Ben Weston, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
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 Chief Health Policy Advisor for Milwaukee County working to enhance the health of one million citizens. In addition, Dr. Weston is the Director of Medical Services for the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management, overseeing medical services for the 15 fire departments throughout the county. He practices clinically in the emergency department at Froedtert Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center.
Dr. Weston served as the Medical Director for the Milwaukee County/City/Municipality COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center. 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 Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Weston’s research interests include prehospital care, resuscitation, health equity, and public health surveillance.
Publications
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(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
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(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
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Blind Spots: Biases in Prehospital Race and Ethnicity Recording.
(Weston BW.) Prehosp Emerg Care. 2023;27(8):1072-1075 PMID: 36735657 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147740241 02/04/2023
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Blind Spots: Biases in Prehospital Race and Ethnicity Recording
(Weston BW.) Prehospital Emergency Care. 2023;27(8):1072-1075 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147740241 01/01/2023
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(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
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(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
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Outcomes of law enforcement officer administered naloxone.
(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
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(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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Targeting Equity in COVID-19 Vaccinations Using the Evaluating Vulnerability and Equity (EVE) Model.
(Weston BW, Swingen ZN, Gramann S, Pojar D.) Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb;112(2):220-222 PMID: 35080941 PMCID: PMC8802590 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123905268 01/27/2022
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(Diaz R, Walker RJ, Lu K, Weston BW, Young N, Fumo N, Hilgeman B.) Child Abuse Negl. 2022 Feb;124:105479 PMID: 35026607 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123585305 01/14/2022
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(Miner AS, Markowitz DM, Peterson BL, Weston BW.) Health Communication. 2022;37(4):467-475 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85097080347 01/01/2022
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(Aufderheide TP, Engel TW 2nd, Saleh HO, Gutterman DD, Weston BW, Pepe PE, Baker JE, Labinski J, Debaty G, Tang L, Szabo A, Kalra R, Yannopoulos D, Colella MR.) Resuscitation. 2021 Dec;169:45-52 PMID: 34666124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118490179 10/20/2021