The JEMS family joins the entire EMS community in mourning the loss of E. Brooke Lerner, PhD, FAEMS, after losing her battling with cancer. Her research into prehospital care truly advanced our profession forward.
“We pay tribute to the extraordinary legacy of Dr. Brooke Lerner,” said José G Cabañas MD, MPH, FAEMS, president of the National Association of EMS Physicians.
“Her service to our profession and NAEMSP was marked by honor and distinction, including the mentorship of countless clinicians devoted to building effective prehospital systems of care. Brooke’s transformative work played a pivotal role in advancing trauma and pediatric emergency care, leaving behind a body of work that was instrumental in enhancing prehospital care standards.”
Much of Lerner’s research looked into acute injury care and field/disaster triage. She also dedicated her time to pediatric emergency care.
With three degrees from the University at Buffalo, she returned in 2019 as a tenured professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
At her request, NAEMSP established the E. Brooke Lerner Research Fund. You can learn more about the fund in the video above.
