Ian B. K. Martin, MD, M.B.A.

Ian B. K. Martin, M.D., M.B.A., FACEP, FAAEM is System Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Medical School and Emergency Physician-in-Chief for Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Health System. At MCW, he holds appointments as Eminent Scholar and Professor with Tenure of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. Dr. Martin is also Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity. Before this, he served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine as well as Emergency Physician-in-Chief for West Virginia University Health System.

Recognized as a national academic leader, Dr. Martin was elected to the Board of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine and now serves as its Secretary-Treasurer. Before this elected national service, he completed terms as Immediate Past-President, President, President-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and an At-Large Member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. In 2020, he was appointed by the Mayor of Milwaukee to the City of Milwaukee Board of Health, and the same year, he was also appointed to the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment External Board.

Dr. Martin’s research interests include elucidation of optimal models for emergency department-based HIV and hepatitis C testing as well as acute care disease burden epidemiology and impact of health systems change in the developing world. His research findings, and other global health-related initiatives, have culminated in a host of publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals. A skilled leader and accomplished academician, Dr. Martin enjoys a broad reputation – frequently presenting, on invitation, at national and international conferences.

Dr. Martin’s many honors include the 2018 Marcus L. Martin, M.D. Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Award by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the 2020 Drexel University College of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award, and the 2020 Georges Benjamin, M.D. Award for excellence in education, research, and service by the National Medical Association’s Emergency Medicine Section. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Martin was also named recipient of the Notable Heroes in Health Care Award by BizTimes Milwaukee. He was selected by class of 2023 student members of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) MCW– beta Chapter to join them as a member of this prestigious national honor medical society.

Dr. Martin earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann School of Medicine (now Drexel University College of Medicine) and his Master of Business Administration degree from University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. Dr. Martin trained in Emergency Medicine and General Internal Medicine in the University of Maryland Medical System and R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore – where he also served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Martin is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.