LEWISTON – Dr. Kevin M. Kendall, an emergency physician at Central Maine Medical Center, has been named medical director for Tri-County Emergency Medical Services, an organization that supports emergency medical services in the Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin county regions.

Kendall will oversee the medical practice of all Tri-County EMS services and will serve with five other regional medical directors on the Maine EMS Medical Direction and Practice Board, which is responsible for all prehospital care and policies in Maine.

He oversees prehospital emergency services at Central Maine Medical Center and is co-medical director of LifeFlight of Maine.

Kendall is president of the Maine Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Kendall came to CMMC in 1999 after completing a residency in emergency medicine at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Prior to coming to Maine, he served as medical director of emergency services and director of emergency medical technician training at the 3rd Medical Center, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. He also served as an emergency physician at Valley Hospital in Palmer, Alaska, and Kessler Medical Center at Kessler Air Force Base, Miss.