Mechanicsburg, PA, February 3, 2025 – The Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration (AIMHI) is pleased to announce that Rob Lawrence has taken on the role of President.

With decades of leadership in civilian and military emergency medical services (EMS), Lawrence brings a wealth of experience to AIMHI as it continues to advocate for innovative and high-performance EMS models nationwide.

AIMHI is an international consortium of US and Canadian based high-performance, high-value EMS providers dedicated to transforming mobile healthcare through data-driven solutions, policy advocacy, and community-focused care. AIMHI members are recognized for their commitment to clinically excellent operationally effective, and cost-efficient, and out of hospital services that go beyond traditional emergency response.

Lawrence has been a leader in EMS for more than 30 years, serving in both the United States and the United Kingdom. He currently serves as the Director of Strategic Implementation for PRO EMS and its educational arm, Prodigy EMS, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of the Richmond Ambulance Authority and prior to emigrating to the US in 2008, the East of England Ambulance Service in the UK.

Beyond his EMS leadership, Lawrence is a military veteran, and graduate of the UK’s Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst serving a first career British Army, where he specialized in prehospital and evacuation operations. Lawrence also chairs the American Ambulance Association, State Association Forum, a collaborative of state ambulance associations sharing best practice and ideas, as well as the Executive Director of the California Ambulance Association. He is a well-regarded and highly sought active speaker, broadcaster, writer, and advocate in the EMS community, contributing regularly to numerous trade publications, such as EMS1 and EMS World.

"I am honored to assume the role of President of AIMHI, and wish to thank outgoing President, Chip Decker, CEO of the Richmond Ambulance Authority. Chip has been a mentor and friend for my entire US operational life and while I can’t fill his boots, I fully intend to follow in his footsteps”. Lawrence added “I also look forward to emphasizing the ‘I’s in AIMHI – Promoting the international best practice US and Canadian colleagues have to offer as well as continuing to Integrate with other national associations to promote and advocate to the delivery of high value EMS”

For more information about AIMHI and its initiatives, visit https://aimhi.mobi.