Rebecca Barron, MD, MPH

Rebecca Barron, MD, MPH, is an attending emergency physician at Baystate Medical Center and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate.

Dr. Barron earned her medical degree and Master of Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed her emergency medicine residency and a fellowship in sex and gender in emergency medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Her work focuses on women’s health, with an emphasis on improving sexual assault care, reproductive health, and infectious disease testing, treatment, and follow-up in the emergency department. She serves as physician lead for her department’s infectious disease follow-up program and is an Access Bridge implementation leader.

Dr. Barron is active in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), where she serves as treasurer of the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine and co-chair of the Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine Interest Group. She is also chair-elect of Baystate Women in Medicine and Science.