Allyson M. Briggs, M.D., FACEP

Professional Background

Dr. Allyson M. Briggs is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She serves as Program Director for the EMS and Disaster Medicine Fellowship and is active in undergraduate and graduate medical education. She serves as the medical director for several fire/ EMS agencies and a regional tactical medical team. She has been recognized for her work in event and mass gathering medicine, including treating patients on scene of the Kansas City Super Bowl Rally shooting in February 2024. Dr. Briggs had worked on local, regional, national, and international emergency preparedness efforts, including establishing CRBNE and surge planning protocols and best practices for the 2026 FIFA World Cup international tournament. She has been a field of play physician for FIFA and is an Emergency Response and Airway Management Physician for the NFL.

Dr. Briggs is interested in the intersection between emergency medical services and critical care. She is a founding member of KU's ECPR and ED ECMO committees.

Dr. Briggs received her medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. She completed emergency medicine residency, chief residency, and Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Fellowship at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

• BA, Biochemistry, Minor Leadership Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
• MD, Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
• Residency, Emergency Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
• Clinical Fellowship, Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS

• National Association of EMS Physicians, Great Plains Chapter, Kansas At Large Member, 2024 - Present
• National Association of EMS Physicians, Great Plains Chapter, Member, 2022 - Present
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Member, 2021 - Present
• American College of Emergency Physicians, Member, 2018 - Present
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Member, 2018 - Present

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• Diederich Taylor, Jacobsen RyanC, Briggs AllysonM, Hanson Cameron, Beaver Bryan, Friend Caity, Flint Jennifer. 2025. Under Recognized Toxicity of Flecainide Overdose. Prehospital Emergency Care
• Jacobsen RC, Beaver B, Olola C, Briggs AM, Scott G, Patterson BA, Wash G, Clawson JJ. 2023. Prone Dispatch-Directed CPR in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Two Successful Cases.. Prehospital emergency care, 27 (2), 192-195
• Diederich T, Briggs AM, Malik A, Beaver B. 2024. Occupational decompression sickness: A case report.. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 5 (2), e13144