LGBTQ in the ED: The Sex and Gender Framework and LGBTQ Health (ADIEM Sponsored)

Authors

  • Tracy Madsen, MD, ScM

    Tracy Madsen, MD, ScM is the Associate Director of the Division of Sex and Gender in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the current AWAEM President. After completing both her undergraduate and medical degrees at Boston University, she completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Brown University followed by a 2-year research fellowship with a focus on sex and gender differences in acute aspects of disease during which she earned a Master's degree in Clinical and Translational Research. Dr. Madsen conducts research in the realm of sex and gender based medicine, neurologic emergencies, and disparities in the physician workforce. Currently funded by a K23 from the NHLBI, her research focuses on sex and gender differences in the epidemiology, outcomes, and acute treatment of stroke. She has established a national presence in the field of sex and gender differences in stroke as well as disparities in the emergency medicine workforce.

  • Tracy Madsen, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Emergency Medicine

    Brown University

    Dr. Tracy Madsen is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at Brown University, the Vice-Chair of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and serves as the Interim Director of the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Madsen received her MD from the Boston University School of Medicine and completed a residency (with last year as Chief Resident) at Brown University before completing a research fellowship in the Division of Sex and Gender Medicine at Brown University. She completed a Master’s Degree in Clinical and Translational Research (2014) and a PhD in Epidemiology (2021), both at the Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Madsen has expertise in sex and gender based medicine, acute cerebrovascular disease, stroke epidemiology and prevention, and disparities in the healthcare system and in the emergency medicine workforce. She is funded by the NHLBI, has over 100 peer reviewed publications, speaks nationally and internationally on topics including stroke in women, health inequities in stroke, and disparities in the academic EM workforce, and is regarded as an expert in the field of stroke in women. She is currently serving as the 2021 National Academy of Medicine/ ABEM Fellow.

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