employees

Charissa A Lynn, MSN, RN, CFRN, CCRN, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, CTRN, PHRN

Sr. Professional Flight Nurse

STAT MedEvac 9

Years of Service – 3

• • Charissa has been a nurse for 15 years and has 19 years of prehospital experience.
  • She is one of only 100 Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) Superstars, holding all 5 BCEN certifications. Additionally, she holds a certification in CCRN.
  • Charissa is married with one son who has an ultra-rare genetic disease; Gatad2b chromosomal disorder. 
  • She was a National Park Ranger prior to becoming a nurse. 
  • Charissa loves to crochet.

Brett Stanga, NREMPT, FP-C

Years employed: 5

Title: Senior Professional Flight Paramedic

Fun Facts:

• In addition to being a flight paramedic, Brett is also a police officer.
• Brett is a private pilot with instrument ratings
• He is a certified SCUBA diver
• In his spare time, Brett enjoys performing arts, golf, traveling, and riding his motorcycle.

Meet Dan Balk

Job Title: Communications Supervisor

Years of Service: 9

Fun facts:

• Dan enjoys traveling across the country to hunt various game.
• He is from Upstate NY, and is a NY Jets fan.
• During his off time Dan enjoys spending time with his wife and two children.
• Dan enjoys building computers as a hobby.

The EMS industry is a small town in a globalized world of connectivity. Professionals in the industry are bound to cross paths at some point in their careers, whether from catastrophic forces of nature, such as The Johnstown Flood, or through innovative training and research at the Center for Emergency Medicine in Pittsburgh. Many build each other up for success with ingenuity and technological advancement during their colorful journey through the medical and EMS realm. Kevin L. Parrish, now a Lead Clinical Research Associate at Sanofi Pharmaceutical, portrays a vibrant past that started in Indiana, PA. Additionally, as a little-known fact, a lot of history that has paved way to the advancement of medical services started out in Southwestern Pennsylvania ranging from leaders to medical technologies. 

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Meet Scott Bierman

Job Title: Communications Specialist

Years of Service: 9

• Scott enjoys photography and has been a shutterbug since his early teens. He has multiple SLR’s and has been published by a local newspaper.
• He enjoys spending time with his two beagles, Shiksa and Babka. They are aunt and niece, respectively. Babka is still a pup.
• Scott has become fairly adept at home improvements and enjoy working on his 110 year old house.
• He also likes working on cars and wishes he owned a classic or antique.
• Scott has two children – Bill and Miranda.  Bill followed his Dad into EMS and is a paramedic with Penn Hills.
• Scott has worked in EMS as both an EMT and Paramedic. He was trained at the Center for Emergency Medicine(CEM) in 1983 when it was located at Victoria Hall on […]
  

Job Title: Education Coordinator-East, Flight Nurse

Gene started at STAT MedEvac as a flight paramedic in March 2009. His next career moves included graduating from nursing school, working in a hospital ICU, and then working as a flight nurse.

Facts:

1. Gene is married with 2 boys and a fur daughter (South African Mastiff)
2. He received his undergraduate degree from Denison University in 1998 and played Big Red Football and club lacrosse.
3. Gene started his career in the Army Reserve as a medic in 1998, paramedic in 2003, BSN from University of Maryland 2015.
4. Gene coaches his son’s lacrosse team, and he plays in an adult lacrosse league.
5. In addition to his passion for medicine, Gene’s other passion is playing Lacrosse.
   • He is proud to be playing in this charity event to support American veterans Shootout for Soldiers in Baltimore […]
     

Job Title: Sr. Professional Flight Nurse II

How many years at STATMedEvac:  7 years

• Christine started out as a first responder while in college and eventually took an EMT class while attending Penn State in 1995. She loved it so much that she came back to Pittsburgh and started working EMS full time. She had started her college career as a music major!
• She became a paramedic in 1998 and started working for McCandless Franklin Park Ambulance – She is still employed in some capacity ever since, for a total of 24 years.
• Christine is a self-proclaimed crazy cat mom to six beautiful kitties: Noodle, Callie, Gizmo, Jack, Pretzel, and Cheddar!
• She earned a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
• Not only does she love emergency medicine, but Christine also loves the heart, and works at […]
  

Job Title: Sr. Professional Flight Nurse II

How many years at STATMedEvac:  5 years

• Scott is a proud husband and father to three amazing boys (13, 10, and 6).  He also has a 4-legged child, 2 y/o Zuri, who is their 3^rd rescue Great Dane.

• He brings his violin to work (most days) to practice.  He has been playing for about 5 years now.  Scott has played multiple instruments since age 4.  The band he plays with, Leap of Faith, currently has 3 songs professionally recorded.  You can find them on Spotify and Apple music.  The band is back in the recording studio working on 3 more songs.

• Scott is currently enrolled at Capella University to complete his BSN.

• He is based at MedEvac 4 out of Allegheny County Airport.  Scott says “It’s been a great […]
  

Job Title: Regional Medical Manager

How many years at STATMedEvac:  13 years

1.  I’m a Mama to one human, Lia (2 years), and one pug, Winston Churchill (14 years).
2. I love glitter, iced coffee, friends, Disney, and all.of.the.animals.
3. I’m originally from Lebanon County, PA (small, rural, central PA)
4. My first job/volunteer opportunity was as a candy striper at a local hospital and I absolutely LOVED it.
5. The best part of working for STAT MedEvac is the people I’ve met and worked with over the last 13 years both within and outside of STAT.  They’re the absolute best; smart, funny, and genuine.  They really know how to make life fun and I’m just so happy to be a part of this with them.