Richmond Ambulance Authority
Alexis Anderson is an experienced Emergency Medical Technician at Richmond Ambulance Authority since August 2019. Previously, Alexis served as a Research Assistant at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, contributing to the Adolescents and Young Adults Twin Study focusing on genetic contributions to internalizing pathways from September 2016 to February 2018. Alexis holds a Master of Science in Physician Assistant from Charleston Southern University and two Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Biology with a Concentration in Neuroscience from the University of Richmond, completed in 2019.
Richmond Ambulance Authority
Since its inception, the goal for the Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) has been to provide its community with clinical excellence, while ensuring response time reliability and fiscal responsibility. Although it has the highest call volume per capita in the United States, RAA has gained a national and international reputation as a premiere, high performing EMS system. RAA is one of only eleven systems in the United States that has received accreditation from both the National Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) and the National Academy of Emergency Dispatch (NAED). These accreditations are considered the “gold standard” for ambulance services, certifying distinction for quality patient care and ambulance operations.