Our Staff

The Community Training Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has a staff of seven full-time employees with a combined total of almost 60 years of American Heart Association instructional experience. We have 375 affiliated instructors from all health care disciplines (physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, EMTs) who teach for us on a regular basis. Our instructional staff also includes five Regional Faculty members and one National Faculty member of the American Heart Association.

• Director - Michael Pardi, B.S., NREMT-P is responsible for the daily function of the Department of Resuscitation Services and oversight of all programs run by the training center.
  
  
• ALS Educator - John Cruz, MICP is the PALS Program Coordinator and oversees the day-to-day operation of the PALS program.
  

  BLS Educator - Raymond Jones, MBA, coordinates the BLS portion of our department and is responsible for CPR, First Aid and AED components of the department.
  

  ALS Educator - Ray Lind, RCP is an ACLS Regional Faculty for the New Jersey Region of the AHA and runs the ACLS program by handling the day-to-day function of this program.
  
  

• Administrative Staff – Darlene Mike, Kera Thomas and Ed Wilson comprise the support staff who keep the office running smoothly day to day.
  
  
• Jeff Nahmias, MD, is the ACLS Medical Director. Dr. Nahmias is a Pulmonologist and Sleep Disorders Specialist at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
  
  
• Bruce Grossman, MD is the Medical Director for the PALS program and is a Pediatric Intensive Care physician.
  
  
• Kevin Morris, MD, is the ACLS Experienced Provider Medical Director. Dr. Morris is President of the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Anesthesia Group and is a member of the American Heart Association regional faculty.