Paul W. Kirby, MD
Board Chair · Clinical Research Adviser — Emergency and Prehospital Care
Biography
Paul W. Kirby, MD, is an assistant professor and member of the prehospital section of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His work focuses on prehospital education, cardiac arrest care, system-specific guidelines, quality improvement, and wilderness medicine. He is committed to strengthening prehospital care in Birmingham and surrounding communities.
Role at Fight Medicine Research Institute
- Roles
- Board Chair; Clinical Research Adviser — Emergency and Prehospital Care
- Responsibility
- Advise on acute head-trauma assessment, emergency protocols, clinically relevant outcomes, and clinical education within the agreed review scope.
- Board
- Chair. Independent member.
- Expertise
- Emergency medicine; Prehospital education; Cardiac arrest care; Clinical guidelines and quality improvement