Stewart's Ambulance parent company hires new senior managers

CONCORD — Transformative Healthcare New Hampshire, the parent company of LifeLine Ambulance Service and Stewart’s Ambulance Service, has named Scott Schuler and Paul Robidas to its senior management team to support ongoing expansion in New Hampshire and Maine.

Schuler is Transformative Healthcare New Hampshire’s new regional operations director and Robidas is director of EMS relations. Both are based in Transformative’s Somersworth office.

“The foundation of Transformative Healthcare’s plans for ongoing expansion is attracting the top talent in the industry, with the deepest knowledge of our local communities and their EMS and medical transportation needs,” said Transformative Healthcare New Hampshire President Jon Kulis. “In Scott and Paul, we’re bringing in two proven industry leaders with a wealth of experience in managing ambulance operations in Maine and New Hampshire.”

With its recent acquisition of a majority stake in Fallon Ambulance Service, Transformative Healthcare now ranks as the number-one ambulance services provider in the Massachusetts-New Hampshire market, measured by patients served.

“We are committed to continuing to grow and bringing our industry-best experience, resources, and best practices to more communities in New Hampshire and Maine, always by keeping the focus on meeting local needs with locally based professionals who know and are committed to these communities,” Kulis said.

Schuler is a Newmarket resident and paramedic who moved to New Hampshire from Virginia in 2005. He previously served as New Hampshire Seacoast Commander for American Medical Response and, in January 2013, joined Falck USA’s American Ambulance as deputy chief, overseeing New Hampshire and Maine. He continues to serve on the Seacoast’s Incident Management Team and on the Governor’s Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Coordinating Board and New Hampshire Commissioner of Safety’s Trauma Medical Review Committee.

Robidas, a lifelong resident of Somersworth, served from January 2013 until June 2018 as chief of Falck USA’s American Ambulance Maine/New Hampshire unit.

Transformative’s operating subsidiaries, LifeLine and Stewart’s, have served New Hampshire for more than 35 years and are the single largest provider of ambulance services in the state. Combined, their staff of 187 operates a fleet of 39 ambulances, chair cars, and other vehicles from eight locations throughout New Hampshire.

Transformative serves eight hospitals throughout the state — Concord, Exeter, Franklin Memorial, HealthSouth Rehabilitation, Huggins, Lakes Region General, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, and Speare Memorial — and 22 skilled nursing facilities. Through Stewart’s, Transformative Healthcare New Hampshire also provides primary 911 service to six towns: Center Harbor, Meredith, Moultonborough, Sandwich, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro.