Dr. Taormina grew up in rural Illinois where she started her career in EMS as an EMT. Dr. Taormina completed her medical training at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, followed by University of Wisconsin where she was chief resident. Dr. Taormina completed her EMS fellowship at Regions in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2023. She is double board certified in Emergency Medicine and EMS. Currently, she is employed as a clinical faculty member at Regions Hospital and serves as an assistant medical director with Regions EMS, core faculty for the ACGME accredited EMS Fellowship, and is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. She has special interests in EMS education, tactical EMS, sports medicine, and event medicine. Dr. Taormina has spoken and presented EMS research at multiple national conferences.