Christopher L. Sweebe, CSFA

Michigan: EMT, Fire, and Paramedic

Chris's path started in Michigan. He went to EMT school first, then worked the emergency room at Central Michigan Community Hospital around 2001. From there he went through the fire academy, ran structure firefighting with Midland Township, and fought wildland fire with the Michigan DNR out of the Sanford station.

He put himself through paramedic school and worked as a paramedic at MidMichigan Medical around 2005. Between shifts he tore down buildings and pulled asbestos at Dow.

U.S. Air Force — Surgical Services, Keesler AFB

In 2006, Chris joined the U.S. Air Force in surgical services at Keesler AFB.

A Path Others Have Walked

Chris became the first person to build the path from Air Force surgical services through the military's transition and credentialing programs (now AF COOL) into Meridian's first assist program in Nashville.

Then he worked with Meridian's founder, Dennis Stover, to make that path repeatable — and it worked: multiple USAF medics and surgical services members (4N1s) have since used the program Chris and Dennis built to go to CSFA school. The path isn't a story about one man's hustle. It's a working pipeline others have walked.

Two Decades in Surgical Services

Chris has spent over two decades in surgical services, military and civilian. He has been a CSFA, assisting full time, since 2010.

Still in the OR Today

Christopher L. Sweebe still scrubs in. He assists in 1,200–1,400 orthopedic surgeries a year — the same work he asks of every provider in the PSR network.

PSR is run by a working surgical assistant, not a former one. Every decision behind the company is made by someone who is still in the case, still doing the job, still living the model he built.

Why PSR Exists

Along the way, Chris worked for a group that took a percentage and gave nothing back. He built PSR to be the opposite.