Ronald N. Roth

City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety

Ron Roth began his career in EMS in 1977 when he became an EMT at the Penn State University. He then worked on the University Ambulance during his senior year at Penn State. After completing medical school and an Emergency Medicine residency program at the University of Pittsburgh, he became an attending physician in the Emergency Department first at the Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and for the past 30 years at the Presbyterian University Hospital. Both hospitals are level one trauma centers. Dr. Roth served as the program director for the EMS fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh from 2006-2019. He now serves as the associate program director. Since 1991, he has served as a medical director for the City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety which includes EMS, Fire first response program and police. He is currently the medical director of the Allegheny County Emergency Operations center. Dr. Roth also serves as medical director for the Dicks Sporting Good’s–Pittsburgh Marathon, a team physician for the Pittsburgh Steeler football club and an emergency medical consultant for the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team. He is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and became board certified in EMS in the first-year certification became available (2014.)