The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected emergency medicine physician Tracy Madsen, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAHA as the American Board of Emergency Medicine Fellow in their class of 2021 NAM Fellowships.  Dr. Madsen is one of only five health professionals selected for the prestigious two-year fellowship.

“Dr. Madsen’s accomplishment in being named a National Academy of Medicine fellow is a testament to her early achievements as a health science scholar, physician and leader in emergency medicine,” said Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, physician-in-chief of emergency medicine at Lifespan and chair of the department of emergency medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.  “Her training and experience in epidemiology, emergency medicine, sex and gender in medicine, acute stroke care, and translational research is a unique and valuable skill set that will only be enhanced through this fellowship program.”

Selection criteria for the fellows, who will collaborate with eminent nationwide researchers, policy experts, and clinicians during their two-year term, includes professional qualifications, reputations as scholars, professional accomplishments, and the relevance of their current field expertise to the work of the NAM and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies). 

The fellows will help facilitate initiatives convened by the National Academies to provide nonpartisan, scientific, and evidence-based guidance to national, state, and local policymakers, academic leaders, health care administrators, and the public.  The fellows will engage part time in the NAM or the National Academies’ health and science policy work, contributing to reports or other products and participating in expert study committees related to their professional interests.  They will also receive a flexible research grant from the NAM.

Dr. Madsen is an emergency medicine attending physician at Lifespan’s Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, and co-director of Lifespan’s two stroke centers that have each received prestigious awards from the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke program -- the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital, and the Primary Stroke Center at The Miriam Hospital.  She oversees the stroke care provided to over 2,500 patients in these hospitals each year.  She is also the associate director of the sex and gender in emergency medicine division at Rhode Island Hospital.

Dr. Madsen is currently conducting research funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, on sex and gender differences in the epidemiology, outcomes, and acute treatment of stroke.  She works to translate her research findings into clinical tools and interventions to prevent stroke and improve outcomes following stroke, and has published over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts.

“I’m thrilled to be able to work with the National Academy of Medicine to improve the care of patients with stroke and cerebrovascular disease,” said Madsen.  “Specifically, I will be working to incorporate both sex and gender differences as well as health equity into stroke care.  I’m especially grateful to Brown Emergency Medicine for their continued support and of course to the American Board of Emergency Medicine for this opportunity.”

Dr. Madsen earned her medical degree at Boston University and completed a residency in emergency medicine followed by a two-year research fellowship and a master's degree in clinical and translational research.  She completed a PhD in epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health.

Dr. Madsen is a resident of East Providence.