Associate Professor
Division Chief, Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
Department of Emergency Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska

Dr. Ernest is an Associate Professor and Division Chief of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.  Dr. Ernest graduated with a B.S. in Emergency Medical Services and a Doctor of Medicine from Creighton University. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He subsequently completed his Prehospital Medicine/Emergency Medical Services fellowship at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Dr. Ernest is dual board certified in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services.  He is an active member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians where he is the immediate past chair of the Rural EMS Committee as well as the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Ernest currently serves as the EMS Medical Director for the State of Nebraska and also serves as the Medical Director of the Bellevue Fire Department in Bellevue, NE, Sarpy County 911 dispatch center, and Cass County Emergency Management Agency as well as the Assistant Medical Director of the Omaha Fire Department and Creighton University EMS Education. His current areas of research interest include cardiac arrest and resuscitation, prehospital advanced airway, and rural delivery. He has received several honors and awards and has been published in several peer-reviewed journals.