Joshua Glazer

Joshua Glazer, MD, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a focus on clinical care in the Emergency Department and inpatient Intensive Care Units (ICUs). As Division Chief of Emergency Critical Care and chair of the UW Health Critical Care Committee and Organ & Tissue Donation Advisory Committee, he leads multidisciplinary initiatives to enhance critical care delivery and neurologically intact survival post-cardiac arrest.

• Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
• Residency: University of Michigan (Chief Resident)
• Fellowship: University of Michigan (Critical Care, Health Care Administration)

Dr. Glazer’s research centers on real-time risk stratification of critically ill patients and leveraging EHR data for early detection of life-threatening illnesses. His operational work includes founding the UW extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) program, integrating EMS, cardiothoracic surgery, emergency medicine, and critical care teams.

His recent publications emphasize ECPR implementation, geospatial mapping for prehospital care, predictive modeling for resuscitation strategies, health equity in critical interventions, and EHR-driven disease identification. These span disciplines including Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Public Health, and Medical Informatics, with subfields like resuscitation science, clinical workflow optimization, and multidisciplinary care protocols.

• BerbeeWalsh Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2021-22)
• UW Health Rising Star Leadership Award (2020)
• BerbeeWalsh Ripple Award for Leadership & Service (2019-20)
• BerbeeWalsh Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017-18)

Dr. Glazer spearheads UW Health’s ECPR program, a multidisciplinary effort involving EMS, cardiothoracic surgery, and critical care teams. He also contributes to quality improvement in organ donation and resuscitation science.