Dr. Brian Maguire began his Emergency Medical Services career in 1974. For two decades he worked in the New York City EMS system as a paramedic, an educator, a supervisor and an administrator. He holds a master's degree in health administration and a doctoral degree in public health.

Brian gained his management experience as an EMS operations supervisor, an agency training director, a city-wide coordinator for paramedic training, a hospital administrator, a board member and an EMS agency president. His training experience includes being a lead instructor in the first EMT-D course in NYC, the first EMT-I course in NYC and the first EMS rescue course in NYC. He was also the coordinator for the first EMS management course for the NYC Emergency Medical Services.

Since 1994, Brian has been a full time university faculty member. In the mid-90s he developed one of the first undergraduate distance education programs in health administration in the United States. He is an administrator and faculty member in the Department of Emergency Health Services here at UMBC, and currently coordinates and teaches in the on-line EHS management graduate program.

Brian has had an interest in occupational risks and safety issues of the EMS provider during much of his career. His current research projects include fatal ambulance collisions, EMS workforce issues and the epidemiology of occupational injuries and illnesses among EMS providers. He has examined occupational fatalities among EMS providers and has completed research specifically examining vehicle safety and ambulance collisions.

Brian is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters that focus on policy, management and worker safety; and has written about education and training, administration, clinical care, the development of the EMS profession and EMS for mass gatherings. (For a bibliography visit the publications link.)