Coordinator Profile: Dr. Erich Maul

DEM Blogger

October 25, 2018

As an Operations Section Planning Chief, Dr. Erich Maul is a valuable volunteer for of Lexington Emergency Management as well as a key resource in many other areas for the division.

Dr. Maul is an award-winning Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kentucky. He also serves as the medical instructor for the Lexington Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) for more than 5 years. Dr. Maul enjoys teaching the diverse CERT members disaster preparedness. He is also an instructor for the University of Kentucky’s Campus CERT group.

Dr. Maul is currently Chief of Hospital Pediatrics at Kentucky Children’s Hospital and Medical Director for Progressive Care and Acute Care. In 1994, Dr. Maul received his Bachelor of Science in Biology Magna Cum Laude from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999. Dr. Maul also received his Master of Public Health from the University of Kentucky in 2014. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force. In 2004, he was awarded US Air Force Clinical Excellence Award as the top physician in the US Air Force Medical Service.

Dr. Maul is also an active volunteer for the Medical Reserve Corps through the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department and medical instructor for Stop the Bleed, a national call-to-action program.