MRCSA

MRCSA welcomes licensed health and medical personnel, including nurses, nurse practitioners, veterinarians, pharmacists, doctors, chiropractors, physician assistants, behavioral health professionals and dentists.

Volunteers with active licenses as well as retired health professionals and students in healthcare career tracks are the Medical Reserve Corps of Southern Arizona.

MRCSA Community Roles and Responsibilities

MRCSA volunteers are prepared to provide surge capacity in local disasters, including but not limited to assisting with medical and non-medical functions at mass prophylaxis and vaccination clinics; exercise and drill planning and participation; staffing call centers and phone banks; post-event incident follow-up; supporting continuity of operations for hospitals and clinics during public health emergencies; assisting community long-term recovery efforts through outreach and assistance; data collection and entry; general and post crisis education; foreign language education and interpretation; information technology support; local resource dissemination; and other logistical support at public clinics. Non-emergent activities address daily community health needs.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is responsible for the management and oversight of the non-profit corporation. They review and approve all MRCSA documents and initiatives. The Board is responsible for community outreach to ensure sustainability and recommends methods to build and grow the organization. They would also be at the forefront of any legislative action that may be required for growth or sustainability.

Our 2021 Board of Directors:

Keith Boesen PharmD, President

Sheldon Marks MD, Vice President

Steve Nash, Treasurer

Mary Stebbins RN

Cynthia Dowdall PhD

Bruce Whitney

Harry McDermott MD

Sean Elliott MD

Lois Marecek

Mike Carter

Jenna Wild

Advisory Council

An Advisory Council, comprised of members of the medical community, educational institutions, and cooperating agencies and organizations, offers advice and support to the organization. Advisory board members do not vote and do not have policy making authority.

MRCSA Program Planning Team

Established in 2015, the MRCSA Leadership Team has been reconstituted for 2020 as the Program Planning Team. The Team is comprised of members who are devoted to the professional growth and development of the program through training and other educational and community outreach opportunities.

The Program Planning Team develops the training and exercise calendar which is posted on our web calendar. Click on the tab above to view the calendar.

MRCSA Public Health Team

The Public Health Team supports the mission of the Pima County Health Department. Members have participated in back to school immunization clinics, Influenza vaccination clinics, Epidemiology case investigation and, currently, COVID-19 Points of Dispensing.

MRCSA Mass Incident Response Team

MIRT is a team of specialists who are trained to support local, state and federal agencies in response to a significant mass casualty incident. MIRT was founded in 2019.

Disaster Distress Hotline

CDC Managing CoVID-19 Stress

Poison Centers Resource

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- ncov/prepare/managing-stress- anxiety.html

https://poisonhelp.hrsa.gov/poison-centers

From the United States and its territories, call 1-800-985-5990 to connect with a trained crisis counselor, 24/7.Spanish-speakers can call the hotline and press “2”for 24/7 bilingual support. Callers to the hotline can also connect with counselors in over 100 other languages via 3rd-party interpretation services.

To connect with a live Disaster Distress Hotline crisis counselor 24/7 text “TalkWithUs” for English or “Hablanos” for Spanish to 66746.