Education
Medical School: Wright State University School of Medicine, 1993-1997
Residency: Wright State University Emergency Medicine Integrated Residency Program,
1997-2000
Academic Interests
Dr. Gebhart has been involved in emergency care and education dating back to 1985. In his early career as a certified paramedic, he introduced numerous advances in pre-hospital care including promoting early cardiac care. In 2005, he co-founded the Homeland Emergency Learning and Preparedness (HELP) Center™ with department chair Dr. Glenn Hamilton out of a desire to define civil medical readiness, to apply best practices to a resilient community model and to apply sound scientific principles to an entirely anecdote-based and non-scientific system of emergency and disaster preparedness. That same year, he founded the emergency preparedness concentration track in the Master of Public Health program, which enrolls civilian and military public health professionals and health care leaders from across Ohio and the nation. Dr. Gebhart is one of only two physicians holding the rank of task force leader in the U.S. Urban Search and Rescue Response System, a component of the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Tactical Emergency Medicine: Emerging Technologies for the Tactical Medical Provider in Tactical Emergency Medicine. Stephen Blankenship, Mark E. Gebhart and Jason Pickett. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 2008.
Critical Casualty Evacuation from Tactical Settings in Tactical Emergency Medicine. John Wightman, Mark E. Gibbons, Mark E. Gebhart, and James E. Brown. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 2008.
Start Triage: Does it Work? Mark E. Gebhart, Disaster Management and Response, 5(3): 68 – 73, July 2007.
Relationship of Environmental Conditions and Patient Presentation at a Mass Gathering Event. Mark E. Gebhart. Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 13, #2, PP. 136-139; 2004.
Management at Hurricane Katrina, Mark E. Gebhart. Expert testimony to the Homeland Security Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, September 2005.
University of Iowa College of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mass Gathering Medical Care, February 2006.
American Academy of Family Practice Scientific Assembly 2005 Disaster Medicine, Natural Disasters Affecting Human Populations. San Francisco, September 2005.
Pertinent Funding
- Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association Training Contract – National Disaster Life Support - $68,000.00 (2004)
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Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association Training Contract – National Disaster Life Support - $40,000.00 (2005)
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Ohio Department of Health – National Disaster Life Support Training Contract - $300,000.00 (2006)
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Ohio Department of Health – Modular Emergency Medical Systems Design and Implementation Project – Principle Investigator - $3,500,000.00 (2006)
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Ohio Department of Health – Modular Emergency Medical Systems Design and Implementation Project – Principle Investigator - $3,700,000.00 (2006)
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Governor’s Office of Criminal Justice Services (State of Ohio) – Overage Education and Training Evaluation – Principle Investigator - $25,000.00 (2007)
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Levin Family Foundation – Project HOPE – Healthcare Operational Preparedness Education Mobile Unit – Gift to WSU valued at $250,000.00 plus an additional $37,500.00 (2007)
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Ohio Department of Health – Modular Emergency Medical Systems Design and Implementation Project – Principle Investigator -$1,500,000.00 (2007)
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Ohio Department of Health – National Disaster Life Support training program, $198,000.00 (2008)
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Ohio Department of Development – Calamityville Project, $1,200,000.00 (2008)
Honors & Recognition
Dr. Gebhart has received numerous awards and honors for teaching, research and service. In 1997, he received the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Outstanding Medical Student Scholar Award. While serving as medical director for emergency medical services (EMS) in 1999, he was recognized as the outstanding quarterly member of the Riverside Fire Department and named Firefighter of the Year by the Montgomery County Fire Chiefs. In 2000, the Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA) recognized his contributions with their annual award of appreciation for efforts at organizing Midwestern emergency medicine residents and increasing membership in EMRA. In 2005, the Academy of Medicine presented him with the Excellence in Medical Research and Education Award for junior faculty, and he received the Recent Graduate Award from the WSU Alumni Association. In 2006, he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. In 2007, WSU President David Hopkins, Ph.D., selected him for an Early Career Achievement Award. Dr. Gebhart also has received a meritorious decoration from the city of Kettering mayor and fire chief for actions to save the life of a trapped resident in a burning home. Along with a Kettering police officer, he was awarded the Silver Cross of Valor for having entered a burning structure and rescued an elderly man under extreme danger and without regard for personal life or safety.
Relevant Work History
Dr. Gebhart has gained a great deal of experience in areas including catastrophic incident response as well as work in a busy urban tertiary care facility in the Greater Dayton healthcare system. He serves as physician in charge when on duty in an emergency department with an annual census of 65,000 patients. In this role, his leadership has been tested during response to Hurricane Katrina and the affected Mississippi Gulf Coast in the summer of 2005. Dr. Gebhart continues active involvement in broad preparedness initiatives both within and external to the medical community. He recently was selected as one of the operations section chiefs for the Ohio Type III Incident Management Team. Additionally, the governor of Ohio has appointed him to the state trauma committee representing the state’s emergency medicine specialists. He also has served on several boards including the American Heart Association’s western Ohio Chapter, for which he has served as president.
Personal Information
Dr. Gebhart serves as cubmaster of Pack 315 in Centerville, Ohio, where he and other scout leaders teach survival skills.
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