Kenneth V. Iserson, MD, MBA

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Iserson is medical director (emeritus) of the Southern Arizona Rescue Association (search & rescue), a supervisory physician with Arizona’s Disaster Medical Assistance Team (AZ-1) and a member of the American Red Cross disaster response team. The author of hundreds of scientific articles on emergency medicine and biomedical ethics, he has also authored numerous books.

Dr. Iserson now limits his medical practice to global and disaster medicine. In the past few years, he has practiced or taught on all seven continents, including six months as lead physician for the U.S. Antarctic Program.

Degree(s)

  • MD: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 1975
  • MBA: University of Phoenix, 1986
Internship
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 1975
Residency
Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1978
Fellowship
University of Chicago, Bioethics, 1991
Board Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1981-2018
Clinical Specialties
Emergency Medicine
Disaster Medicine
Global Medicine
Bioethics
Research Interests

Emergency orthopedics (with Argentinean colleagues), various studies with colleagues in Ghana