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The City of Pittsburgh celebrated Ronald Roth, Â鶹´«Ã½ professor of emergency medicine, for his years of service to the community on Oct. 10. Mayor Ed Gainey also named the day in his honor.

Roth, a Pittsburgh native, served for 21 years as medical director for the Department of Public Safety, where he worked to train paramedics, EMTs, firefighters, police and others. He’s now a senior medical consultant for the department. Roth also currently serves as a medical command physician at the UPMC Medical Command Center, and as medical director for the Pittsburgh Marathon and the Allegheny County Emergency Operations Center. Additionally, he is an emergency medicine consultant for the Pittsburgh Steelers Football Club and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In 1982, Roth earned his medical degree and went on to complete his residency at Pitt, where he staffed a 24/7 physician emergency response vehicle and served as a flight physician on a medical helicopter. He has worked at the UPMC Presbyterian Emergency Department for more than 30 years. Roth is board certified in Emergency Medicine and was one of the first physicians board certified in the subspecialty of Emergency Medical Services.