Valerie A Dobiesz, MD, MPH

Dr. Dobiesz is an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and faculty at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Dr. Dobiesz transitioned from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, having engaged in medical student, resident, and faculty education for many years. Her roles included Assistant Dean of Residency Preparedness, Emergency Medicine Simulation and Medical Education Fellowship Director, Director of Education for the Center of Global Health, as well as Associate Program Director for Emergency Medicine, and she is excited to bring this experience to STRATUS. Her teaching efforts were recognized by the American College of Emergency Physicians’ National Teaching Award. Dr. Dobiesz has presented over 100 national and international invited lectures on emergency medicine, medical education and simulation, global health, women’s health, and wilderness and expedition medicine. She has co-edited a book on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and co-authored over 60 book chapters and peer reviewed publications. Dr. Dobiesz’s research focus is on improving care for obstetrical emergencies. She is the principle inventor and is actively testing an obstetrical medical device designed by a multidisciplinary team to auto transfuse women suffering life threatening postpartum hemorrhage in low resource settings. She is also working to improve emergency obstetrical care provided by emergency physicians by standardizing training and enhancing continuing medical education activities.