call Arizona home as he attended medical school in Glendale, Arizona, and completed his pediatric residency at Phoenix Children’s. His clinical interests include pre-hospital and transport medicine, special needs emergency care and sepsis management.