Noel Wagner, MD, NRP

Medical Director, STMCA

Dr. Wagner has served as the Saginaw-Tuscola Medical Control Authority Medical Director since July 2008. He attended medical school at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, and completed an Emergency Medicine residency at SUNY Brooklyn/Kings County Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He completed a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he also trained and served as a flight physician with their air medical Program. He has years of experience in both emergency medicine and EMS medical direction in other states including Texas, Georgia, Kansas, Pennsylvania and New York. 

In addition to Dr. Wagner’s role with the Saginaw-Tuscola Medical Control Authority, he is also the director of the EMS Division of the CMU Emergency Medicine Residency Program. In this role he is program director for the EMS Fellowship. He is an attending staff physician at both Ascension St. Mary’s and Covenant HealthCare. Dr. Wagner is dual certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) in both Emergency Medicine and EMS.
 

Robert Warnemuende, MBA, EMT-Paramedic

EMS Manager

Rob comes to the Saginaw-Tuscola Medical Control Authority to further his already15 years in the healthcare field.  After starting off as a nursing assistant at Covenant Healthcare, Rob quickly discovered his passion for EMS in the Emergency Department.  While working in the Emergency Department, he obtained his Fire I and II along with his medical first responder.  He volunteered on multiple departments that spanned across three counties, including multiple departments in Saginaw County.

After years in the Emergency Department, Rob found his calling in EMS and patient education.  Rob served as the Injury Prevention Specialist at Covenant’s Trauma Program while simultaneously working as an EMT at Mobile Medical Response and working on his Paramedic License.  While working on his Paramedic License, Rob moved to MMR full-time and continued working for nearly a decade as a Paramedic and Paramedic Supervisor.  During his career at MMR, Rob continued his education through Ferris State University by obtaining his Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies with certifications in Project Management and Leadership and Supervision. 

In May of 2021, Rob joined the STMCA family.  As the EMS Manager, he will be tasked with duties that range from policy, procedure, and protocol implementation, quality assurance and field studies, and multiple other administrative duties.  He looks forward to carrying on a tradition of maintaining the STMCA as a premier EMS system in the State of Michigan.

Audrey Shaver EMTP I/C EMD

EMS Coordinator
EMS FELLOWSHIP COORDINATOR
STMCA

Audrey came to the Saginaw-Tuscola Medical Control Authority after 20 years in EMS. She started out as a volunteer EMT for Sebewaing Township Ambulance serving from 1990-1994. Being inspired by her EMT instructor Sylvia Levitt, she pursued her dream of being a paramedic and completed the program at Great Lakes Junior College and Mercy Ambulance. In 1994, she was hired by Faith Ambulance and became an employee of Mobile Medical Response when the companies merged.

Audrey worked at Mobile Medical Response for over 16 years; she started out as a field Paramedic and became a Field Training Officer for several years. She especially enjoyed working on Echo 50 and responding with the Basic Life Support agencies out of St Charles, Chesaning, New Lothrop and Elsie. In 2000, she decided to cross train as a dispatcher to expand her knowledge of the company. After her training there became a need for her to work full time in the dispatch center. During her years in Medcom she worked as a Communications Specialist and earned her advanced EMD. For many years she also assisted with the Quality Assurance with her EMD-Q certification. From 2004 to 2009 she served as a Communications Supervisor.

In August of 2010 Audrey joined the STMCA family. As the EMS Coordinator Audrey conducts System Orientation for newly hired personnel of all STMCA agencies, tracks credentials for the 650+ personnel within the STMCA, conducts vehicle and agency inspections to insure compliance with STMCA regulations, maintains the PAD and AED programs and Disaster Preparedness.