9500 Euclid Ave, Mail Code E19
Cleveland, OH 44195
(216) 444-4515
Tom Beers has been with the Cleveland Clinic Health System since 2004. After spending nearly five years at Huron Hospital, Tom was recruited by the Cleveland Clinic's Emergency Services Institute to develop a new EMS program at the Main Campus. Tom has been involved in EMS since 1994 when he helped develop the University of Dayton's EMS response department, UD Rescue Squad. He has also worked for the City of Dayton Fire Department where he was a firefighter and paramedic as well as EMS educator and supervisor. Currently Tom is a full time firefighter and paramedic with the City of Cleveland Heights. He is a nationally recognized author in Fire Engineering's former publication, FireEMS, where he wrote the column, A Shot of Beers. His interests include fishing, cycling, competitive running, and Tactical EMS. Tom is a veteran of the US Army and lives in Northeast Ohio with his wife Shannon and their two sons, Brayden and Marschall.
Thomas A. Tallman, DO, FACEP, is Assistant Director for Cleveland Clinic Event Medicine, providing medical support for spectators attending all stadium professional sporting and concert events in Cleveland. He is also Medical Director for Disaster Preparedness of the Emergency Services Institute. Dr. Tallman is the Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic Instructor and Education Director for Cleveland Clinic Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support training. He also serves as Chairman of Cleveland Clinic Critical Response Committee. Dr. Tallman is board-certified in emergency medicine. He is on the Board of Directors of the Ohio chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians and is an Oral Board Examiner of the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
