Michael J. Zappa, MD, FACEP
EMLRC President
Mike is Medical Director and Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, Florida. He is active in EMS, currently serving as Medical Director of Palm Beach Gardens Fire Department. Mike was Chief Resident at University of Florida and served as the first resident member of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians Board of Directors. He earned is medical degree from State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. Mike participates in local American Heart Association activities and also frequently serves as faculty for emergency medicine clinical and management educational programs.

Kathleen Gallagher McIver
EMLRC Vice President
Kathleen Gallagher McIver’s real estate career started at an early age in a
family-owned real estate company that was established in 1954 by her father,
Don Gallagher. The company operated in the Orlando-Central Florida area with five branch offices until sold in 2001. Kathleen has been working in the residential real estate with primary focus on the relocation industry since 1986 handling Corporate Relocation and foreclosures. She has been a licensed Florida real estate Broker since 1988. Kathleen is currently a Broker-Associate with RE/MAX Town & Country Realty in Winter Springs. She is the 2010 Chairman of the Board of the Orlando Regional Realtor Association (ORRA),
Past President of My Florida Regional MLS, Trustee for the Florida Real Estate Foundation, and recognized as “ORRA’s 2005 REALTOR of the Year”. She is also on the Board of Advisors to Pathways to Home working with homeless children in Seminole County. She is also a Graduate of Leadership Orlando - Class 77. Kathleen is a graduate of Providence College in Providence, RI with a
bachelor’s degree in Humanities.

Paul P. Partyka
EMLRC Secretary / Treasurer
Paul is currently a Managing Partner, Broker Associate at NAI Realvest (Commercial Real Estate Worldwide) in Maitland, Florida. He graduated with a bachelors of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of Norte Dame. He is a former City Commissioner and served two terms as Mayor of the City of Winter Springs. He is experienced in consulting for land value, government processing, natural land acquisition, and rezoning. He was named "Top Commercial Real Estate Professional in Central Florida” by the Orlando Business Journal in 2004. He served on the Advisory Board of the First Commercial Bank of Florida, Regional Chamber of Commerce for Winter Springs/Oviedo, and Former Municipal Advisory Committee Chairman for the Metro Plan Orlando.

Arthur L. Diskin, MD, FACEP
Dr. Diskin is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP), a Past-President of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians (FCEP) and Past Medical Director and Chief of Emergency Medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is currently Vice President and Global Chief Medical Officer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines International and a Voluntary Associate Professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Diskin sits on the Medico-Legal Committee, and Cruise Section of the American College of Emergency Medicine (ACEP). Dr. Diskin is Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and an Examiner for the oral portion of said Board since 1985. For over 20 years, Dr. Diskin ran a large physician group staffing up to seven emergency departments. In 1998, Dr. Diskin, as Chairman of Emergency Medicine, was privileged to assist in starting the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. Dr. Diskin attended college and medical school at the University of Miami and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Los Angeles County Medical Center/University of Southern California.

Cliff Findeiss, MD, FACEP
Cliff graduated from the Northwestern University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and attained his MD and MS in Pharmacology degrees in 1968. He completed a surgery internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital, followed by service in the US Navy as a Lieutenant with the Medical Corps, before returning to the University of Miami in Family Medicine. Dr. Findeiss served as a President of the Florida Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and as a member of ACEP’s exploratory Committee on Board Establishment. He was certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine from 1983 to 1993 and served ABEM as a Board Examiner. He was the editor of two clinical practice books on emergency medicine: “Emergency Medical Care” and “Emergency Management of the Critical Patient,” both published by International Medical Book Corp. Cliff served as the first Medical Director of Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue as well as the Hialeah Fire Department. Dr. Findeiss was co-founder of EMSA in 1973 and of InPhyNet Medical Management, Inc. in 1993, which provided physician contract management services for hospital emergency departments across the country. These groups were merged with Med-Partners, Inc. in 1997 and are now a part of TeamHealth, Inc. Cliff also was a partner in River Capital Partners, V-Port, Inc., Advertising Display Systems, Inc., and SoHo Lofts.

   Mylissa Graber, MD, FACEP

   Jon Kipp, EMT-P, RN
   Jon is the Director of Medical Services
   Universal Parks & Resorts. In addition to his
   traditional occupational medicine
   responsibilities he is responsible for
   emergency response and international travel
   medicine programs. Recently the General
   Electric Company recognized his leadership,
   expertise and execution in these areas by
   awarding him the 2008 Excellence in
   Occupational Health Award. Jon is also a
   paramedic with over 20 years of prehospital
   experience. This experience ranges from rural    single tier EMS Systems to urban dual tier
   Systems. Prior to joining Universal Orlando he
   was the EMS System Review Coordinator for
   Seminole County Department of Public Safety
   which involved designing and coordinating
   quality improvement programs for the then
   nine ALS Agencies within Seminole County,
   Florida.

   Ernest Page, MD, FACEP

   Roxanne Sams, MS, ARNP-BC, MA
   Roxanne most recently served as Director of
   Emergency/Trauma/Bayflight Services at
   Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg,
   Florida. She also served as the Director of
   Nursing Education/Event Medicine with ARNP
   staff privileges for the Bayfront Emergency
   Department. She is past president of the
   Florida Emergency Nurses Association and
   served on the Florida Organization of Nurse
   Executives Board of Directors. Roxanne
   received her MSN and MA from University of
   South Florida. She speaks regularly at
   educational programs addressing clinical and
   leadership issues in emergency medicine.

   David C. Seaberg, MD, CPE, FACEP
   David Seaberg is a Professor and Dean of the
   University of Tennessee College of Medicine
   Chattanooga. Previously, he was the
   Chairman for the Department of Emergency
   Medicine at the University of Florida,
   Gainesville campus. Dr. Seaberg attended
   medical school at the University of Minnesota
   and did his Emergency Medicine residency
   training at the University of Pittsburgh. He is
   certified by the American Board of Emergency
   Medicine and the Certifying Commission in
   Medical Management. He has over 125
   publications, book chapters and abstracts and
   has received numerous teaching and research
   awards. In addition to his role at the
   University of Florida, Dr. Seaberg has served
   as President of the Florida College of
   Emergency Physicians and serves on the
   Board of Directors for the American College of
   Emergency Physicians and the Emergency
   Medicine Learning and Resource Center. He
   has been a leader in the State of Florida with
   regard to medical and hospital aspects of
   domestic security. He founded the University
   Alliance for Weapons of Mass Destruction
   Education and served as Co-Chair of the
   Health/Medical/Hospital/EMS Committee of
   the State Work Group for Domestic Security.

   David Vukich, MD, FACEP

   Past EMLRC Board Members
   Jorge Lopez-Ferrer, MD, FACEP
   Chief Charles E. Moreland
   Tico Perez, Esq.
   Paul M. Maniscalco, MPA, MS, EMT/P
   Thom A. Mayer, MD, FACEP, FAAP
   Richard Slevinski, MD, FACEP
   Stephen Dresnick, MD, FACEP
   David Freeman, EMT-P
   Melvin "Mel" Gottlieb
   Sandra Schwemmer, DO, FACOEP, FACEP
   Garry L. Briese, CAE
   William Colgate, MD, FACEP
   Jay Edelberg, MD, FACEP
   Nabil El Sanadi, MD, FACEP
   Emmett B. Ferguson, MD, MPH, FACEP
   William Goellner, MD, FACEP
   William Haeck, MD
   Gregory L. Henry, MD, FACEP
   James Hillman, MD, FACEP
   David M. LaCombe, EMT-P
   Wayne Lee, MD, FACEP
   Michael R. Lowe, Esq.
   Toni Mitchell, MD, MBA, FACEP
   Joe Nelson, DO, MS, FACOEP, FACEP
   David Orban, MD, FACEP
   Charles Pierce
   Luis Quintero, MD, FACEP
   Gary Rainey
   Harvey Rohlwing, MD, FACEP
   John G. Shedd, MD, FACEP
   John E. Stimler, DO, FACEP
   Robert Tober, MD, FACEP
   Fredric Wurtzel, MD, FACEP