Stephen P. Wood is a nurse practitioner and is currently the Director of Advanced Practice Providers in the MICU at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. He is also a visiting researcher at the Petrie Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and a former fellow in bioethics at Harvard Medical School. Stephen spent over 30 years in EMS including nine years with Boston MedFlight. Stephen continues to work as an EMT, swerving as a SWAT medic for the NEMLEC SWAT team and as an EMT for the Boston Red Sox. Stephen is also a podcast host for World Extreme Medicine and his podcasts can be found here Stephen is an active educator and is on the faculty at Northeastern University and is active as an educator & content developer for the FDNY EMS Fellowship.
Shortly after a tragic car crash took the life of 17 year old Patrick Gill of Winchester, Stephen had the idea to put together a memorial symposium aimed at updating the education of local first responders and others regarding new methods and protocols for treating trauma in the field. His ability to gather an outstanding group of speakers to present on a wide variety of topics in medicine made the conference a hit and it became an annual event. Now in our 7th year we are so grateful to Stephen for creating and implementing this Symposium.