Dr. Andrew Beeghly is currently an Emergency Physician for Mission Hospital and Medical Director for Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) in Asheville, NC. He is adjunct faculty for UNC School of Medicine and has taught ATLS and Ultrasound for MAHEC since 2016 and for Vanderbilt Trauma Services from 2012-2015 prior to moving to Asheville. He recently retired as a LTC from the US Army and served in positions as Army Combat Medic and Battalion Surgeon for the regular army and as a Dive Medical Officer and Flight Surgeon for 5th Special Forces Group. Following his Emergency Medicine Residency at the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Beeghly completed the Military Mountain Medicine Course, obtained a Diploma in Mountain Medicine certified by the UIAA and completed a Fellowship in Wilderness Medicine through the Wilderness Medicine Society.