Michael Caudell MD, FACEP, FAWM, DiMM

Michael Caudell, MD, FACEP, FAWM, DiMM is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, where he formerly served as the Medical Director for Wilderness & Survival Medicine and was the founder of the Wilderness Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Caudell is one of the founders of MedWAR (Medical Wilderness Adventure Race), serves as the Executive Director for the annual Southeast Race and serves on the Board of Directors for North American Educational Adventure Racing (NAEAR). He is a Past Chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP) Wilderness Medicine Section and Past Chair of the Fellowship Directors Committee. Dr. Caudell served 2 terms on the Board of Directors for the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) and is also a former chair of the WMS Education Committee. He remains active in the WMS, as Course Director for WLS-MP pre-conferences, Past-Chair of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, and as a member of the Education Committee and its GME Fellowship subcommittee. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM). He currently serves as a Section Editor for Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Wilderness & Environmental Medicine journal (WEMJ). Dr. Caudell is Past President and served on the Board of Directors for the Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine (ACWM). He has earned his Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) along with certifications in Level I Swiftwater Rescue, SCUBA Advanced Open Water, Mixed Gas and Rescue Diving, and is an instructor with Blue Ridge Adventure Medicine.