PULSE Magazine | February 2020 Issue

Sue Schreffler, MD

We are happy to announce the addition of Sue Schreffler, MD, as an Associate Medical Director in the Office of the Medical Director for the City of Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services System. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Schreffler worked for 12 years as an EMT, EMT-I and paramedic for both ATCEMS and Williamson County EMS. She has proudly maintained her Nationally Registered Paramedic

since 1996. Dr. Schreffler is a Fellow of the American College of Em ergency Physicians, a member of the National

Association of EMS Physicians and a member of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Schreffler has co-authored book chapters and articles in toxicology and articles/presentations in event medicine. Her

primary interests are clinical education, quality improvement, toxicology, and event/disaster medicine. She has participat-

ed in multiple disaster relief missions both domestically and abroad. Dr. Schreffler has recently joined Texas Task Force 1

(TX-TF1) as a Medical Team Manager.

Prior to joining the team in Austin, Dr. Schreffler served as the EMS System Medical Director for Durham County EMS and

Director of Prehospital Medicine for the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. She completed resi-

dency in Emergency Medicine and Fellowship in EMS and Disaster Medicine at Upstate Medical University (SUNY) in

Syracuse, NY. She is excited to join a team of such distinguished colleagues and looks forward to providing the most inno-

vative and technologically advanced medical care to the Austin/Travis County Community.

Welcome (back) to Austin, Dr. Schreffler!

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