Glenn Mitchell

MD, MPH, FACEP

Councillor

Dr. Mitchell has been an Emergency Physician since 1978. He was a Councilor for over 10 years during the 80s and early 90s and has served as President of both the Rhode Island and Government Services Chapters. He was an early EMS Medical Director at both the state and local level and was founding Chair of the ACEP Disaster Committee. He served as ACEP representative to FEMA for the design and execution of the National Disaster Medical System and its DMATs and DMORTs. He became the CMO at Mercy Health in St Louis after a 21-year career in the US Army that included assignments as Command Surgeon at US SOUTHCOM, in the Sinai desert with the Multinational peacekeeper force, Chief of Medical Operations for the Army Surgeon General on 9/11, commander of the Army Aeromedical Center, and commander of the William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss, TX. He recently became the first Professor emeritus at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology after serving as the founding Chair of Healthcare Informatics. Dr. Mitchell is also board certified in Aerospace Medicine and is a Past President and Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association and former Vice-Chair of the American Board of Preventive Medicine. A Master Flight Surgeon, he has numerous military and civilian awards including the Defense Superior Service Medal and 3 awards of the Legion of Merit.