2025 January

New Executive Director 2025

The Board of Directors for CAMTS Global (Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems - Global) is excited to announce the appointment of the new Executive Director of CAMTS Global.

Jan Eichel, a highly respected veteran of the medical transport industry, will take over the leadership of CAMTS/CAMTS Global from Eileen Frazer, who retired at the end of 2024, after founding CAMTS in 1990.
 
Dr. Frank Guyette, Board Chair of CAMTS, notes that a nationwide search was conducted, and Jan Eichel was chosen unanimously by the Board from among many highly qualified candidates. “Among
the talented people we interviewed, Jan Eichel clearly rose to the top on the strength of her vision, energy, and new ideas for medical transport safety certification. She recognizes the various ways the
accreditation process might serve our customers even more effectively in the future. We believe she will build on what is best about CAMTS, while leading the organization into new eras of innovation and
customer service.”
Jan Eichel has over 35 years of experience in the transport industry as a flight nurse, clinical director, and educator on both regional and national levels. In 2023 she was inducted as a Fellow in the Academy of Air & Surface Transport Nurses, in recognition of her significant impact on the critical care
transport industry. “I am honored to have been selected as the next Executive Director,” Ms. Eichel said, “and excited to build on the wonderful foundation laid by our founder, Eileen Frazer, and many others over the past three decades. I am also eager to position CAMTS Global for a new generation of impact – to explore new ideas and new technology to serve our customers’ needs.” Ms. Eichel also noted her focus on future growth. “We recognize the ways in which our industry is changing,” she said, “and it is
important that CAMTS be known for its agile response to those changes, as well as the diversification of our services.”
 
The founder of CAMTS, Eileen Frazer, said she is thrilled at
the appointment of Jan Eichel as the new Executive Director. “Jan understands this industry better than almost anyone, and I know she will bring strong and visionary leadership to CAMTS Global. She will not only
nurture what we have built over the years, but she will bring new ideas to serve our customers and, ultimately, ensure the safety of patients and medical staff.”
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As the first organization to create stringent, monitored patient and transport standards for the medical transport industry, CAMTS and CAMTS Global continue to be one of the premier authorities in the industry today, and looks forward to building on that pioneering history for a new generation.