AMED has hired a new medical director. George Anthony Fidacaro Jr., an Emergency Department physician at UPMC Bedford and UPMC Altoona and associate regional medical director for the Southern Alleghenies EMS Council, replaces Shaun Sheehan, who resigned recently for personal reasons after about a decade and a half in the position, according to AMED Executive Director Gary Watters. State law requires each ambulance service to have a medical director, according to Watters, who spoke at a board meeting Monday. A medical director is responsible for ensuring that all medical providers in ...