Thom Mayer MD

Doctor Thom Mayer has been a leader in times of crisis for over 25 years, navigating some of the most significant challenges imaginable. He is the Medical Director for the NFL Players Association, as well as an emergency physician-sports medicine leader of international renown. He served as the Command Physician at the Pentagon Rescue/Recovery Operation on 9/11, Incident Commander for the inhalational anthrax outbreak in Washington, DC that same year, and led a Team Rubicon Mobile Emergency Team in Ukraine following the outbreak of war. He is among the most widely respected leaders in times of crisis and is a highly sought after speaker and consultant across many businesses and industries.

He was recently nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and is a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame and the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame. USA Today named him one of the “100 Most Important People in the NFL.” Tom Peters, the internationally acclaimed expert on leading, referred to his work as “gaspworthy.”

He has written 25 books, two of which won the American College of Healthcare Executives’ prestigious James Hamilton Award for the best leadership book of the year, including Battling Healthcare Burnout: Learning to Love the Job You Have While Creating the Job You Love, also published by Berrett-Koehler. His work has been featured on CNN, ESPN, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post, as well as in every major academic publication worldwide.

Despite these many accomplishments, he continues to push the envelope of innovation in leading in times of crisis in all walks of life.

He is a graduate of Hanover College and the Duke University School of Medicine and a Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington School of Medicine and a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke University.

He and his wife Maureen live in Wilson, Wyoming and Great Falls, Virginia.