SCAA Staff

Lisa A. Levine, CAE, President

Lisa A. Levine, CAE is the President of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association in which she brings together a diverse community of policymakers, national thought leaders and advocates to advance initiatives in the prevention and treatment of SCA. Ms. Levine brings nearly 25 years of non-profit leadership skills with a proven success record in driving growth, increasing revenues, developing successful coalitions and increasing volunteer involvement. Prior to SCAA, Levine served as the President of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation for 10 years, where she oversaw increases in both membership and revenue growth, developed strategic coalition relationships and expanded the organization’s volunteer presence. Prior to that, she spent 15 years in leadership positions with the Community Association Institute and American Heart Association, Nation’s Capital Affiliate. She received a B.A. from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego and is a Certified Association Executive (CAE). An active member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Association Foundation Group, she also serves as a mentor to other executives and foundation leaders new to the field of non-profit management.     

Vincent N. Mosesso, Jr., MD, FACEP, Medical Director

Vincent N. Mosesso, Jr., MD, is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and medical director of prehospital care services for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is a co-founder and Medical Director of the National Center for Early Defibrillation, now called Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association.

He serves on the national Basic Life Support subcommittee and as advanced cardiac life support regional faculty for the American Heart Association.

Dr. Mosesso is assistant medical director of the City of Pittsburgh Emergency Medical Services (EMS), director of the prehospital care rotation of the University of Pittsburgh's Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, and a medical command physician for the Center for Emergency Medicine's EMS/Airmedical/Commercial Airline/World Travel emergency medical consultation and command center.

After graduating from Duquesne University in 1979, he became a paramedic, serving 10 years as a volunteer then working as a full-time medic for four years. He received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1988, completing his residency in emergency medicine there in 1991 followed by a teaching fellowship at the Emergency Medicine Foundation/American College of Emergency Physicians in Dallas.

Dr. Mosesso has focused his research in prehospital care, including the role of police and first responders on the use of AEDs for the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, prehospital administration of the clot-busting drug Retavase by paramedics, and examining multidisciplinary approaches to emergency care. He was the principal investigator (PI) for the Pittsburgh site of the NIH-funded Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) trial and is currently PI for the Pittsburgh site of the Auto-Pulse Prehospital International Resuscitation Trial which is evaluating a mechanical CPR device.

He has co-authored more than 40 referred scientific manuscripts and textbook chapters related to emergency medicine. His published articles have appeared in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Emergency Medical Services, Prehospital Emergency Care, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, and Resuscitation.

Among his professional memberships is the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the American College of Emergency Physicians where he was named a fellow in 1994. Dr. Mosesso served on the board of the National Association of EMS Physicians and is currently national medical director for the National Association of EMT's Advanced Medical Life Support course.

In 1998, Dr. Mosesso was awarded physician of the year by the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council. Other honors include the Faculty Appreciation Award by the residents of the University of Pittsburgh in Emergency Medicine; the Jean Hollister Award for Excellence in Prehospital Care, the Ronald Stewart Teaching Awards, American Heart Association Volunteer of the Year, and the Physician Recognition Award by the Emergency Medical Services Institute of Western Pennsylvania.

Dr. Mosesso is married to Janet, a registered nurse, and they are parents to two children, Chad and Jennifer.