Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO
Chief Executive Office, Chief Medical Office of US ACS MIDEO, LLC; Chairman of the National Palliative Care Committee for USACS
Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO, is the Chief Executive Office and Chief Medical Office of US ACS MIDEO, LLC and also serves as the Chairman of the National Palliative Care Committee for USACS.
He is the Principal Investigator of the TRIAD Research Series (The Realistic Interpretation of Advance Directives). The results of his TRIAD research have been featured in the NY Times, Washington POST, and many more nationally syndicated outlets. The TRIAD research has confirmed that there is a new nationwide and global patient safety risk related to confusion surrounding living wills, DNR & POLST orders. His TRIAD research has also set the foundation for the development and utilization of a state of the art, evidence-based patient safety solution called MIDEO (My Informed Decision on VidEO).
Dr. Mirarchi serves and a reviewer for many nationally peer review scientific journals such as CHEST and JAGS as well as is an Editorial Board Member for Patient Safety Magazine. He is the author of Understanding Your Living Will; What You Need to Know before a Medical Emergency, published by Addicus Books. He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and a fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.
Previously he served as the Medical Director of the UPMC Hamot Emergency Department in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was the Chief of Emergency Services for UPMC’s Northern Tier of Emergency Services, Chairman of the UPMC Hamot Physician Network Governance Council as well as the Chair of Medical Ethics.