Faculty

Our course creators and class leaders have provided remote and austere medical support in wilderness and backcountry settings around the globe: from Antarctica and the European Alps to the African savannas, Australia, the Middle East and Southeast Asia; from the mountains, steppes, rainforests and rivers of South America to the deserts, prairies, canyons, rolling hills, snowy ranges and glaciers of North America.

Dr. Natalie Bonthius skiing
Natalie Bonthius, MD
  • Founder of Survival Med
  • Emergency Medicine Physician, UHS-Southern California
  • Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) Candidate
  • Certified Advanced Wilderness and Expedition Provider (AWEP)
  • Advanced Wilderness Life Support Instructor
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
  • Board Member, International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS)
Dr. Carson Harper
Carson Harper, MD
  • Emergency Medicine Physician, UHS-Southern California
  • Class Five Whitewater Rafting Guide
  • Mountain Bike Medic
  • Swift Water Rescue
  • Wilderness First Aid instructor
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Dr. Richard Ingebretsen
Richard Ingebretsen, MD
  • Clinical Instructor, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Program Director, University of Utah “Wild Med U” Program
  • Medical Director, Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue
  • Former Associate Dean of Students Affairs, University of Utah College of Science
  • Vice-Chair of Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Dr. Robert Scanlon
Robert Scanlon, MD
  • Quadruple Board-Certified: Critical Care, Pulmonology, Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Kevin Grange, Paramedic
Kevin Grange
  • Firefighter & Paramedic, Jackson Hole Fire & EMS and Grand Teton National Park
  • Award-winning author of Wild Rescues, Lights and Sirens, & Beneath Blossom Rain
  • Graduate of UCLA’S renowned Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program