Martha Meredith Masters

Bio

M. Meredith Masters is currently the Marc and Laura Andreessen Medical Director for Disaster Relief for the Stanford University School of Medicine and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In this role, she serves as the medical director for the Office of Emergency Management, providing clinical oversight to disaster planning and response across the Stanford Medicine platform.
Dr. Masters attended medical school at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and trained with the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the University of Wisconsin. Following residency, she completed the Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Fellowship with the Fire Department of New York.
Prior to joining the Emergency Medicine Faculty at Stanford, Dr. Masters served as the Medical Director for University Hospital EMS in Newark, NJ, and was part of the Emergency Medicine Faculty at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Masters’ clinical and research interests are focused on disaster preparedness and mitigation, improving education in disaster medicine, and the ethical delivery of care during crises.

Clinical Focus

• Emergency Medicine
• Emergency Medical Services
• Disaster Medicine

Academic Appointments

• Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Administrative Appointments

• Faculty Senator Alternate, Stanford University School of Medicine (2023 - Present)
• Medical Director, Office of Emergency Management, Stanford Medicine (2020 - Present)
• Marc and Laura Andreessen Medical Director of Disaster Relief, Stanford Health Care (2020 - Present)

Honors & Awards

• Outstanding Educator Award, Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine (2022)
• Outstanding Educator Award, Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine (2021)
• Semi-Finalist, Clinical Pathologic Case Conference, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (2015)
• Biggest Impact on UWHC Quality and Safety Goals, UW Resident and Student Quality Improvement Symposium (2015)
• Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (2015)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

• Chair, SAEM Ethics Committee (2025 - Present)
• Joint Steering Committee Member, Stanford Medicine – Rambam Health Care Campus Collaboration (2020 - Present)
• National Committee Member, SAEM Ethics Committee (2022 - Present)
• National Committee Member, SAEM ED Administration and Clinical Operations Committee (2024 - Present)

Professional Education

• Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services (2021)
• Medical Education: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine (2013) CA
• Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2018)
• Fellowship: FDNY Hofstra Northwell Emergency Medical Services Fellowship (2017) NY
• Residency: University of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Residency (2016) WI