Graham M. Brant-Zawadzki
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Graham M. Brant-Zawadzki, MD

Languages spoken: Spanish, English

  • Dr. Brant- Zawadzki is an emergency physician who focuses on treatment of emergent conditions. His subspecialty training includes fellowships in wilderness medicine and emergency medical systems. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and educates fellows, resident physicians, and medical students. He is the Medical Director for the Unified Fire Authority and a member of Utah's FEMA Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 1.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
    American Board of Emergency Medicine (Sub: Emergency Medical Services)

  • Dr. Brant- Zawadzki is an emergency physician who focuses on treatment of emergent conditions. His subspecialty training includes fellowships in wilderness medicine and emergency medical systems. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and educates fellows, resident physicians, and medical students. He is the Medical Director for the Unified Fire Authority and a member of Utah's FEMA Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 1.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Eccles Health Library -Associate Professor (Clinical)
    Orthopaedics -Adjunct Associate Professor
    Board Certification
    American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
    American Board of Emergency Medicine (Sub: Emergency Medical Services)

    Education history

    Diploma Mountain Medicine - University of Utah DiMM
    Fellowship Wilderness Medicine - University of Utah FAWM
    Residency Emergency Medicine - Highland Hospital - Alameda County Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Tufts University School of Medicine M.D.
    Graduate Training Religious Studies - Stanford University M.A.
    Undergraduate Human Biology - Stanford University B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Brant-Zawadzki G, Hew-Butler T, Youngquist DC, Fiore D, Hackett P (2025). Encephalopathy at High Altitude: Hyponatremia or High Altitude Cerebral Edema? Wilderness Environ Med, 10806032251315381. (Read full article)
    2. Graham Brant-Zawadzki a, Guillaume L Hoareau a b c, H Hill Stoecklein a, Nicholas Levin a, Craig H Selzman b d, Anna Ciullo a d, Joseph Tonna a d, Christopher Kelly a, Jamal Jones a, Scott T Youngquist a, M Austin Johnson a (2024). Successful Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) deployment by emergency medicine physicians for refractory non-traumatic cardiac arrest. Resusc Plus, 20(Dec).
    3. Brant-Zawadzki G, Klapthor B, Ryba C, Youngquist DC, Burton B, Palatinus H, Youngquist ST (2024). The Performance of ChatGPT-4 and Gemini Ultra 1.0 for Quality Assurance Review in Emergency Medical Services Chest Pain Calls. Prehosp Emerg Care, 1-8. (Read full article)
    4. Fink PB, Wheeler AR 3rd, Smith WR, Brant-Zawadzki G, Lieberman JR, McIntosh SE, Van Tilburg C, Wedmore IS, Windsor JS, Hofmeyr R, Weber D (2024). Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Pain in Austere Environments: 2024 Update. Wilderness Environ Med, 35(2), 198-218. (Read full article)
    5. Christopher Kelly, H Hill Stoecklein, Graham Brant-Zawadzki, Guillaume Hoareau, James Daley, Craig Selzman, Scott Youngquist, Austin Johnson (2022). TEE guided REBOA deflation following ROSC for non-traumatic cardiac arrest. Am J Emerg Med.
    6. Brant-Zawadzki G, Boltax J, Bott S, Chapman M, Fix M, Freeman A, Fuller M, Hartsell S, Krulewitz N, Ledyard H, Morgan M, Stephen R, Unger L, Williams W, Roginski MA, Lingenfelter E, Sloan C, Ciullo A (2020). A Guide for Caring for Patients Amidst the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. Disaster Med Public Health Prep, 15(4), e19. (Read full article)
    7. Brant-Zawadzki GM, Ockerse P, Brunson JR, Smith JL, McRae BR, Fonnesbeck A, Ledyard H, Ruechel A, Fassl BA (2021). An Aerosol Containment and Filtration Tent for Intubation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Surg Innov, 28(2), 226-230. (Read full article)
    8. Milliner BHA, Brant-Zawadzki G, McIntosh SE (2020). Effect of Calcium-Channel Blockade on the Cold-Induced Vasodilation Response. Wilderness Environ Med, 31(3), 312-316. (Read full article)
    9. McIntosh SE, Brant-Zawadzki G, Milliner BH, Christensen ED, Nyberg AA, Grissom CK, Olivares CR, Kim HS, Tremper B (2019). Cause of Death in Utah Avalanche Fatalities, 2006-2007 through 2017-2018 Winter Seasons. Wilderness Environ Med, 30(2), 191-194. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Pugh A, Tonna JE, Youngquist S, Ryan JJ, Brant-Zawadzki G (2020). Emergency department extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a rescue therapy for ventricular tachycardia electrical storm: a case report. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, 1(4), 371-374. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Patrick B Fink MD, Graham Brant-Zawadzki MD (2023). “Can” Is Not “Should”: A Response to The Use of Intravenous Lidocaine as an Analgesic Modality in the Austere Environment by Dryden et al [Letter to the editor]. Wilderness Environ Med.

    Other

    1. Brant-Zawadzki G, Boltax J, Bott S, Chapman M, Fix M, Freeman A, Fuller M, Hartsell S, Krulewitz N, Ledyard H, Morgan M, Stephen R, Unger L, Williams W, Roginski MA, Lingenfelter E, Sloan C, Ciullo A (2020). The University of Utah COVID-19 Respiratory Management and Critical Care Reference Guide. (19 May 2020) 1-29. https://pulse.utah.edu/program/COVID19/. University of Utah PULSE Health Sciences Intranet.

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