Ian B.K. Martin, MD, MBA

Dr. Ian Martin is Eminent Scholar, Professor with Tenure of Emergency Medicine, Medicine, and Health and Humanity, System Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Interim Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Medical School.  He also serves as Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at MCW as well as Emergency Physician-in-Chief in the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Health System.  Before this, Dr. Martin 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.  

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 the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.  Dr. Martin trained in Emergency Medicine and General Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center and R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore – where he also served as Chief Resident.  

Dr. Martin has devoted his academic career to improving the delivery of emergency care globally – with emphasis on East Africa – through program development, investigative research, and direct clinical care.  His research interests include elucidation of optimal models for Emergency Department-based HIV and hepatitis C testing and acute care disease burden epidemiology in parts of the developing world.  With grant support from federal and state agencies, industry, and academic institutions, Dr. Martin’s research and other global health-related initiatives have culminated in numerous publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and in many invited presentations at prestigious international and national meetings.

Recognized for his leadership, Dr. Martin was elected to the Board of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) and now serves as its President after having served terms as President-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and as an At-Large Member.  Before his election to the AACEM Board, Dr. Martin completed terms as Immediate Past-President, President, President-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and an At-Large Member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).  Dr. Martin is also the Founder and a Past-President of SAEM’s Global Emergency Medicine Academy.  In 2020, he was appointed by the Mayor of Milwaukee to the City of Milwaukee Board of Health for an indefinite term.  The same year, he was also appointed to the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment External Board, also for an indefinite term.  

Dr. Martin is 2025 recipient of the John Marx Leadership Award and of the 2018 recipient of the Marcus L. Martin, M.D. Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Award by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.  He was named recipient of the 2020 Drexel University College of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award as well as of the 2020 Georges Benjamin, M.D. Award for excellence in education, service, and research by the National Medical Association’s Emergency Medicine Section.  Also in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Martin was named recipient of a “Notable Heroes in Health Care” Award by BizTimes Milwaukee.  Recently, members of the Class of 2023 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) MCW-beta Chapter selected him to join them as an inductee into the prestigious AOA national honor society.

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