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Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management

 

Dr. Joseph A. Barbera, M.D.

Co-Director of ICDRM
Associate Professor of EMSE

 

 

 

 

 

 
Contact Information
  

Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
The George Washington University
1776 G. St., N.W. (Suite 101)
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: +1 (202) 994 8424
Fax: +1 (202) 994 0245
Email:jbarbera@gwu.edu
Office Hours
  

by appointment only
Research Areas
  
 
  • Emergency management
  • Management of large-scale incident response
  • Management of volunteers in major disasters
  • Mass casualty and public health emergency response
 
Teaching
  
 
  • EMSE 239 Health and Medical Issues in Emergency Management
  • EMSE 240 Terrorism Preparedness
 
Educational Background
 
[ download brief bio:]
 
  • Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • B.S., Notre Dame Univ.
  • M.D., Pittsburgh School of Medicine
 
Professional Experience
  
 
  • Former Director, Disaster Medicine Program, Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine
  • Board-certified Emergency Physician
  • Urban Search & Rescue
  • Large-scale incident response (see brief biography for details)
  • National and International Lecturer
 
Publications