Education

MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2002)
BA, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT (1998)

Postdoctoral Training

DTMH, Gorgas Memorial Institute, Lima, Peru (2011)
Global Health Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (2009-2010)
Emergency Medicine Resident, Brigham and Women’s & Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (2002-2006)

Academic Appointments

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2022 - Present)
Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2016-2022)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, MA (2013-2016)
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, MA (2011-2013)
Assistant Professor, Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (2010-2011; 2006-2009)

Awards and Honors

SAEM Emergency Medicine and Globalization Award (2015, 2002)
Teacher of the Year Award, University of Massachusetts Emergency Medicine
Residency (2015, 2013, 2012) 
Humanism in Medicine Award, University of Massachusetts Emergency Medicine
Residency (2013)
Champions of Excellence Award, Team Award for M&M Quality Review (2012)
Medical Staff Humanitarian Award for International Work (2009)
Excellence in Teaching, University of Connecticut Emergency Medicine Residency (2007)
Superior Performance on Academic Merit Review, University of Connecticut (2006-2008)

Publications

Dresser C, Periyanayagam U, Dreifuss B, Wangoda R, Luyimbaazi J, Bisanzo M. Global Emergency Care Collaborative Investigators. Management and outcomes of acute surgical patients at a district hospital in Uganda with non-physician emergency clinicians.  World J Surg.  2017 Apr 12. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-4014-7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28405807

Becker TK, Hansoti B, Bartels S, Bisanzo M, Jacquet GA, Lunney K, Marsh R, Osei-Ampofo M, Trehan I Lam C, Levine AC.  Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group.  Global emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2015. Acad Emerg Med.  2016 Oct;23(10):1183-1191. doi: 10.1111/acem.12999. Epub 2016 Sep 20. PMID: 27146277

Rice B, Periyanayagam U, Chamberlain S, Dreifuss, Hammerstedt H, Nelson S, Maling S, Bisanzo M.  Mortality in children under five receiving nonphysician clinician care in Uganda.  Pediatrics.  2016 Mar;137(3):e20153201. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-3201. Epub 2016 Feb 26.  PMID: 26921282

Becker TK, Bartels S, Hansoti B, Jacquet GA, Lunney K, Marsh R, Osei-Ampofo M, Lam C, Levine AC; Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group. Global emergency medicine: a review of the literature from 2014.  Acad Emerg Med.
2015 Aug;22(8):976-84. doi: 10.1111/acem.12733. Epub 2015 Jul 29. PMID: 26223901

Chamberlain S, Stolz U, Dreifuss B, Nelson SW, Hammerstedt H, Andinda J, Maling S, Bisanzo M.  Mortality related to acute illness and injury in rural Uganda: task shifting to improve outcomes. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 7;10(4):e0122559. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122559. eCollection 2015. PMID: 25849960.  PMCID: PMC4388510

Stolz LA, Muruganandan KM, Bisanzo MC, Sebikali MJ, Dreifuss BA, Hammerstedt HS, Nelson SW, Nayabale I, Adhikari S, Shah SP. Point-of-care ultrasound education for non-physician clinicians in a resource-limited emergency department. Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Aug;20(8):1067-72. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12511. Epub 2015 Apr 14. PMID: 25808431

View more of Dr. Bisanzo's publications in PubMed.