Zachary J. Eisner BS, NREMT-B

Co-Founder and Executive Director

A biomedical engineer by training, Zach developed a passion for global health and emergency medicine after becoming licensed as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B) through the United States NREMT. He has since worked with emergency medical response teams around the world and is certified in EMS instruction through the National Association of EMS Educators. His work in post-crash response with LFR International received the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in 2020.

He now serves as a founding representative of the Global Prehospital Consortium, advisor to the Global Surgery Student Alliance, and consultant to the Nigerian Federal Road Safety Commission, Belgian Red Cross, and several academic surgery departments in the United States. His academic work with the Michigan Center for Global Surgery has been showcased at conferences around the world including the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, African Conference on Emergency Medicine, and Academic Surgical Congress, and American Association of Plastic Surgeons, and he has been invited as a guest lecturer for audiences at various medical schools and universities globally. Zach graduated Magna Cum Laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in biomedical engineering and is currently a fourth-year medical student at the University of Michigan. He hopes to pursue a career in plastic and reconstructive surgery to research and build international programming in surgical education.