Jason R. Pickett, M.D., FACEP

Jason R. Pickett, M.D., FACEP, is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care and assistant program director for the EMS Fellowship. Pickett also serves as the Emergency Medical System deputy medical director for the City of Austin and Travis County.

Pickett is the tactical EMS co-chair for the Special Operations Medicine Scientific Assembly and is a member of the Guidelines and Practice Committee for the National Association of EMS Physicians. He is also a member of the Guidelines Committee for the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care.

Pickett is board certified in emergency medicine and subspecialty board certified in emergency medical services. Prior to his position in Austin, Pickett served as an assistant professor and the director of the Center for Prehospital and Operational Medicine at Wright State University. He has served as medical director for several fire departments and police SWAT teams. He is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard as a battalion surgeon in a special operations unit.