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2166 S 12th Street
Ground Floor
Allentown, PA 18103

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Emergency Medicine Institute Leadership

Marianne Kostenbader, EMT-P, RN, BSN
Manager GEM-Emergency Medicine Institute

Marianne joined the Emergency Medicine Institute as a program coordinator for the simulator lab in 1999. She now serves as the Manager for EMI with dual responsibilities in administrative functions as well as providing education for the institute. Marianne brings with her a background in Emergency, Trauma and Flight Nursing as well as remaining active in EMS as a PHRN.

John F. McCarthy , D.O., FACEP Chief, Prehospital EMS
Medical Director GEM-Emergency Medicine Institute and Lehigh Valley MedEvac

 Dr. McCarthy has served as the medical director at the GEM-Emergency Medicine Institute since 1995. He has been involved in the fire and EMS services for 22 years. During that time he graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed an Emergency Medical Services Fellowship at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, leading to his positions of chief of Pre-Hospital EMS, medical director of Lehigh Valley MedEvac, and medical director for the City of Allentown EMS. Currently, he is also an attending emergency medicine physician for Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network. Dr. McCarthy has also been actively involved in clinical research.


Emergency Medicine Institute Program Coordinators

Doug Gernerd (610) 969-0288
Alan Heckman (610) 969-0287
Guy Peifer (610) 969-0271