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, board certifications in emergency medicine and EMS, and holds a Diploma in Mountain Medicine. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and educates fellows, resident physicians, and medical students.

  • Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for the Unified Fire Authority
  • Medical team manager of Utah's FEMA Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 1
  • Medical director for multiple national recreation areas in Utah
  • Member and former president of the Wilderness Medical Society
  • Active member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians

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, board certifications in emergency medicine and EMS, and holds a Diploma in Mountain Medicine. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and educates fellows, resident physicians, and medical students.

  • Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for the Unified Fire Authority
  • Medical team manager of Utah's FEMA Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 1
  • Medical director for multiple national recreation areas in Utah
  • Member and former president of the Wilderness Medical Society
  • Active member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians

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

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  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 (2021). A Guide for Caring for Patients Amidst the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 15(4), e19.
  2. Milliner BHA, Brant-Zawadzki G, McIntosh S (2020). Effect of Calcium-Channel Blockade on the Cold-Induced Vasodilation Response. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 31(3), 312-316.
  3. McIntosh SE, Brant-Zawadzki G, Milliner BH, Christensen ED, Nyberg AA, Grissom CK, Olivares CR, Kim HS, Tremper (2019). Cause of Death in Utah Avalanche Fatalities, 2006-2007 through 2017-2018 Winter Seasons. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 30(2), 191-194.
  4. Brant-Zawadzki GM, Ockerse P, Brunson JR, Smith JL, McRae BR, Fonnesbeck A, Ledyard H, Ruechel A, Fassl B (2021). An Aerosol Containment and Filtration Tent for Intubation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Surgical innovation, 28(2), 226-230.
  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. The American journal of emergency medicine,
  6. Fink PB, Wheeler AR 3rd, Smith WR, Brant-Zawadzki G, Lieberman JR, McIntosh SE, Van Tilburg C, Wedmore IS, Windsor JS, Hofmeyr R, Weber (2024). Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Pain in Austere Environments: 2024 Update. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 35(2), 198-218.
  7. 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 (2024). Successful Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) deployment by emergency medicine physicians for refractory non-traumatic cardiac arrest. Resuscitation plus, 20(Dec),
  8. Brant-Zawadzki G, Klapthor B, Ryba C, Youngquist DC, Burton B, Palatinus H, Youngquist S (2024). The Performance of ChatGPT-4 and Gemini Ultra 1.0 for Quality Assurance Review in Emergency Medical Services Chest Pain Calls. Prehospital emergency care, 29(3), 1-8.
  9. Brant-Zawadzki G, Hew-Butler T, Youngquist DC, Fiore D, Hackett (2025). Encephalopathy at High Altitude: Hyponatremia or High Altitude Cerebral Edema?. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 10806032251315381.
  10. Palatinus HN, Felker AA, Colton T, Brant-Zawadzki G, Youngquist S (2025). Improving Utstein accuracy: concordance of bystander CPR reporting by paramedic documentation vs. telecommunicator audio review. Resuscitation plus, 26(October 10 2025),
  11. Shah MI, Adelgais KM, Chamberlain JM, Wang HE, Morgan LA, Riviello JJ, Said RR, Sullivan JE, Ghaffari KF, Kothari KM, Saidinejad M, Lowe RA, Fowler RL, Counts CR, Morris CR, Studnek JR, Glober NK, Ward CE, Clemency BM, Patrick N, Munn RD, Brant-Zawadzki GM, Martin-Gill C, Nishijima DK, Li K, Sepulveda N, VanBuren JM, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) PediDOSE Study Investigator (2025). Methodology for the Pediatric Dose Optimization for Seizures in Emergency Medical Services (PediDOSE) study. Trials,

Case Report

  1. Pugh A, Tonna JE, Youngquist S, Ryan JJ, Brant-Zawadzki (2020). Emergency department extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a rescue therapy for ventricular tachycardia electrical storm: a case report. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 1(4), 371-374.

Letter

  1. Patrick B. Fink MD, Graham Brant-Zawadzki M (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. Wilderness & environmental medicine,

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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