Daniel Patterson, Ph.D., M.P.H., EMT-B, assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, and director of research, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania at UPMC, recently was named one of the 2010 EMS 10 Innovators in EMS at the 2011 EMS Today Conference and Exposition.

Through his numerous studies on the safety culture of EMS, the teamwork/conflict levels between providers, and the effects of sleep and fatigue levels on providers, he has been able to show industry-wide trends that can improve safety in the field.