Gary Heigel

Gary is the Department Chair of Emergency Services and the Paramedic Program Director at Rogue Community College in Southern Oregon. Gary has been a paramedic since 1984 and has extensive experience in both urban and rural EMS systems. He has been a Paramedic, Field Training Officer, Field Supervisor, Flight Medic, Operations Director, and a full-time educator since 2004.  He presents at regional, state, and national EMS conferences, has written for JEMS and EMS World magazines, teaches as a Clinical Educator for iSimulate, and works as an EMS Expert Witness. 

Gary is the current Chair of the Oregon EMS Education Consortium, and an active member of the National Association of EMS Educators, the Oregon State EMS Committee and the Jackson County EMS Committee. In 2014, Gary was honored as the Oregon EMS Educator of the year and in 2017 he received a National Innovation of the Year award from The League for Innovation in Community Colleges.