Webinar: 170 Years of Sadlers: Happy Birthday, Fred and Blair!

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Alfred Sadler, MD, and Blair Sadler, JD, are twin brothers who worked together in the 1960s and 1970s and created the laws that gave us organ donations for transplants, the profession of physician assistants (PAs), and the foundation of EMS in the United States. Their book, “(P)luck” describes their journey and highlights fifteen ideas for catalyzing change that are as spot on for leaders today as they were at the birth of EMS. They celebrated 85 years on earth last month, or as they describe it, the 170th birthday of their egg. 

Join us for a conversation with these delightful pioneers facilitated by Mike Taigman.

This webinar is sponsored by the National EMS Museum, FirstWatch, and Prodigy EMS.

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Facilitated by: Mike Taigman, MA, FAEMS, FirstWatch Improvement Guide

A former paramedic, Mike has authored more than 600 articles in professional journals and worked with emergency services and healthcare organizations in 49 of the 50 states, most of the Canadian Provinces, Israel, Palestine, Australia, and throughout Europe. He teaches improvement science as an Assistant Professor in the University of California San Francisco’s MS in Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership and as an Adjunct Professor in UMBC’s MA in Emergency Health Services Management. Mike has been recognized with some of the industry’s top awards, including the Keith Neely Award for Outstanding Contributions to the National Association of EMS Physicians, the Faculty Mentor of the Year by the Students of the UCSF Graduate Division, and the EMS Visionary Award from the American Ambulance Association for lifetime achievement.

Alfred Sadler, M.D.

Alfred Sadler, M.D. ScD (Hon) FACP. He is Co-Founder of the Physician Assistant Program at California State University Monterey Bay in 2015 and is President of the Cypress Foundation – dedicated to improving physician and PA workforce in the tri county area where he lives. He was trained in Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and in internal medicine at the Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital. He practiced primary care in Monterey County for nearly forty years with emphasis on underserved populations. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and in 2018 was recognized as “Physician of the Year” by the Monterey County Medical Society. He is a coauthor of The Physician Assistant: An Illustrated History in 2013. He lives in Carmel, California.

Blair Sadler, J.D.

Blair Sadler, J.D. is a senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and a member of the faculty at the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management. Through teaching and presentations, he remains a strong advocate for evidence-based architectural design, healing arts in health care, transforming health care’s environmental impact, and leading with transparency and empathy in times of crisis. A graduate of Amherst College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he was a law clerk for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. From 1980 to 2006, he was the president and CEO of the Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. He has served on the board of the Hastings Center for 12 years and is a member of the board of Health Care without Harm, an environmental health advocacy organization. He chairs the Board of Access Youth Academy, a San Diego nonprofit devoted to transforming the lives of underserved youth. He lives in La Jolla, California.

Webinar Date: June 2, 2026 | 1:00 pm–2:30 pm ET