School of Medicine | University of Colorado
Highlands Ranch Hospital
1500 Park Center Drive
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Office: 720-516-1202
Email: Benjamin.usatch@
BEN USATCH, M.D.
|Work Experience | |
| |University of Colorado Health |
| |Attending Physician, 2018-present |
| |Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| |Medical Director, Highlands Ranch Emergency Department |
| |Founding member Medical Executive Committee |
| |Quality and Safety |
| |Peer Review |
| |Emergency Management |
| |Credentials Committee Chair |
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| |Main Line Health-Lankenau Hospital |
| |Attending Physician, 2003-2018 |
| |Director of Emergency Medical Services, 2004-2018 |
| |Deputy Director of Emergency Department, 2010-2018 |
| |Manage all mid-level practitioners for the group |
| |Hospital Chest Pain Committee |
| |Hospital Stroke Committee |
| |Hospital Disaster Committee |
| |Hospital Credentialing Committee |
| |Quality control for Emergency Department QA and revisits |
| |Medical Director of MLH Based Community Paramedicine Program |
| |Systems medical director pre-hospital care and disaster management |
| |Board of Director, Main Line Emergency Medicine Associates |
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| |Mercy Health Systems (2001-2013) |
| |Director of Emergency Medical Services and Attending Physician, 2001-2004 |
| |Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine |
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| |Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (2005-2013) |
| |Note rater. Graded written notes of student physicians and foreign medical graduates for medical licensure |
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| |Episcopal Academy (2002-2018) |
| |School physician responsible for medical policy development and oversight of nurses and sports trainers |
| |Provide medical care and supervision for sporting events |
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| |Elk Mountain Ski Center (1986-2019) |
| |Patrol physician |
| |Senior certified Patroller |
| |Winter Emergency Care Instructor and Preceptor |
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| |Camp Physician (2003-2015) |
| |New Jersey Y camps; responsible for primary and emergency care of 800 campers and staff |
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| |Holland America Lines |
| |Ship physician and line officer responsible for emergency care of 2400 passengers aboard cruise ship |
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| |Medical Reserve Corp (2016-Present) |
| |Volunteer physician deployed for mass gatherings, catastrophic events and medical support as requested by the state|
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| |Dumont Export Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| |General Manager and Vice President (1984-1994) |
| |Ran corporate operations of international export company, managing 7 supervisors and 120 employees. Frequent |
| |travel to Africa, Europe and Asia. |
|Emergency Medical Services | |
| |Volunteer Medical Services Corporation of Lower Merion and Narberth (1982-Present) Lower Merion, Narberth, |
| |Conshohocken and Radnor |
| |Medical director: responsible for all aspects of quality assurance, provider competency, paramedic education and |
| |protocol implementation |
| |Program development and supervision over 4 EMS physicians participating in a field physician response program |
| |Paramedic-National Registry |
| |Board of Directors |
| |Former president, Board of Directors |
| |Tactical physician supporting SWAT team and patrol officers |
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| |Montgomery County EMS (2006-2018) |
| |Regional County Medical Director: one of 16 in Pennsylvania. Responsible for countywide medical oversight of 95 |
| |ambulances and over 1000 providers |
| |State Medical Advisory Committee member: development and implementation of state protocols |
| |County Medical Advisor Committee Chairman |
| |Medical Director for County EMS academy |
| |Director of County Physician Response Team |
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| |Mercy Health Systems (2001-2010) |
| |Medical Director Mercy Hospital Paramedics: responsible for all aspects of quality assurance, provider competency, |
| |paramedic education and protocol implementation |
| |Medical Director Region 1 Emergency Response Team-tactical EMS unit |
| |Developed and implemented tactical care protocols for SWAT |
| |Officers and medics |
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| |Whitemarsh Ambulance (1988-2009) |
| |Former assistant chief, lead paramedic and paramedic |
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| |Command Physician |
| |AMR Ambulance (2016-2018) |
| |Riddle EMS (2016-2018) |
| |Falck Ambulance (2015-2016) |
| |Boothwyn Fire Department (2014-2018) |
| |Transcare Ambulance (2005-2018) |
| |Radnor Ambulance (2005-2011) |
| |Medical Director: responsible for all aspects of quality assurance, provider competency, paramedic education and |
| |protocol implementation |
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| |Plymouth Ambulance (2003-2006) |
| |Associate Medical Director tactical EMS unit |
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| |AED Medical Director (2000-2018) |
| |Protocol development and deployment review for public and municipal programs |
| |Lower Merion Police Department |
| |Lower Merion Fire Departments |
| |Delaware County Fire Services |
| |Multiple private and public schools in Montgomery County Pennsylvania |
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| |Montgomery County EMS Council (2005-2018) |
| |Physician appointee to EMS Advisory Council |
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| |AllState Career Institute (2005-2018) |
| |School medical director for EMS Division |
| |Responsible for curriculum development and approval |
| |Participate in didactic and practical training of students |
| |Maintain quality assurance |
| |Determine eligibility for matriculation |
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| |Mass Gathering Experience |
| |Republican & Democratic National Conventions-support/field physician |
| |Final 4 (4/16)-medical control, field physician for Villanova Basketball championship |
| |Hoops Mania (11/15)-medical control for Villanova basketball event |
| |Papal Visit (9/15)- Operational control of extensive resources and personnel around St. Charles Seminary and |
| |Lankenau Hospital |
| |Radnor Hunt horse race-course physician (2013-15, 2018) |
| |US OPEN-support physician and assistant medical director (4/14) |
| |Maccabe Games-event physician (6/14) |
| |Core States bicycle race-support physician (2009-2012) |
| |Stonewall Golf Tournament-Field Physician for USGA event (5/16) |
| |NASCAR field physician (7/17) |
| |Main Line Bike Race- course physician (8/17) |
| |Hoops Mania (9/17)-medical control for stadium-based Villanova basketball event |
| |Land Rover US Grand Prix-Copper Mountain-Course Physician. |
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|Education | |
| |University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado |
| |BA in Political Science, 1984 |
| |Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| |Post-baccalaureate program, 1993 |
| |Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| |Medical Degree, 1998 |
|Residency | |
| |Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| |Emergency Medicine Residency, 2001 |
|Licensing | |
| |Board Certification Number 210099 (2023) |
| |EMS Board Certification (2025) |
| |Pennsylvania License Number MD072305L |
| |Colorado Medical License DR. 0059476 |
| |New Jersey Medical License 25MA10122700 |
|Certifications | |
| |Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider |
| |Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor |
| |Advanced Trauma Life Support |
| |Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor |
| |OEC Instructor |
| |Basic Life Support Instructor |
| |Pediatric Advance Life Support |
| |Pediatric Advance Life Support Instructor |
| |Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support |
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|Presentations and Publications | |
| |Usatch BR, Cone DC. AED Training and Skill Retention at a Ski Patrol. Poster presented at ACEP, October 2000, |
| |Philadelphia, PA. |
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| |Usatch BR, Kaplan LJ. Medical Emergencies in US Theme Parks: Focus on Automatic Defibrillator Utilization. Poster |
| |presented at PA ACEP, May 2000, York, PA. |
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| |Usatch BR, Lopez BR. Exogenous Nitric Oxide (NO) attenuates Plasma NO levels and improves vasoconstriction in a rat|
| |model of sepsis. Paper presented at SAEM, May 1998, Chicago, IL. |
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| |4/03 “Shock Management”. MCP Medical Conference, Philadelphia, PA |
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| |7/04 “Airway Management: New tools for an old problem”. PEHSC State Conference, Lancaster, PA |
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| |1/05 “Shock Management for the BLS Provider”. National Collegiate EMS Conference, Philadelphia, PA |
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| |3/05 “Current Cardiac Controversies in EMS”. EMS today/JEMS Conference, Philadelphia, |
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| |4/05 “Acute Coronary Syndromes”. EMS Medical Conference, Rosemont, PA |
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| |11/05 “Role of the Tactical Physician”. Tactical EMS symposium 2005, Chester, PA |
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| |3/07 “Primary Care in the Street”. EMS Today 2007 Baltimore, MD |
| |“Pain Management and Sedation” |
| |“Lightning Rounds with the Street Docs” |
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| |2/08 “Pathophysiology of Bleeding”. National Collegiate EMS Conference, Philadelphia, PA |
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| |Usatch, BR. “The New Hemophiliacs”. JEMS. March 2008: 90-101 |
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| |3/08 “The New Hemophiliacs”. EMS Today 2008 Baltimore, MD |
| |“Pain Management 2008” |
| |“Lightning Rounds with the Street Docs” |
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| |11/08 “Integrating EMS into STEMI management”. EMS-Cardiology Conference, Wynnewood, PA |
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| |Greenwald, E, Usatch, BR. “Broken Heart Syndrome”. JEMS. March 2009: 32-36 |
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| |Usatch, BR. “When Lightning Strikes” JEMS. April 2009: 36-40 |
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| |10/09 “Airway Management in the Trauma Patient”. Trauma Symposium, Ardmore, PA |
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| |11/09 “Pre-hospital Management of the Stroke and STEMI patient”. Hospital symposium, Wynnewood, PA |
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| |2/10 “Shock Management for the EMS Provider”. National Collegiate EMS Conference, Baltimore, MD |
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| |10/10 “Medical Command Oversight”. Panel Moderator. EMS Administration Summit, Conshohocken, PA |
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| |10/10 RAMPART: Rapid Anticonvulsant Medication Prior to Arrival Trial. At site principle investigator |
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| |11/10 “The Differential of Chest Pain”. Cardiology Conference, Wynnewood, PA |
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| |3/11 “The Games Teenagers Play”. EMS Today 2011 Baltimore, MD |
| |“End of Life Care for the Prehospital Provider” |
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| |11/11 “Teenage Foleys”. Dual county education symposium, Bucks County PA |
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| |2/12 “Drugs of Abuse and Adolescent Challenges”. National Collegiate EMS Conference, Baltimore, MD |
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| |3/12 “Head Injury and the Traumatic Airway”. Trauma symposium, Ardmore, PA |
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| |11/12 “Seconds Count”. Cardiology Review, Wynnewood, PA |
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| |4/13 “OB Emergencies”. Pediatric Symposium, Ardmore, PA |
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| |11/13 “Winter Sports Injuries”. Journal of Trauma |
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| |9/14 “Advanced Skills for the Basic Provider”. Villanova University |
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| |11/14 “The New Era of EMS care: PA Rules and Regulations”. Wynnewood, PA |
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| |2/15 “OB Emergencies” National Collegiate EMS Conference. Baltimore, MD |
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| |2/15 “Ketamine for the Prehospital Provider”. EMS Today 2015 Baltimore, MD |
| |“End of Life Care for the Prehospital Provider” |
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| |11/15 “Papal visit Hot-wash and PA updates”. Wynnewood, PA |
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| |11/15 “Ketamine Use in the Street”. New Jersey State EMS Conference, Atlantic City, NJ |
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| |4/16 Harmonious Consultations: Overdose in the ER |
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| |5/16 WBEB radio interview: “Surviving stroke” |
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| |5/16 WDAS radio interview: “What to do if you have a stroke” |
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| |5/16 Journal Club: Merging EMS with research |
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| |9/16 Opioid Overdose and Narcan Utilization: How to care for those around us, Wynnewood, PA |
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| |11/16 “Every Second Counts”. Cardiology Seminar. Wynnewood, PA |
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| |1/17 “Schwartz Rounds: A challenging overdose” |
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| |2/17 “The Art of the Differential in EMS”. Paoli, PA |
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| |3/17 “Ketamine for the field provider: Excited Delirium and Beyond”. Rowan University, NJ |
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| |4/17 “Opioid Symposium: Management for the layperson” Aracadia University, PA. |
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| |4/17 “Patient transport and case discussions”. Recognizing and Responding to Neurologic Emergencies. Wynnewood, PA |
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| |4/17 “2017 Speaker Trainer for Activase lecturers”. Webinar |
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| |8/17 Resident Grand Rounds “Challenging stroke presentations” |
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| |8/17 Lankenau Grand Rounds “The Kinematics of Trauma” |
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| |9/17 “Ketamine for the field: Next steps in the protocol” PA EMS Conference. Lancaster, PA |
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| |9/17 “Atypical Stroke presentations” Oregon EMS Conference. Bend, OR |
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| |10/17 “Harmonious Consultation: An interesting case of crush syndrome” Wynnewood, PA |
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| |10/17 EMS Expo: Clinical scenario preparation and physician medical director for I-Sim clinical challenge. Las |
| |Vegas, NV |
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| |1/18 Paoli EMS conference “The state of the protocols: What’s new and what’s coming” |
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| |3/18 GFAC Regional EMS Conference “Infectious Disease for the Streets”, Malvern, PA |
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| |5/18 “From Deficits to Disability in Ischemic Stroke”. Meridian Neuroscience Symposium, Hackensack, NJ |
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| |6/18 “An Evaluator’s View of the EMS World Expo Clinical Challenge”. EMS |
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| |1/19 “Change of Mental Status on the Slopes”. University of Colorado Dept of Wilderness Medicine training. Loveland|
| |ski area. |
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| |1/19 “Slope-side Stroke Management”. Eldora Ski Area |
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| |1/19 “Slope-side Chest Pain Management”. Eldora Ski Area |
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| |9/19 “Current Stroke Management for the EMS Provider”. Oregon State EMS Conference |
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| |9/19 “Ask the Street Doctors Panel”. Oregon State EMS Conference |
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| |9/19 “The Art of the Differential”. Oregon State EMS Conference |
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| |11/19 “Back to the Basics: Improving Stroke Outcomes”. Dignity Health. Sacramento, CA. |
|Awards | |
| |2013-2018 Top Doctors-Emergency Medicine |
| |Main Line Today Magazine |
| |Physician of the Year, Distinguished Leadership Award, Delaware Valley Stroke Council, 2011 |
| |Local Hero Award, Neighborhood Excellence Initiative, Bank of America 10/08 |
| |Citation from Pennsylvania House of Representatives-10/03 |
| |Pennsylvania Emergency Physician of the Year-2003, Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council |
| |2018 David J Lindstrom EMS Innovation Award, PA EMS Council |
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