Dr. Colton Conrad is a native of Southern Appalachia and attended the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was introduced to prehospital medicine by Baystate Associate Regional EMS Medical Director Ken Knowles through a hands-only CPR initiative. While he has never been an EMT or Paramedic himself, he believes that EMS is the gateway to the community and looks forward to learning from and working with all the local emergency responders in our region. Colton currently serves as a Chief Resident for the Baystate Health emergency medicine residency program and is also a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve. Outside of community prevention and intervention, Colton is interested in medical education, rural EMS, search and rescue, tactical medicine, and wilderness medicine.