Dr. Jim Morgan is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with over 45 years of frontline and leadership experience in EMS medicine (and he has the lines on his face to prove it). Based in Southwest Missouri, he serves as Medical Director for multiple EMS agencies and provides physician oversight for hundreds of prehospital providers across the region.

He began his career in EMS with Carthage (MO) Ambulance Service in 1978.  He was passionate about EMS growing up and wrote to the Los Angeles County Fire Department about their "new" paramedic program.  Their response can be found on the 'Links' page.

Throughout his EMS career he has served with Carthage, Joplin, Newton County, and Barry-Lawrence County.  He has been a field EMT and paramedic as well as Field Supervisor with Joplin Emergency Medical Services [JEMS].  He is convinced that his EMS training and experiences provided him with distinct advantages in medical school.

Five years after residency he returned to southwest Missouri to begin the next chapter as an emergency medicine attending at Freeman Health System and helped to develop the FHS Emergency Medicine residency to help train the next generation of EM physicians.  After returning to southwest Missouri, he added "EMS Medical Director" to his title.

Jim Morgan, D.O.  FAAEM

Co-EMS Medical Director

Metro Emergency Transport System

EMS Medical Director

Webb City Fire Department

Medical Director

Jasper Co. 911 Center (JasCo)

Medical Director

Newton Co. Central Dispatch

Joplin Fire Department

EMS Medical Director

Metro Emergency Transport System

Co-EMS Medical Director

Newton Co. Ambulance District

EMS Medical Director

Mission Statement

At EMSMedControl.com, our mission is to elevate prehospital medicine through excellence, education, and collaboration.

We believe that EMS is not just a service—it’s a practice of medicine delivered in the most dynamic and unpredictable environments imaginable. Our goal is to empower EMS providers with the knowledge, tools, and medical direction they need to deliver safe, evidence-based, and compassionate care to every patient, every time.

We are committed to:

            • Advancing clinical standards through data-driven protocols and ongoing education.

          • Building strong partnerships between field providers, agencies, and hospitals.

          • Promoting a culture of accountability, innovation, and professional pride within the EMS community.

Together, we practice the art and science of saving lives—one call, one crew, one patient at a time.

JASCO

Joplin 911 Center

Newton Co. Central Dispatch

911 Medical Director