Dr. Taormina grew up in rural Illinois where she started her career in EMS. Dr. Taormina completed her medical training at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, followed by University of Wisconsin where she was chief resident. Dr. Taormina completed her EMS fellowship at Regions in 2023. She is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and EMS. Currently, she is employed as a clinical faculty member at Regions hospital and serves as an assistant medical director with Regions EMS, associate program director for the Regions EMS Fellowship, and as an associate medical director for LifeLink III. She has special interests in EMS education, prehospital ultrasound, tactical EMS, sports medicine, and event medicine.