Dr. Michael Wilcox is a Board-Certified Family Practice Physician who has practiced in rural  Minnesota for 38 years. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Minnesota and  his Doctor of Medicine Degree at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He completed post-graduate training at Hennepin County Medical Center, in Minneapolis and completed his Bush  Medical Fellowship in Critical & Emergency Care in 1985. Dr. Wilcox is the former Coordinator at the Emergency Care Plus Program for North Memorial Health  Care in Minneapolis, and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency & Family  Medicine, University of Minnesota. Dr. Wilcox is the Medical Director for the South Central and Southwest EMS Regional Programs, as  well as Medical Director at the Community Paramedic Program at Hennepin Technical College in  addition to being a CALS instructor.  An early architect of community paramedicine, Dr. Wilcox offers clinical skills training and oversight,  CME/curriculum development, the development of policy and protocol, outcome analysis and quality  assurance initiatives. Also a national conference speaker, he is a gifted ambassador of community  paramedicine.  Dr. Wilcox offers to serve in a contract medical director capacity for clients launching their own  community paramedic programs.