Dr. Brandon Morshedi

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Position: Associate Medical Director

Brandon Morshedi, MD, DPT, NRP, FACEP, FAEMS, FP-C, CCP-C is an emergency medicine physician and paramedic throughout Arkansas and Texas. Originally from Arkansas, he started his career in EMS in 2001 and worked as a firefighter, EMT, and eventually a paramedic, working 12 years on a front-line 911 ambulance.

After earning his clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2006 and working a few years in the clinic, he realized his passion remained in EMS and returned to medical school to pursue a career as an EM and EMS physician. He graduated from UAMS and completed emergency medicine residency and EMS fellowship training at UT Southwestern in Dallas, TX. During fellowship, he also completed tactical EMS training and worked as a tactical physician and Reserve Specialist in the field for the Dallas Police Department SWAT Team, including VIP and dignitary support throughout the city. Dr. Morshedi is dual-board certified in both EM and EMS medicine.

Prior to moving back to Arkansas in 2022, Dr. Morshedi served as Assistant Professor of EM and Associate Division Chief of EMS at the University of Texas Southwestern for over 3 years. He worked clinically at the Parkland Hospital ED, the busiest ER in the country, and was core faculty for the country’s largest emergency medicine residency. Additionally, he served as “MD2”, the Deputy Medical Director for the City of Dallas, including Dallas Fire-Rescue and Dallas Police Department, and for the UTSW/Parkland BioTel EMS System, a consortium of 12 combined cities throughout the DFW metroplex.

Throughout his career, Dr. Morshedi has given hundreds of lectures for EMS clinicians, pre-health students, medical students, and physician residents and fellows and has won numerous teaching awards. He is an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the National Association of EMS Physicians and a fellow of both organizations. He is a founding charter member and the first president of the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association of EMS Physicians. He has written and published dozens of peer-reviewed research articles, abstracts, book chapters, and FOAMed articles, and has lectured on the state, regional, and national circuits on emergency medicine and EMS topics.

Dr. Morshedi now works clinically as faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and multiple community emergency departments ranging from Level 1 trauma centers to critical access hospitals. He also serves as the Associate Medical Director for Metropolitan EMS and the Medical Director for Arkansas State Parks and GMR/Air Evac for the entire state. He has been appointed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation as the EMS Medical Director Sector Representative for the National EMS Advisory Council with NHTSA, serves on the Governor's EMS Advisory Council, the state's EMS for Children Committee, STEMI Advisory Council, and on many other state, regional, and national committees and organizations aimed at improving prehospital care.