Emtel Management Team
	Joseph Degioanni, MS, PhD, MD, FACEP Chief Executive Officer
	Charles J. Neilson, MD Medical Control Center Director/Clinical Risk Manager
	Rick Taylor, Program Manager
	Mark Jessen, IT Manager
	Nick Saunderson, CA, Corporate Controller

Joseph Degioanni, MS, PhD, MD, FACEP
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Joseph Degioanni has had a dual career that encompasses 20 years as a NASA Medical Officer and Flight Surgeon, and 25 years as an Emergency Medicine physician. For 20 of those years, he was on staff at CHRISTUS St. Joseph Hospital, one of Houston’s busiest, urban, teaching hospitals.

At St. Joseph, he was the ER Medical Director, Chairman of Emergency Services and was a member of numerous committees. These included the Executive Committee, the Utilization Review and Quality Assurance Committee, the Credentials Committee, the ER Committee, the Forms Committee, the Ethics Committee, the Education Committee and several subspecialty committees.

Dr. Degioanni was named the “Best ER Attending” by the Transitional Intern Class of 1997-1998. He was also awarded the “Acquisition and Improvement Award” by NASA for his contributions as the medical member of the Life Sciences Source Board that resulted in an $88 million dollar Life Sciences contract at the Johnson Space Center in January 1997.