About Us

Dr. Neilsen is a Board Certified Family Physician practicing medicine for +30 years.  He specializes in Emergency Medicine, rural/remote/austere and disaster medicine.  He has practiced in rustic areas of Alaska, the Southeast, and the Western Redoubt.  When not in the hospital you can find him running trails in North Georgia or primitive camping.  Dr. Neilsen has also studied primitive skills and survival in remote or difficult regions for many years.  His gregarious personality and passion for passing along curated knowledge and skills is immediately apparent when he interacts with students. His classes are fun, high energy, and low stress.  Dr. Neilsen instructs the "what to ‘do'" and focuses primarily on hands-on experiences.  

He has joined Matthew Sweet and the Eidolon Tactical team as the (non-tactical) Medical Director. His presentations include introductory and advanced suturing techniques, and care of the sick or injured patient where there is no doctor. He provides “you are there” common medical and emergency scenarios encountered in austere settings. 

Active member of local, state, and national emergency response teams: CERT, GEMA, FEMA, InfraGuard, Project Appleseed, lifelong adventurer/outdoorsman, etc.

Certificates include: TECC, Rescue Specialist, Wide Area Search, Prevention to Suicide Bombing, Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings, HAM (General), RexDefense ELR & CCF, Project Appleseed & NRA Instructor, etc. 

Taylor is an attorney and shareholder with Taylor, Feil, Harper & Lumsden, P.C. (TFH Legal) in Atlanta, GA.  His practice focuses primarily on business regulatory compliance and litigation at the federal, state, and local levels. His practice encompasses assisting clients in all phases of operations, including start-up, structuring, and governance, licensing and permitting, franchise regulation, trade practices regulation, promotions regulation, brand and label regulation, trademark, taxation (including excise taxes and sales-and-use taxes), importation, contracts (e.g., distribution, supply-chain, IP, production services), and related real estate, leasing, and landlord-tenant matters.

He earned his B.A. degree, and J.D. degree from Georgia State University College of Law. Taylor also serves as an adjunct professor at his alma mater where he teaches courses on beverage-alcohol law and hospitality law.

Additionally, Taylor serves as judge advocate with the Alabama Army National Guard. He started his JAG career attached to the 20th Special Forces Group, and he is now attached to the 122nd Troop Command. 

Outside of legal work, Mr. Harper serves as the Chairman of Maji Mazuri USA, a non-profit organization helping to alleviate poverty in the Mathare Valley slum located in Nairobi, Kenya. He enjoys hiking, camping, bushcraft, fishing, hunting, shooting – well, really anything in the great outdoors – especially if he is spending that time with his wife and four children and two huskies.

14 years experience in education (including Title 1 entities).  Masters Early Childhood Education, Bachelors Special Education.  Certificates in Gifted, ESOL, Reading, and Technology in the Classroom.