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Mario R. Colella DO, MPH
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Hub for Collaborative Medicine
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/1984 - 06/1988 B.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
08/1988 - 01/1989 Professional Certificate, Anne Arundel County Fire Academy, MD
08/1995 - 06/1999 D.O., Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
12/2008 - 08/2010 M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/1999 - 07/2000 Intern, Internal Medicine, Cook County Hospital/Midwestern University, Chicago, IL
07/2000 - 07/2002 Resident, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
07/2002 - 06/2003 Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
07/2003 - 06/2004 Fellowship, Emergency Medical Services, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
07/2003 - 06/2004 Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
07/2004 - 06/2007 Assistant, Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
07/2007 - 06/2012 Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
02/2010 - Present Affiliate Faculty, Injury Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
10/2010 - Present Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2012 - Present Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2019 - Present Professor, Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medical Services Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/2003 - 06/2004 Assistant Medical Director, Lifeline Critical Care Ground and Air Medical Transportation Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
07/2004 - 06/2007 Urban Search and Rescue/Maryland Task Force One Disaster Physician, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
07/2004 - 06/2007 Region III Associate Medical Director, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Batlimore, MD
07/2004 - 06/2007 Assistant Medical Director, Howard County Fire Department, Columbia, MD
07/2004 - 06/2007 EMS/Base Station Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
07/2004 - 06/2007 Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Transport Medicine,, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
07/2004 - 06/2007 Medical Director, Lifeline Critical Care Ground and Air Medical Transportation Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
07/2007 - 06/2008 Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Medicine, Flight for Life, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2007 - 06/2012 Assistant Director of Medical Services, Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Milwaukee, WI
07/2008 - Present Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer, Emergency Medicine, Flight for Life, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2012 - 12/2012 Associate Director of Medical Services, Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Milwaukee, WI
07/2012 - Present Associate Medical Director,, Emergency Medicine, Flight for Life, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/2013 - Present Director of Medical Services, Office of Emergency Management (OEM), Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services, Milwaukee, WI
01/2014 - Present Chief, Section of Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/2014 - Present Chief, Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medical Services Medicine,, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/2014 - Present International Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Fellowship Director, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
06/2018 - Present Medical Director, Wisconsin Department of Health Services,, Public Health, Wisconsin State Emergency Medical Services Medicine, Madison, WI 53702

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
03/2002 - 06/2003 Chief Flight Resident, Medical College of Georgia Aeromedical Services, Augusta, GA
07/2002 - 06/2007 Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine, Residency Program, Medical College of George, GA
07/2003 - 06/2007 EMS Rotation Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
11/2007 - Present Academic Emergency Out-of-Hospital and Disaster Medicine Visiting Scholars Program Director, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2008 - Present Air Medical Critical Care Transport Elective Director, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2012 - Present Associate Medical Director, Emergency Medicine, Flight for Life, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/2014 - Present Fellowship Director, Emergency Medicine, International Emergency Medical Services, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/2014 - Present Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Director, Emergency Medicine, Medical Colllege of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI
07/2016 - Present Distanced Based Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Fellowship, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
04/2002 - 06/2003 Consultant, Medical College of Georgia Center for Disaster Medicine, Augusta, GA
07/2003 - 06/2007 United States Secret Service Emergency Services Physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
05/2002 - 06/2003 Burke County Medical Center, Waynesboro, GA
05/2002 - 06/2003 Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington, GA
07/2003 - 06/2007 Howard County General Hospital, Columbia, MD
07/2003 - 06/2007 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
07/2007 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
10/2008 - Present Centegra Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry, IL
10/2010 - Present Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2021 - Present Froedtert Health System Community Division, Milwaukee, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Emergency Medicine
10/2004
10/2024
American Board of Emergency Medicine, EMS Subspecialty
12/2013
12/31/2023
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Maryland State License(inactive)
06/2003
None
Wisconsin License
06/2007
02/28/2018
Illinois State License
06/2008
07/31/2020
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
07/1996 Rural Primary Care Fellowship Award, National Health Service Corps/Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition
06/2004 Outstanding Service Award, Department of Special Operations, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
07/1995 - 06/1998 Physicians for Social Responsibility
07/1995 - 06/1999 American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians
07/1995 - 06/1999 American Medical Association
07/1995 - 06/1999 American Osteopathic Association
07/1998 - Present American College of Emergency Physicians
07/1998 - Present Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
07/1998 - Present National Association of EMS Physicians
07/2000 - 06/2003 Georgia College of Emergency Physicians
07/2004 - 06/2007 Maryland College of Emergency Physicians
07/2007 - Present Air Medical Physicians Association
07/2007 - Present Wisconsin Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians
07/2007 - Present Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Interest Group (2013) Palliative Care Interest Group (2020)

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
03/1991 - 03/1992 Board of Directors Member, American Trauma Society, Maryland Division
07/2008 - 07/2010 Southeastern Regional Trauma Advisory Committee, Medical Oversight Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2008 - 06/2012 Program Advisory Board Committee, Center for International Health, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2010 - 06/2012 Vice Chair, Southeastern Regional Trauma Advisory Committee, Wisconsin Trauma System, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2012 - 06/2014 Chair, Southeast Regional Trauma Advisory Council
01/2013 - 07/2018 Board Member, State of Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board
01/2013 - Present Senior Leadership, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
01/2013 - Present Milwaukee Metropolitan Area Heat Task Force
01/2013 - Present City of Milwaukee Ambulance Service Board
01/2013 - Present Member, Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services Council
01/2013 - 06/2017 Chair, Emergency Medical Services, Medical Society of Milwaukee County
09/2014 - Present Board Member, Southeast Regional Trauma Advisory Council, HERC Region 7 Wisconsin
09/2014 - Present Board Member, Southeast Regional Trauma Advisory Council, HERC Region 7
01/2015 - Present Board Member, Physician Advisory Committee, State of Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services
01/2015 - 12/2016 Education Services Leadership Committee, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
06/2015 - Present Board Member, Physician Advisory Committee, State of Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services
07/2015 - 06/2016 Board Member, Wisconsin Healthcae Coalition Advisory Board
03/2016 - 09/2016 Forensic Science Center Case Statement Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
01/2017 - Present Pediatric Death Review Committee, Milwaukee County office of the Medical Examiner
06/2017 - Present Co-Chair, Milwaukee Emergency Services Committee

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
07/2007 - 07/2008 Board of Directors, Committee for the Accreditation of EMS Programs
07/2007 - Present NAEMSP, Standards and Practice Committee
07/2014 - Present Director, Council of Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Milwaukee Clinical Site: Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute DVT-ATTRACT Trial (Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis)
Source:
NIH/NHLBI
Role:
Co-Investigator
Dates:
10/16/2009 - 03/31/2017
Direct Funds:
$1,630,724
  
Title:
Pragmatic Trial of Airway Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (PART)
Source:
University of Alabama (NIH-NHLBI)
Role:
PI
Dates:
09/19/2014 - 07/31/2019
Direct Funds:
$260 (per enrolled subject)
  
Non-Peer Review
Title:
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Programs
Source:
State of Wisconsin
Role:
EMS Medical Director
PI:
M. Riccardo Colella
Dates:
07/2018 - 06/2019
Direct Funds:
$39,604
  
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
Feasibility of Prehospital Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Pulmonary Edema
Source:
Respironics, Inc.
Role:
Principal Investigator
Dates:
10/1995 - 06/1997
Direct Funds:
$2,500
  
Title:
Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Clinical Centers Milwaukee
Source:
NIH/NHLBI
Role:
Co-I
Dates:
09/01/2004 - 12/31/2015
Direct Funds:
$100,000
  
Title:
Milwaukee Clinical Site Hub: Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials (NETT) Network Clinical Site Hubs
Source:
NIH-NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Role:
Co-Investigator
Dates:
05/03/2007 - 05/31/2017
Direct Funds:
$1,799,946
  
Title:
Prehospital Tranexamic Acid Use for Traumatic Brain Injury (TXA)
Source:
Univ. of Washington (NIH-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
Role:
PI
Dates:
01/01/2015 - 12/31/2017
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Local
Riccardo Colella, Bioterrorism Expert Panel, ABC Channel 6 Live Bioterrorism Expert Panel, Augusta, GA, 12/2001
Flight For Life Transport, Women's League, Milwaukee, WI, 01/2009
Surgical Airway. Advanced Airway Course. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 05/2009
HINI School Preparedness. New World Montessori School, River Hills, WI, 09/2009
Ferguson C., Aufderheide T., Yannopoulos D., Glocka P., India L., Brandt J., Colella M.R., Laurie K.G., The Relationship Between Chest Compression Rate, Depth, and Complete Chest Recoil During CPR, 22nd Annual Department of Emergency Medicine Research Forum, Milwaukee, WI, 04/2014
M. Riccardo Colella, DO, MPH, I've Fallen and Can't Get Up: Prolonged Downtime, 7th Annual Southeast Regional Trauma Advisory Council (SERTAC) Cutting Edge in Trauma Conference, Oconomowoc, WI, 10/2015
 
Regional
M. Riccardo Colella, Preparing the Health Care Professional for Biological /Chemical Warfare and Terrorism-Decontamination: Rules, Regulations and Patient Care, Georgia Primary Care Providers Meeting, Augusta, GA, 04/2002
Riccardo Colella, What I Wish My Medical Director Knew: Perspectives of a Former Medic, Georgia EMS Medical Directors Conference, Atlanta, GA, 11/2002
M. Riccardo Colella, A Career of Pubic Service, Anne Arundel Fire Academy Graduation Ceremony Keynote Speaker, Annapolis, MD, 12/2005
Cardiopulmonary Anatomic Dissection for Prehospital Providers. Wisconsin State EMS Association Conference Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, 01/31/2008
Asthma and Anaphylaxis: Sneezes, Wheezes or Killer Diseases, Flight For Life Annual Trends and Issues Conference. Kenosha, WI, 10/04/2008
Trauma and Pregnancy: Implications for EMS and Transport Medicine, Flight For Life Annual Trends and Issues Conference. Kenosha, WI, 10/04/2008
Advanced Disaster Life Support: Bioterrorism Preparedness. ADLS. Zablocki Veterans Affairs, Milwaukee, WI, 04/2009
Fluid Resuscitation in Trauma. Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Symposium. Red Lodge, MT, 09/2009
Air Medical Utilization. Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Symposium. Red Lodge, MT, 09/2009
Advanced Airway Management in Trauma. Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Symposium. Red Lodge, MT, 09/2009
Therapeutic Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest. Flight For Life Annual Trends and Issues Conference. Kenosha, WI, 10/2009
Post Cardiac Arrest Syndrome and Therapeutic Hypothermia. ResuscitatED Conference. Milwaukee, WI, 06/2010
Critical Airway Assessment and Management Workshop. Delafield, WI, 11/2010
M. Riccardo Colella, DO, MPH, The Relationship Between Chest Compression Rate, Depth, and Complete Chest Recoil during CPR, Medical College of Wisconsin Annual Research Forum, Milwaukee, WI, 03/2014
M. Riccardo Colella, DO, MPH, Role of the Medical Director, Mobile Integrated Healthcare Symposium, Wisconsin EMS Association, WI, 01/2016
Colella M Riccardo, TXA for Traumatic Brain Injury, 8th Annual SERTAC Cutting Edge in Trauma Conference, Delavan, WI, 10/2016
Colella M Riccardo, Emergency Medical Services Round Table Discussion Panelist, International Association of Firefighters Wisconsin Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 01/2017
Colella M Riccardo, Proposed Prehospital Accidental Hypothermia Protocol for an Urban Emergency Medical service System, Medical College of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Research Forum, Milwaukee, WI, 03/2017
Colella M Riccardo, Ending Ambulance Diversion in Milwaukee County, Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin Live Podcast, 04/2017
Colella M Riccardo, Epidemic of Opioid Abuse Panel Discussion, Midwest Toxicology Collaborative of Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2017
Colella M Riccardo, SWOT Analysis Application Using Fire Department Recruitment and Retention, Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association, Green Bay, WI, 06/2017
Colella M Riccardo, Opioid Epidemic and Emergency Management Services Opportunities, Profession Ambulance Association of Wisconsin Live Podcast, 06/2017
Colella M Riccardo, Trauma Arrest Management and Termination Discussion, 9th Annual SERTAC Cutting Edge in Trauma Conference, Delavan, WI, 10/2017
Colella, MR, Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in Fire Based EMS, WALTS 2018, 10/2018
 
National
M. Riccardo Colella, DO., Evolution of Critical Care Transport Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Critical Care Transport Conference: Crossroads of Care, Baltimore, MD, 10/2005
M. Riccardo Colella, DO., Hemodynamic Effects of CPR and Automated Compression Devices, The Johns Hopkins Critical Care Transport Conference: Crossroads of Care, Baltimore, MD, 10/2005
M. Riccardo Colella, DO, MPH, Is Faster Better? Does the Time Saved with Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) Transport Impact Care Provided at a Level 1 Trauma Center?, National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Scientific Assembly, Tucson, AZ, 01/2014
 
International
Colella M Riccardo, Emergency Medical Services and Critical Care Grand Rounds, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, Belize, 01/2017
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians Scientific Seminar, New Orleans, LA, 10/1998
M. McCarthy, M. Riccardo Colella, et al. Prehospital Providers Compliance with Hospital Ambulance Diversion Protocols, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 11/2004
M. Riccardo Colella, Feasibility of Continuous Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Helicopter Transport, Air Medical Physicians Association Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference, San Antonio, TX, 04/2006
Riccardo Colella, The Feasibility of Prehospital Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP) in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Pulmonary Edema
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
10/2018 - Present Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Trauma ACS Strategic Plan
 
Hospital
07/2003 - 06/2004 Member, Disaster Committee, Johns Hopkins Hospital
07/2004 - 06/2007 Member, Interdisciplinary Critical Care Committee, Johns Hopkins Hospital
07/2005 - 06/2007 Member, Disaster Committee, Howard County General Hospital (Johns Hopkins Medical Institution)
07/2008 - Present Member, Trauma Program Operation Performance Committee, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
06/2009 - 06/2011 Member, Acute Myocardial Infarction Quality Improvement Group Meeting, Department of Cardiology, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
03/2010 - 06/2013 Member, Joint Quality Review Committee, Department of Emergency Medicine, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
06/2016 - Present Resuscitation Committee, Froedtert Hospital
02/2017 - Present Comprehensive Stroke Center Steering Committee, Froedtert Hospital
 

MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
07/2007 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Introduction to Toxicology
05/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Conference: Flight Physician Orientation Program.
05/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Introduction to Toxicology
06/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Round Conference: Fractures of the Lower Extremity.
08/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Introduction to Toxicology
09/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Round Conference: Flight Rounds: Case Studies from Air Medical Transports.
10/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Round Conference, Anaphylaxis Recognition and Management
10/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Round Conference: Human Patient Simulator Resuscitation Training for Flight Physicians.
10/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis and Treatment
11/2008 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis and Treatment.
01/2009 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Round Conference: Flight Rounds: Case Studies from Air Medical Transports.
03/2009 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Introduction to Toxicology
05/2009 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Conference: Flight Physician Orientation Program.
10/2009 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Round Conference: Human Patient Simulator Resuscitation Training for Flight Physicians.
10/2009 Pediatric Critical Care Lecture Series. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin: Transportation Considerations.
11/2009 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis and Treatment
01/2010 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Round Conference: Flight Rounds: Case Studies from Air Medical Transports.
02/2010 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Stroke
02/2010 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Conference: Patient Safety Conference
02/2010 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Stroke
02/2010 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Conference: Flight Rounds: Case Studies from Air Medical Transports.
09/2010 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Conference: Patient Safety Conference
09/2010 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Conference: Patient Safety Conference
10/2010 Master Clinician Pathway Bedside Rounds
11/2010 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis and Treatment
04/2011 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: 3rd Trimester Complications
04/2011 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine/Department of Anesthesiology RPM Course: Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis and Treatment
05/2011 Basic Disaster Life Support Course: Traumatic and Explosive Events
07/2011 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Conference: Flight Physician Orientation Program
09/2011 MCW Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Conference: Research Group Moderator
09/2011 Basic Disaster Life Support Course: Traumatic and Explosive Events
08/2014 Global Health Pathway Disaster Medicine Workshop
06/2015 Class of 2016 Scholarly Pathways Scholarship Forum: Cultural Barriers to Termination of Resuscitation by EMS Physicians
 
Resident and Fellow Education
03/26/2014 EVOC Course; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
04/16/2014 Trauma Logistics; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/17/2014 EMS Communications On-Line Medical Director Course, Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/24/2014 Journal Article Review; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/24/2014 Scene Evaluation; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
09/10/2014 Critical Analysis Review; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
05/02/2015 Protocol Writing; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/09/2015 Orientation to EMS; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/09/2015 Scene Evaluation; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/23/2015 Principles of EMS System Design; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
08/13/2015 Airway Procedures; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
08/13/2015 ETT vs. SGA; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
08/20/2015 EMS Personnel & Principles of Finance; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
08/27/2015 Disaster Medicine Workshop; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
09/03/2015 Medical Oversight of EMS Systems; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
09/10/2015 Political Realities for the Medical Director; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
09/10/2015 Leadership and Teambuilding; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
10/08/2015 Communications; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
10/08/2015 EMS Dispatch; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
11/12/2015 National Safety Council EVOC; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
01/21/2016 Procedures; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
06/02/2016 Cardiac Arrest Systems of Care; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
06/23/2016 EMS Fellowship Evaluation; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/07/2016 Principles of EMS System Design; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/14/2016 Scene Safety and Size Up; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
07/28/2016 Inter-facility Transportation; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
08/04/2016 ETT vs. SGA; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
08/04/2016 Airway Procedures; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
08/18/2016 EMS Personnel & Principles of Finance Discussion; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
09/01/2016 Medical Oversight in Milwaukee County EMS; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
02/16/2017 National Safety Council EVOC; Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
 
Continuing Medical Education
09/2007 - 11/2007 Course Director and Partnership Technical Coordinator, Academic Emergency Medicine and U.S. Healthcare Delivery. Center for International Health Partnership. Milwaukee, WI
07/2008 - 12/2012 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Bi- weekly Human Patient Simulation Training
08/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
11/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
02/2009 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
05/2009 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
08/2009 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
11/2009 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
02/2010 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
05/2010 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
08/2010 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
12/2010 Air Medical Critical Care Transport Medicine: Medical Update and Case Review
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
08/2004 Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Department, Grand Rounds Conference, High Altitude Syndromes: Lessons from a Presidential Medical Mission to Bolivia
05/2006 Anne Arundel Community College Paramedic Program, Arnold, MD, Emergency Airway Management Course
09/2011 Country Springs Hotel, Pewaukee, WI, Southeast Regional Trauma Advisory Countil Lecture: Drowning
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
Brendan Wanta, MCW, 10/2007 - 06/2008 Traditional mentorship program
Jessica Oswald, MCW, 10/2008 - 06/2009 Traditional mentorship program
Brian Skjei, MCW, 10/2009 - 06/2010 Master Clinician Pathway
Maria Katrina Kruz, MCW, 10/2009 - 06/2010 Traditional mentorship program
Brendan Wanta, MCW, 07/2010 - 06/2011 Clinical Advisor
Ryan Kitzinger, MCW, 10/2010 - Present Master Clinican Pathway
Kathryn Hendrickson, MCW, 07/2014 - 06/2015 Global Health Pathway
Katherine S. Kuefler, MCW, 11/2015 - Present QIP Pathway
 
Clinical/Research Fellows
Steven Zils, MD, MCW, 07/2009 - 06/2010 EMS Fellow mentor
Benjamin W. Weston, MD, MCW, 07/2014 - 06/2015 EMS Fellowship Program Director
Matthew Chinn, MD, MCW, 07/2015 - 06/2016 EMS Fellowship Program Director
Aurora M. Lybeck, MD, MCW, 07/2016 - Present EMS Fellowship Program Director
 
Residents
Tiffany Wince, MD, MCW, 07/2006 - 06/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Elizabeth Tumpach, MD, MCW, 07/2006 - 06/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Matthew Streckert, MD, MCW, 07/2006 - 06/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Jamie Mullin, MD, MCW, 07/2006 - 06/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Amy Slawter, MD, MCW, 07/2006 - 06/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Seth Womack, MD, MCW, 07/2006 - 06/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Bjorn Schweinsberg, MD, MCW, 07/2006 - 06/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Robert Diesz, MD, MCW, 07/2006 - 06/2008 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Sean Nolan, DO, MCW, 07/2007 - 06/2009 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Jeremy DeWall, MD, MCW, 07/2007 - 06/2010 Faculty mentor
Sean Nolan, DO, MCW, 07/2008 - 06/2009 Faculty mentor
Jeremy DeWall, MD, MCW, 07/2008 - 06/2010 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Sara Northway, MD, MCW, 07/2008 - 06/2010 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Christopher Lundh, MD, MCW, 07/2008 - 06/2010 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Trina Daniels, MD, MCW, 07/2010 - 06/2012 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
Mary Sarah Brandt, MD, MCW, 07/2010 - 06/2013 Faculty mentor
Andrew Szymanski, MD, MCW, 07/2010 - 06/2012 Air Medical Critical Care Transport
 
Faculty
David Sugarman, MD, MPH, MCW, 07/2004 - 06/2007
Timothy J. Lenz, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 08/2013 - Present MPH Program Academic Advisor
 

EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Clinical/Research Fellows
Liam Holtman, DO, 07/2004 - 06/2005 Faculty mentor
Adam Waltman, MD, 07/2006 - 06/2007 Faculty mentor
 
Faculty
Dia Lihua, MD, China, 09/2007 - 11/2007 Visiting Scholar
Yu Yang, MD, China, 09/2007 - 11/2007 Visiting Scholar
Zhao Jie, MD, China, 09/2007 - 11/2007 Visiting Scholar
Chen Miao, MD, China, 09/2007 - 11/2007 Visiting Scholar
Qian Liu, PhD, China, 07/2011 - 10/2011 Visiting Scholar
Tang Lujia, MD, China, 07/2011 - 10/2011 Visiting Scholar
Khalid Ateyyah, MD, Saudi Arabia, 07/2012 - 06/2014 Visiting Scholar
Maher Muezzin, MD, Saudi Arabia, 07/2015 - 06/2017 Visiting Scholar
Toni Lujia, MD, China, 07/2015 - 01/2016 Visiting Scholar
Li Nan, MD, China, 09/2016 - 11/2016 Visiting Scholar
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. COLELLA M, Vanderbrack C, Cole J: Feasibility of Continuous Fetal Heart Monitoring During Helicopter Transport of the High-Risk Obstetric Patient. Air Medical Journal. 25(4):161-164, 2006
2. McCarthy M, Scheulen J, Tang N, Kelen G, COLLELA R, Kelen GD: Likelihood of Reroute During Ambulance Diversion Periods in Central Maryland. Prehospital Emergency Care. 11(4):408-415, 2007
3. Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Morrison LJ, Grunau BE, Rea T, Aufderheide T, Powell J, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Larsen J, Wittwer L, Colella MR, Stephens SW, Gamber M, Egan D, Dorian P, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium-Amiodarone, Lidocaine or Placebo Study (ROC-ALPS): Rationale and methodology behind an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest antiarrhythmic drug trial. Am Heart J. 2014 May;167(5):653-9.e4. PMCID: PMC4014351
4. Millin MG, Brooks SC, Travers A, Megargel RE, Colella MR, Rosenbaum RA, Aufderheide TP. Emergency medical services management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2008;12(3):395-403.
5. Nichol G, Leroux B, Wang H, Callaway CW, Sopko G, Weisfeldt M, Stiell I, Morrison LJ, Aufderheide TP, Cheskes S, Christenson J, Kudenchuk P, Vaillancourt C, Rea TD, Idris AH, COLELLA R, Isaacs M, Straight R, Stephens S, Richardson J, Condle J, Schmicker RH, Egan D, May S, Ornato JP; ROC Investigator. Trial of Continuous or Interrupted Chest Compression during CPR. N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 3;373(23):2203-14. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1509139. PMID: 26550795
6. Brown SP, Wang H, Aufderheide TP, Vaillancourt C, Schmicker RH, Cheskes S, Straight R, Kudenchuk P, Morrison L, Colella MR, Condle J, Gamez G, Hostler D, Kayea T, Ragsdale S, Stephens S, Nichol G, ROC Investigators. A randomized trial of continuous versus interrupted chest compressions in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: rationale for and design of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Continuous Chest Compressions Trial. Am Heart J. 2015 Mar;169(3):334-341.e5. PMCID: PMC4363111
7. Lerner EB, Willenbring BD, Pirrallo RG, Brasel KJ, Cady CE, Colella MR, Cooper A, Cushman JT, Gourlay DM, Jurkovich GJ, Newgard CD, Salomone JP, Sasser SM, Shah MN, Swor RA, Wang SC. A consensus-based criterion standard for trauma center need. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):1157-63.
8. Lerner EB, McKee CH, Cady CE, Cone DC, Colella MR, Cooper A, Coule PL, Lairet JR, Liu JM, Pirrallo RG, Sasser SM, Schwartz R, Shepherd G, Swienton RE. A consensus-based gold standard for the evaluation of mass casualty triage systems. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2015;19(2):267-71. PMCID: PMC4859305
9. Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Rea T, Nichol G, Morrison LJ, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Egan D, Ornato JP, Weisfeldt ML, Stiell IG, Idris AH, Aufderheide TP, Dunford JV, Colella MR, Vilke GM, Brienza AM, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray PC, Gray R, Seals N, Straight R, Dorian P, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 05;374(18):1711-22.
10. Wang HE, Prince DK, Stephens SW, Herren H, Daya M, Richmond N, Carlson J, Warden C, Colella MR, Brienza A, Aufderheide TP, Idris AH, Schmicker R, May S, Nichol G. Design and implementation of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial (PART). Resuscitation. 2016 Apr;101:57-64. PMCID: PMC4792760
11. Chinn M, Colella MR. Prehospital Dextrose Extravasation Causing Forearm Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2017;21(1):79-82.
12. Weston BW, Jasti J, Lerner EB, Szabo A, Aufderheide TP, Colella MR. Does an individualized feedback mechanism improve quality of out-of-hospital CPR? Resuscitation. 2017 Apr;113:96-100.
13. Chinn M, Colella MR: Trauma Resuscitation: An Evidence-Based Review of Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest. JEMS. 2017 Apr:26-33
14. Masashi Okubo, MD, MS1; Robert H. Schmicker, MS2; David J. Wallace, MD, MPH1,3; et al Ahamed H. Idris, MD4,5; Graham Nichol, MD, MPH6; Michael A. Austin, MD7; Brian Grunau, MD8; Lynn K. Wittwer, MD9; Neal Richmond, MD10; Laurie J. Morrison, MD, MS11; Michael C. Kurz, MD12; Sheldon Cheskes, MD11; Peter J. Kudenchuk, MD13; Dana M. Zive, MPH14; Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, MS15; Henry E. Wang, MD, MS16; Heather Herren, MPH2; Christian Vaillancourt, MD7; Daniel P. Davis, MD17; Gary M. Vilke, MD17; Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD8; Myron L. Weisfeldt, MD18; Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS1,3; Riccardo Colella, DO, MPH15; Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD1; for the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators; Variation in Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Between Emergency Medical Services Agencies; JAMA Cardiol.2018;3(10):989-999.doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2018.3037
15. Henry E.Wang, MD, MS; Robert H. Schmicker, MS; Mohamud R. Daya,MD, MS; ShannonW. Stephens, EMT-P; Ahamed H. Idris, MD; Jestin N. Carlson, MD, MS; M. Riccardo Colella, DO, MPH; Heather Herren, MPH, RN; Matthew Hansen, MD, MCR; Neal J. Richmond, MD; Juan Carlos J. Puyana, BA; TomP. Aufderheide,MD, MS; Randal E. Gray,MEd, NREMT-P; Pamela C. Gray, NREMT-P; Mike Verkest, AAS, EMT-P; Pamela C. Owens; AshleyM. Brienza, BS; Kenneth J. Sternig, MS-EHS, BSN, NRP; Susanne J. May, PhD; George R. Sopko, MD, MPH; Myron L.Weisfeldt, MD; Graham Nichol, MD, MPH; Effect of a Strategy of Initial Laryngeal Tube Insertion vs Endotracheal Intubation on 72-Hour Survival in Adults With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest; A Randomized Clinical Trial; JAMA.2018;320(8):769-778.doi:10.1001/jama.2018.7044
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. COLELLA M, Ropollo L: Mass Fatality Management. Advanced Disaster Life Support
2. Potential EMS Applications for Ultrasound in Trauma: A Retrospective Analysis. Prehospital Emergency Care submission 2014, Manuscript ID: UPEC-2014-0158
3. Kudenchuk PJ, Leroux BG, Daya M, Rea T, Vaillancourt C, Morrison LJ, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Ornato JP, Dunford JV, Wittwer L, Weisfeldt ML, Aufderheide TP, Vilke GM, Idris AH, Stiell IG, Colella MR, Kayea T, Egan D, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray P, Gray R, Straight R, Dorian P, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Nonshockable-Turned-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The ALPS Study (Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo). Circulation. 2017 Nov 28;136(22):2119-2131. PMCID: PMC5705566
4. Chinn M, Colella MR. Trauma Resuscitation: An evidence-based review of prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest. JEMS. 2017 Apr;42(4):26-32.
5. Nichol G, Leroux B, Wang H, Callaway CW, Sopko G, Weisfeldt M, Stiell I, Morrison LJ, Aufderheide TP, Cheskes S, Christenson J, Kudenchuk P, Vaillancourt C, Rea TD, Idris AH, Colella R, Isaacs M, Straight R, Stephens S, Richardson J, Condle J, Schmicker RH, Egan D, May S, Ornato JP, ROC Investigators. Trial of Continuous or Interrupted Chest Compressions during CPR. N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 03;373(23):2203-14.
6. Kudenchuk PJ, Leroux BG, Daya M, Rea T, Vaillancourt C, Morrison LJ, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Ornato JP, Dunford JV, Wittwer L, Weisfeldt ML, Aufderheide TP, Vilke GM, Idris AH, Stiell IG, Colella MR, Kayea T, Egan D, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray P, Gray R, Straight R, Dorian P, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Nonshockable-Turned-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The ALPS Study (Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo). Circulation. 2017 Nov 28;136(22):2119-2131. PMCID: PMC5705566
7. Weston BW, Jasti J, Mena M, Unteriner J, Tillotson K, Yin Z, Colella MR, Aufderheide TP. Self-Assessment Feedback Form Improves Quality of Out-of-Hospital CPR. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019;23(1):66-73. PMCID: PMC9721191
8. Heffernan RW, Lerner EB, McKee CH, Browne LR, Colella MR, Liu JM, Schwartz RB. Comparing the Accuracy of Mass Casualty Triage Systems in a Pediatric Population. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019;23(3):304-308.
9. Wang HE, Schmicker RH, Daya MR, Stephens SW, Idris AH, Carlson JN, Colella MR, Herren H, Hansen M, Richmond NJ, Puyana JCJ, Aufderheide TP, Gray RE, Gray PC, Verkest M, Owens PC, Brienza AM, Sternig KJ, May SJ, Sopko GR, Weisfeldt ML, Nichol G. Effect of a Strategy of Initial Laryngeal Tube Insertion vs Endotracheal Intubation on 72-Hour Survival in Adults With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018 Aug 28;320(8):769-778. PMCID: PMC6583103
10. Bonnette AJ, Aufderheide TP, Jarvis JL, Lesnick JA, Nichol G, Carlson JN, Hansen M, Stephens SW, Colella MR, Wang HE. Bougie-assisted endotracheal intubation in the pragmatic airway resuscitation trial. Resuscitation. 2021 Jan;158:215-219. PMCID: PMC7855993
11. Dyson K, Brown SP, May S, Sayre M, Colella M, Daya MR, Roth R, Nichol G. Community lessons to understand resuscitation excellence (culture): Association between emergency medical services (EMS) culture and outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2020 Nov;156:202-209.
12. Rowell SE, Meier EN, McKnight B, Kannas D, May S, Sheehan K, Bulger EM, Idris AH, Christenson J, Morrison LJ, Frascone RJ, Bosarge PL, Colella MR, Johannigman J, Cotton BA, Callum J, McMullan J, Dries DJ, Tibbs B, Richmond NJ, Weisfeldt ML, Tallon JM, Garrett JS, Zielinski MD, Aufderheide TP, Gandhi RR, Schlamp R, Robinson BRH, Jui J, Klein L, Rizoli S, Gamber M, Fleming M, Hwang J, Vincent LE, Williams C, Hendrickson A, Simonson R, Klotz P, Sopko G, Witham W, Ferrara M, Schreiber MA. Effect of Out-of-Hospital Tranexamic Acid vs Placebo on 6-Month Functional Neurologic Outcomes in Patients With Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA. 2020 Sep 08;324(10):961-974. PMCID: PMC7489866
13. Schroter S, Thomas D, Nimmer M, Visotcky A, Fraser R, Colella MR, Browne LR. Multimedia Evaluation of EMT-Paramedic Assessment and Management of Pediatric Respiratory Distress. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2021;25(5):664-674.
14. Lupton JR, Schmicker RH, Aufderheide TP, Blewer A, Callaway C, Carlson JN, Colella MR, Hansen M, Herren H, Nichol G, Wang H, Daya MR. Racial disparities in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest interventions and survival in the Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial. Resuscitation. 2020 Oct;155:152-158. PMCID: PMC7561011
15. Vaillancourt C, Petersen A, Meier EN, Christenson J, Menegazzi JJ, Aufderheide TP, Nichol G, Berg R, Callaway CW, Idris AH, Davis D, Fowler R, Egan D, Andrusiek D, Buick JE, Bishop TJ, Colella MR, Sahni R, Stiell IG, Cheskes S, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators.. The impact of increased chest compression fraction on survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with a non-shockable initial rhythm. Resuscitation. 2020 Sep;154:93-100. PMCID: PMC7483839
16. Weston BW, Gaither J, Schulz K, Srinivasan S, Smith JJ, Colella MR. Innovative Approaches to Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Challenges. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Feb 21;21(2):429-433. PMCID: PMC7081868
17. Sawyer KN, Humbert A, Leroux BG, Nichol G, Kudenchuk PJ, Daya MR, Grunau B, Wang HE, Ornato JP, Rittenberger JC, Aufderheide TP, Wittwer L, Colella MR, Austin M, Kawano T, Egan D, Richmond N, Vithalani VD, Scales D, Baker AJ, Morrison LJ, Vilke GM, Kurz MC, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. Relationship Between Duration of Targeted Temperature Management, Ischemic Interval, and Good Functional Outcome From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Med. 2020 Mar;48(3):370-377.
18. Weston BW, Chinn M, Lenz TJ, Lerner EB, Colella MR. Fear and paperwork: Evaluating barriers to safer prehospital care. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Feb;38(2):399-401.
19. Lerner EB, Farrell BM, Colella MR, Sternig KJ, Westrich C, Cady CE, Liu JM. A centralized system for providing dispatcher assisted CPR instructions to 9-1-1 callers at multiple municipal public safety answering points. Resuscitation. 2019 Sep;142:46-49.
20. McKee CH, Heffernan RW, Willenbring BD, Schwartz RB, Liu JM, Colella MR, Lerner EB. Comparing the Accuracy of Mass Casualty Triage Systems When Used in an Adult Population. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2020;24(4):515-524.
21. Lenz TJ, Kossyreva EA, Colella MR. Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Utilization. Air Med J. 2019;38(4):261-265.
22. McMullan JT, Jones E, Barnhart B, Denninghoff K, Spaite D, Zaleski E, Silbergleit R, Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials investigators. Degradation of benzodiazepines after 120 days of EMS deployment. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2014;18(3):368-74. PMCID: PMC4272820
23. Wang HE, Jaureguibeitia X, Aramendi E, Jarvis JL, Carlson JN, Irusta U, Alonso E, Aufderheide T, Schmicker RH, Hansen ML, Huebinger RM, Colella MR, Gordon R, Suchting R, Idris AH. Airway strategy and chest compression quality in the Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial. Resuscitation. 2021 May;162:93-98.
24. Carlson JN, Colella MR, Daya MR, J De Maio V, Nawrocki P, Nikolla DA, Bosson N. Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document Prehospital Emergency Care. 2022;26(S1):54-63.
25. Schmicker RH, Blewer A, Lupton JR, Aufderheide TP, Wang HE, Idris AH, Aramendi E, Hagahmed MB, Traynor OT, Colella MR, Daya MR. The association of race with CPR quality following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2022 Jan;170:194-200. PMCID: PMC8799526
26. Aufderheide TP, Engel TW 2nd, Saleh HO, Gutterman DD, Weston BW, Pepe PE, Baker JE, Labinski J, Debaty G, Tang L, Szabo A, Kalra R, Yannopoulos D, Colella MR. Change in out-of-hospital 12-lead ECG diagnostic classification following resuscitation from cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2021 Dec;169:45-52.
27. Carlson JN, Colella MR, Daya MR, J De Maio V, Nawrocki P, Nikolla DA, Bosson N. Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2022;26(sup1):54-63.
28. Panichpisal K, Erpenbeck S, Vilar P, Babygirija RP, Singh M, Colella MR, Rovin RA. Stroke Network of Wisconsin (SNOW) Scale Predicts Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke in the Prehospital Setting. J Patient Cent Res Rev. 2022;9(2):108-116. PMCID: PMC9022716
29. Gooley B, Weston B, Colella MR, Farkas A. Outcomes of law enforcement officer administered naloxone. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Dec;62:25-29.
 
Non-Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Unteriner J, Colella MR, Weston BW, Aufderheide TP. Does a Novel Post-Event CPR Feedback Form Improve Chest Compression Fraction, Pre-Shock, and Post Shock Pause in Out-of-Hospital CPR? Wisconsin Medical Society Summer Student Research Program; Oct 2016
2. Tillotson K, Mena M, Weston BW, Colella MR, Aufderheide TP. Impact of a Post-Event Continuous Quality Improvement Form on Out-of-Hospital CPR Compression Depth and Compression Rate. Wisconsin Medical Society Summer Student Research Program; Oct 2016
 
Abstracts
1. Hendrickson K., Colella M.R. Cultural Barriers To Termination of Resuscitation by EMS Physicians.
2. Peter J Kudenchuk, Mohamud Daya, Brian Leroux, Tom Rea, Graham Nichol, Laurie J Morrison, Christian Vaillancourt, Lynn Wittwer, Clifton W Callaway, James Christenson, Debra Egan, Joe P Ornato, V; Myron L Weisfeldt, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD; Ian G Stiell, Ahamed G Idris, Tom P Aufderheide, James V Dunford, M RICCARDO COLELLA, Gary M Vilke, Ashley M Brienza, Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, Pamela Gray, Randal Gray, Norman Seals, Ron Strait, Paul Dorian. Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Shock Refractory Secondary Ventricular Fibrillation Following Initial Nonshockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Amiodarone, Lidocaine or Placebo Study. 2016-LBRS-23510-AHA; 8/16/2016
3. Francis X Guyette, Eric Meier, Jeffrey Kerby, Carolyn Williams, Robert Schlamp, Robert Wand, Jason McMullan, Delores Kannas, Susanne May, Mohamud Daya, Irada Ibrahim-Zada, Melinda Moffat, Karen Brasel, Riccardo Colella, Tim Fabian, Jorge Mena-Munoz, Eileen Bulger, Laurel Rokowski, Suzie Brennan, Robert Whitford, George Sopko, David Hoyt. Prehospital Lactate for Identification of the Need for Resuscitative Care in Trauma patients Transported by Air. Circulation 2014, November; 130:A3
4. Lerner EB, McKee C(1), Cady C, Cone D, Colella MR, Cooper A, Coule P, Lairet J, Liu JM, Pirrallo R, Sasser S, Schwartz R, Shepherd G, Swienton R. Developing A Functional "Gold Standard" For Mass-Casualty Triage. Prehospital Emergency Care; 17(1):111; 2013
5. Lerner EB, Willenbring B(1), Brasel K, Cady CE, Colella MR, Cooper A, Cushman JC, Gourlay DM, Jurkovich GJ, Newgard CD, Pirrallo RG, Salomone JP, Sasser SM, Shah MN, Swor R, Wang SC. A Consensus-Based Gold Standard for Who Needs a Trauma Center. Academic Emergency Medicine; 20(5):S286; 2013
6. Hansen J, Colella MR, Schmitt S. Is Faster Better? Does The Time Saved with Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) Transport Impact Care Provided at a Level 1 Trauma Center? Prehospital Emergency Care: 18(1): 138; Jan/Mar 2014
7. Lenz TJ, Brown N, Williams K, Colella MR. Outcomes of Prehospital Asystole in a Major EMS System. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine; 30(1): s25; Apr 2015
8. Weston BW(6), Jasti J(3), Lerner EB, Szabo A, Aufderheide T, Colella MR. Does a Novel Feedback Mechanism Improve Quality of Out-of-Hospital CPR? Prehospital Emergency Care; 20(1): 141: Jan 2016
9. Heffernan RW(1), Lerner EB, McKee CH(1), Browne LR, Colella MR, Liu JM, Schwartz RB. Comparing the Accuracy of Mass Casualty Triage Systems in a Pediatric Population. Prehospital Emergency Care; 21(1): 99; Jan 2017
10. Chinn M, Colella MR. Review of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)Transports to a Freestanding Emergency Department (FSED): Accepted at the National Association of EMS Physician 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA; Jan 2018
11. Farrell BM, Lerner EB, Colella MR, Sternig KJ, Simleu L, Westrich C, Cady C: Increasing Cardiac Arrest Survival Through A Novel Dispatcher CPR Instruction Program: Accepted at the National Association of EMS Physicians 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: Jan 2018
12. Kuefler K, Lybeck A, Grawey T, Colella MR. Termination of Resuscitation Checklist: Duration and Outcomes of Resuscitation: Accepted at the National Association of EMS Physicians 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: Jan 2018
13. Grawey T, Wright M, Reigg S, Colella MR. Use of a Community Paramedicine Program to Address High Utilizers of the 911 System: Accepted at the National Association of EMS Physicians 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: Jan 2018
14. Weston BW, Chinn M, Liu JM, Lenz TJ, Tarima S, Visotchy A, Colella MR, Aufderheide T. Building a Dynamic Didactic EMS Fellowship Curriculum. Accepted at the National Association of EMS Physicians 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: Jan 2018
15. Weston B, Jasti J, Mena J, Unteriner J, Tillotson K, Yin Z, Colella MR, Aufderheide T. Simple Feedback Form Improves Quality of Out-of-Hospital CPR. Accepted at the National Association of EMS Physicians 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: Jan 2018