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Emergency Medicine
Benjamin Weston, MD, MPH

Ben Weston, MD, MPH

Associate Professor; Chief Health Policy Advisor, Milwaukee County; Chief Medical Director, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management

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Education

MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2011
MPH, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2011
BA, Lawrence University, 2005

Biography

Dr. Weston is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the 果冻影院. He serves as Chief Health Policy Advisor for Milwaukee County working to enhance the health of one million citizens. In addition, Dr. Weston is the Chief Medical Director for the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management, directing medical services for the 15 fire departments throughout the county with 120,000 annual patient encounters. He was recently among seven individuals selected as a fellow of the National Academy of Medicine. He practices clinically in the emergency department at Froedtert Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center.

Dr. Weston’s local, regional and national work has been largely focused on community-engaged, evidence-based initiatives addressing substance use disorder, motor vehicle collisions, firearm injuries, health care access, disease prevention, and health communication. He has been featured on MSNBC, CNN, BBC, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, and in Politico and The New York Times. He has provided medical direction and oversight for events including NFL, NBA, MLB, Indycar, and USA Triathlon. He has been selected as Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 under 40, named the Public Health Leader of the Year, and listed as “Best of Milwaukee” in Milwaukee Magazine.

Dr. Weston received his baccalaureate degree at Lawrence University, his medical degree and master of public health from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and completed his emergency medicine residency at Hennepin County Medical Center. Dr. Weston is dual board-certified in Emergency Medicine as well as Emergency Medical Services by the American Board of Emergency Medicine after completing his Emergency Medical Services Fellowship at the 果冻影院. Dr. Weston is an NIH funded researcher with interests including prehospital care, resuscitation, health equity, and public health promotion.

Publications

  • (Yuan AY, Atanasov V, Barreto N, Franchi L, Whittle J, Weston B, Meurer J, Luo QE, Black B.) Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 03;193(6):853-862 PMID: 38375671 PMCID: PMC11145910 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195227154 02/20/2024

  • (Lara ST, Rein LE, Simanek AM, Totoraitis MF, Rausch DJ, Weston BW, Ahn KW, Meurer JR, Beyer KMM.) Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 May 01;43(5):437-443 PMID: 38241639 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85191103877 01/19/2024

  • (Biesboer EA, Pokrzywa CJ, Karam BS, Chen B, Szabo A, Teng BQ, Bernard MD, Bernard A, Chowdhury S, Hayudini AE, Radomski MA, Doris S, Yorkgitis BK, Mull J, Weston BW, Hemmila MR, Tignanelli CJ, de Moya MA, Morris RS.) Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024;9(1):e001280 PMID: 38737811 PMCID: PMC11086287 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192362128 05/13/2024

  • (Atanasov V, Barreto N, Franchi L, Whittle J, Meurer J, Weston BW, Luo QE, Yuan AY, Zhang R, Black B.) PLoS One. 2024;19(1):e0295936 PMID: 38295114 PMCID: PMC10829977 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85183811426 01/31/2024

  • (Atanasov V, Barreto N, Whittle J, Meurer J, Weston BW, Luo QE, Yuan AY, Franchi L, Zhang R, Black B.) Vaccines (Basel). 2023 May 11;11(5) PMID: 37243075 PMCID: PMC10221876 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85160332576 05/27/2023

  • (Atanasov V, Barreto N, Whittle J, Meurer J, Weston BW, Luo QE, Franchi L, Yuan AY, Zhang R, Black B.) Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Feb 07;11(2) PMID: 36851256 PMCID: PMC9959409 03/01/2023

  • (Weston BW.) Prehosp Emerg Care. 2023;27(8):1072-1075 PMID: 36735657 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147740241 02/04/2023

  • (Weston BW.) Prehospital Emergency Care. 2023;27(8):1072-1075 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147740241 01/01/2023

  • (Yuan A, Atanasov V, Parra PNB, Whittle J, Meurer J, Weston B, Luo QE, Franchi L, Zhang R, Black B.) Res Sq. 2022 Dec 16 PMID: 36561183 PMCID: PMC9774224 12/24/2022

  • (Angeli EL, Jezykowski J, Sinclair P, Grawey T, Poltrock JT, Weston B.) WMJ. 2022 Dec;121(4):285-291 PMID: 36637839 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146363717 01/14/2023

  • (Gooley B, Weston B, Colella MR, Farkas A.) Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Dec;62:25-29 PMID: 36215781 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139273729 10/11/2022

  • (Feldman R, Weston BW.) Prehosp Disaster Med. 2022 Aug;37(4):550-552 PMID: 35722948 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134426255 06/21/2022

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