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Alexander Isakov MD/MPH

  • CEPAR
    Exec Director, CEPAR
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Overview

Alexander Isakov, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS is a professor of emergency medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine. He is the founding executive director of the Emory Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR), which he led for 18 years. He is now Emory's Executive DIrector for Health Security. He is also the founding director of Emorys Section of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine whose faculty provides medical oversight for 911 communications centers, and ground and air ambulance responders in metropolitan Atlanta. Dr. Isakov also founded the Emory-Grady EMS Biosafety Transport Program which since 2002 has supported the CDC and the Serious Communicable Diseases Program at Emory University Hospital for transport of patients suspected or confirmed to have a high consequence infectious disease. Dr. Isakov serves as the medical director for Air Life Georgia, Sandy Springs Fire Department and Emory EMS. He chairs the state EMS Medical Directors Advisory Council.

Dr. Isakov is on the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Epidemic Expert Panel and is the Chair of the EMS sub-board for the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). He is the emergency medical services and patient transport lead for the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) and founded its EMS Biosafety Transport Consortium and workgroup. He is a designated subject matter expert for the HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR TRACIE) with whom he collaborated to develop the EMS Infectious Disease Playbook. He leads the HHS Region 4 Regional Disaster Health Response System program.

Dr. Isakov has an MD from the University of Pittsburgh and an MPH from Boston University. He completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and his EMS fellowship with Boston EMS. He is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine in both clinical emergency medicine and emergency medical services (EMS). Dr. Isakov practices clinically in the emergency department of Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA.

Academic Appointment

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MPH from Boston University School of Public Health
  • MD from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • BS from University of Scranton

Research

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