Dr. Jeffrey Elder is currently the Director and Medical Director for New Orleans EMS. He is the Medical Director of the New Orleans Fire Department and is the Chief Medical Officer for New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. He also serves as the Medical Manager for Louisiana Task Force 1 and Tactical Medical Director for New Orleans Police Department Special Operations Division. Dr. Elder previously served as the Deputy Medical Director of New Orleans EMS.

A graduate of LSU School of Medicine in 2005, Dr. Elder began his career in EMS while training as a resident in Emergency Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. As a resident, Dr. Elder rode along with New Orleans EMS sprint paramedics, serving as online and on scene medical control for the City of New Orleans. While working with some of the best paramedics in the country, he learned how advances in prehospital medicine can drive in-hospital emergency medical care. Dr. Elder graduated from his

emergency medicine residency; serving as Chief Resident from 2008-2009. In preparation for Hurricane Gustav, he was able to help direct special needs medical evacuations for the City of New Orleans. He went on to complete a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services at New Orleans EMS in 2010. Dr. Elder is currently a Clinical Instructor of Medicine in the Section of Emergency Medicine at LSU Interim Public Hospital in New Orleans.

As Director and Medical Director, Dr. Elder manages the nearly 120 EMTs and Paramedics that are employed by New Orleans EMS. He is actively involved in direction of all prehospital medical policies in the City of New Orleans as well as the Louisiana Region 1 EMS protocol updates. He is an instructor in ACLS, PALS, and PHTLS. His interests include advanced airway techniques and training, prehospital cardiac arrest survival, and tactical emergency medicine.