About the Presenter

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Jim Kyle continues a career of 35-plus years as an emergency and sports medicine physician.  He currently serves as Executive Director of The Kyle Group, the Regional Medical Director for EMS in southern West Virginia, and the Medical Director of the Paramedic Program at NRCTC.

Dr. Kyle’s work experience includes providing leadership as an ER Director and chairman of the Division of Rural Emergency Medicine for Marshall University’s School of medicine.  He has also served as a county EMS Medical Director for Gilmer and Jackson Counties in West Virginia as well as Ware County, Georgia.

Dr. Kyle is considered a sports medicine specialist and has served as a team physician for West Virginia University, Marshall University and Glenville State College.  His international elite athlete experience includes head physician for the US Soccer Under 17 World Cup championships in Italy and Japan.  In 1996, Dr. Kyle was the team physician at Olympic stadium for the Track and Field competition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Kyle is a charter member of the prestigious American Medical Society of Sports Medicine and has achieved “Fellowship Status” in the American College of Sports Medicine.  As a consultant, he has provided service to School Health Corporation, Medtronics Physio-Control, and the Emory University Sports Medicine Department.   He currently serves on the University of Georgia’s Athletic Medicine Review Board.

Dr. Kyle’s published research includes the Utility of Capnography in Rural Emergency Medical Services, Automated External Defibrillator for Athlete Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Exercise Induced Asthma in Adolescent Athletes and Cholesterol Screening During Routine Pre-season Scholastic Physical Examination.