Joshua B. Gaither, MD

Joshua B. Gaither, MD, FACEP

Associate Professor
Assoc. Medical Director, Banner-UMC Tucson Base Hospital
Medical Director, Tucson Fire Department
EMS Fellowship Director

Contact:

1501 N. Campbell Ave.
AHSL 4173F
Phone: 
(520) 626-1670
Fax: 
(520) 626-2480
jgaither@aemrc.arizona.edu

Dr. Joshua Gaither is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine with fellowship training in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Disaster Medicine. He is the EMS Fellowship Director and provides EMS medical direction for more than 10 local EMS agencies as well as several EMS training programs. He is the chair of the Emergency Department Preparedness Committee and is a co-developer of the educational series Advanced Preparedness & Response and AHLS for ToxMedics.

Education

Degrees: 
MD: 2004, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Residency: 
2008, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Fellowship: 
2009, Denver Health, Denver, CO

Research and Academic Interests and Expertise

EMS

Traumatic Brain Injury

Cardiac Arrest

Selected Recent Publications

Spaite DW, Bobrow BJ, Keim SM, et al. "Association of Statewide Implementation of the Prehospital Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Guidelines With Patient Survival Following Traumatic Brain Injury: The Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care (EPIC) Study." JAMA Surg. 2019;154(7):e191152.
Gaither JB, Chikani V, Stolz U, et al. "Body Temperature after EMS Transport: Association with Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes." Prehosp Emerg Care. 2017:1-7.
Spaite DW, Bobrow BJ, Gaither JB, Hu C. "In reply." Ann Emerg Med. 2017;70(2):263-264.
Spaite DW, Hu C, Bobrow BJ, et al. "Association of Out-of-Hospital Hypotension Depth and Duration With Traumatic Brain Injury Mortality." Ann Emerg Med. 2017.
Minckler MR, Conser E, Figueroa JJ, Scott AJ, Gaither J, Amini R. "The Semantics of Priapism and the First Sign of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia." Case Rep Emerg Med. 2017;2017:2656203.
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Clinical

Clinical Specialties: 

Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services

Board Certification: 
Emergency Medicine, 2009
Emergency Medical Services, 2014
Hospitals: 
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson
Banner - University Medical Center South