Ben Weston, MD, MPH
Associate Professor; Associate Fellowship Director, EMS Fellowship
Contact Information
Education
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 Medical College of Wisconsin. He serves as Director of Medical Services for the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management, overseeing Emergency Medical Services throughout the county. He is also the Medical Director for the Milwaukee County/City/Municipality COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center. He is the Director of Mass Gathering and Event Medicine, having provided medical direction and oversight for events including NFL, NBA, MLB, IndyCar, and USA Triathlon as well as other concerts and competitive sporting events. He is the Assistant Program Director for the ACGME Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Program. He practices clinically in the emergency department at Froedtert Hospital.
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 Medical College of Wisconsin He previously served as Medical Director for the Kenosha Fire Department. Dr. Weston’s research interests include prehospital care, resuscitation, and public health surveillance.
Research Interests
Emergency medical services, prehospital medicine, resuscitation, and public health surveillance
Publications
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Saving Lives with Tourniquets: A Review of Penetrating Injury Medical Examiner Cases.
(Bonk C, Weston BW, Davis C, Barron A, McCarty O, Hargarten S.) Prehosp Emerg Care. 2020 Jul-Aug;24(4):494-499 PMID: 31580174 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85075948546 10/04/2019
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(Bemanian A, Ahn KW, O'Brien M, Rausch DJ, Weston B, Beyer KMM.) WMJ. 2020 Jun;119(2):84-90 PMID: 32659059 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088027487 07/14/2020
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Innovative Approaches to Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Challenges.
(Weston BW, Gaither J, Schulz K, Srinivasan S, Smith JJ, Colella MR.) West J Emerg Med. 2020 Feb 21;21(2):429-433 PMID: 32191200 PMCID: PMC7081868 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082144807 03/20/2020
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Fear and paperwork: Evaluating barriers to safer prehospital care.
(Weston BW, Chinn M, Lenz TJ, Lerner EB, Colella MR.) Am J Emerg Med. 2020 02;38(2):399-401 PMID: 31377015 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084206947 08/05/2019
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Self-Assessment Feedback Form Improves Quality of Out-of-Hospital CPR.
(Weston BW, Jasti J, Mena M, Unteriner J, Tillotson K, Yin Z, Colella MR, Aufderheide TP.) Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019 Jan-Feb;23(1):66-73 PMID: 30118617 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052077839 08/18/2018
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Does an individualized feedback mechanism improve quality of out-of-hospital CPR?
(Weston BW, Jasti J, Lerner EB, Szabo A, Aufderheide TP, Colella MR.) Resuscitation. 2017 04;113:96-100 PMID: 28215590 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85013344023 02/22/2017
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An unusual cause of cardiopulmonary arrest.
(Dodd KW, Weston BW, Marinelli WA, Moore JC.) Intern Emerg Med. 2016 Sep;11(6):833-5 PMID: 27141847 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84965032276 05/05/2016
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Body-worn cameras improve law enforcement officer report writing accuracy
(Dawes D, Heegaard W, Brave M, Paetow G, Weston B, Ho J.) Journal of Law Enforcement. 08/01/2015
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Multiple casualty scenario from a bomb/blast injury
(Weston B, Simpson N, Hart D, Fitzgerald-Swenson L, Hick J.) MedEdPORTAL Publications. 04/01/2015
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Cocaine use in inner city african american research volunteers.
(Weston BW, Krishnaswami S, Gray MT, Coly G, Kotchen JM, Grim CE, Kotchen TA.) J Addict Med. 2009 Jun;3(2):83-8 PMID: 21769003 06/01/2009
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(Thomas MA, Weston B, Joseph M, Wu W, Nekrutenko A, Tonellato PJ.) Mol Biol Evol. 2003 Jun;20(6):964-8 PMID: 12716985 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0038586458 04/30/2003