Dr. Jullette Saussy is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine physician and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Section of Emergency Medicine who trained in New Orleans with LSU Emergency Medicine at Charity Hospital.

Dr. Saussy received her undergraduate degree from Tulane University and her doctorate from LSU Medical School. She began her career in EMS in 1984 and worked for the City of New Orleans as a paramedic before entering medical school in 1990. In 2004 Dr. Saussy began as Director and Medical Director for New Orleans EMS. She also serves as Medical Director for the New Orleans Fire Department and Chief Medical Officer for the Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety.

Dr. Saussy recently received the Keith Neely Outstanding Contribution Award from the National Association of EMS Physicians given for outstanding contributions to prehospital emergency care and The Tema Contra Memorial Trust Public Service Award in Toronto, Canada.

Dr. Saussy lectures extensively both nationally and internationally to EMS and physician audiences. Her passion remains functioning “in the streets” and she has recently coordinated the development of Region One EMS medical protocols along with her other regional EMS colleagues. She is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), the National Association of EMS Physicians, the Louisiana State Medical Society , the Orleans Parish Medical Society and the Eagles, a group of Metropolitan EMS Medical Directors.

Dr. Saussy is the co-chairman of the NAEMSP Disaster Preparedness Committee, the co-chairman of the LSU Prehospital Trauma Committee, an active member of the Orleans Parish Medical Society EMS Committee in addition to serving on the Louisiana Emergency Response Network Regional Commission. She is the mother of three teenage daughters and currently resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.