Dr. Ben Abo is an emergency physician, EMS medical director, paramedic and educator with extensive experience in prehospital, operational, disaster and austere medicine. He serves as Medical Director for Escambia County Public Safety, Clinical Consultant for FBI Operational Medicine, and Associate Medical Director for FOAMFrat, in addition to medical direction roles with multiple EMS and fire-rescue organizations. He completed an EMS Fellowship at UF Health/Shands and an Emergency Medicine Residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. His professional interests include EMS, resuscitation, education, system development, wilderness medicine and disaster medicine.