About Dr. Erik Auf der Heide

Dr. Auf der Heide received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed his residency in emergency medicine at Akron City Hospital in Akron, Ohio. He is board certified in emergency medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He completed a fellowship in disaster medicine co-sponsored by the Division of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of medicine; the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Simultaneously, he earned his Masters Degree in Public Health with specialization in epidemiology.

He has served as a member of the Disaster Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians; the Committee on Healthcare Safety of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; the National Academy of Sciences Committee for Oversight and Assessment of Blast Effects and Related Research; the Technical Advisory Committee of the Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group of the Veterans Health Administration; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Funded National Consensus Panel to Develop Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Treatment of Weapons of Mass Destruction Victims; and numerous other disaster and emergency medical services organizations. He has experience as a practicing emergency physician, ambulance crew member, life guard, mountain rescue team leader, National Ski Patrol physician, base hospital paramedic director, and the medical director of a 7 county emergency medical services agency. In addition he has taught and lectured extensively about disaster preparedness, both nationally and internationally. Currently, Dr. Auf der Heide serves as a Medical Officer for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia.