Dr. Poreda has been involved in prehospital care for over 20 years, beginning in the volunteer fire service and as a professional EMT. This experience changed his career; he completed his Computer Science degree and immediately began his pre-med training at Univ Buffalo. During this time, Dr. Poreda continued his firefighting education at the NYS Fire Academy in Montour Falls NY, becoming a Nationally Certified Firefighter II; he is certified in various special operations disciplines as well, including TECC, HazMat, Swift Water, Ice, Confined Space, and High Angle Rope Rescue.

Dr. Poreda completed medical school at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse, NY. He stayed in Syracuse where he completed his residency in Emergency Medicine. While in residency, Dr. Poreda authored a textbook chapter for physicians on Fireground Operations and Rehab.

After finishing residency, Dr. Poreda moved back to Buffalo and began his career in private practice as an Attending Physician with Professional Emergency Services PLLC. During this time, he worked at multiple hospitals across WNY, including Millard Suburban, Buffalo General, Lake Shore, Brooks Memorial, and Medina.

In 2016, Dr. Poreda joined UBMD as full-time faculty with the Dept of Emergency Medicine, and has been working at Buffalo General since. In 2020, Dr. Poreda went back to school and completed an EMS fellowship, and is now dual-boarded in EM and EMS. Throughout this time, he's maintained close contact with the fire service & EMS, and continues to be an active member to this day. Since completing his EMS fellowship, he now regularly lectures on various fire and EMS topics at the regional and state level, he has begun accumulating various fire and EMS agencies as a medical director, overseeing over 200 EMS providers across 8 different agencies totaling about 10,000 EMS calls annually, and began his career in fire and EMS research.

Physician Gender:

Male