Assistant Residency Program Director, Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Program Director, Emergency Medical Services
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Biosketch
Joshua Mastenbrook, MD, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He also earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He completed his emergency medicine residency at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After completing his residency, Dr. Mastenbrook stayed on at WMed and pursued a fellowship in emergency medical services, also obtaining board certification in that field.
Dr. Mastenbrook serves as Program Director for the WMed EMS Fellowship Program. He also is the Medical Director of Allegan County Medical Control Authority, the Associate Medical Director of Kalamazoo County Medical Control Authority, the Medical Officer for the Richland Township Fire Department, and had served on several State of MI committees, include the State Trauma Advisory Committee and the MI Transportable Emergency Surge Assistance Committee.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medical Services)
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Education and Training
- Fellowship 2014, Emergency Medical Services, Michigan State University-Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies
- Residency 2013, Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University-Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies
- MD 2010, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University
- BS 2006, Physiology, Lyman Briggs School, Michigan State University
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Research
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medical Services
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Publications
McGlinchey Ford M., Rogotzke C.D., Bencik S.L., Billian J.R., Young J.L., Bencik C.D., Mastenbrook J.D. Teaching Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation to Later Elementary School Students Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2024;83:385-393.
Paxton J.H., Keenan K.J., Wilburn J.M., Wise S.L., Klausner H.A., Ball M.T., Dunne R.B., Kreitel K.D., Morgan L.F., Fales W.D., Madhok D., Barazangi N., McLean S.T., Cross K., Distenfield L., Sykes J., Lovoi P., Johnson B., Smith W.S. Headpulse measurement can reliably identify large-vessel occlusion stroke in prehospital suspected stroke patients: Results from the EPISODE-PS-COVID study Academic Emergency Medicine. 2024;31:848-859.
Shehadeh A., Feng J., Selde W., Billian J., Mastenbrook J. Higher Prehospital Blood Glucose Levels Associated With Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Out-of-Hospital Non-traumatic Cardiac Arrests Air Medical Journal. 2023;42:471-476.
Ziccarello J., Bauler L., Mastenbrook J. The importance of patient advocacy in foreign body identification and management: A case report Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023;30
Nesbit C.E., Mastenbrook J.D., Ball M.T., Rinnert K.J., Edgar L. Emergency medical services Milestones 2.0: What has changed? AEM Education and Training. 2022;6
Wenger A., Potilechio M., Redinger K., Billian J., Aguilar J., Mastenbrook J. Care for a Dying Patient: EMS Perspectives on Caring for Hospice Patients Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2022;64:e71-e76.
Mastenbrook J., Zamihovsky R., Brunken N., Olsen T. Intraosseous administration of hydroxocobalamin after enclosed structure fire cardiac arrest BMJ Case Reports. 2021;14
Rowland D., Vryhof N., Overton D., Mastenbrook J. Tension Hemopneumothorax in the Setting of Mechanical CPR during Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Prehospital Emergency Care. 2021;25:274-280.
Cheng A.W., McCreesh P., Moffatt S., Maziarz R., Vos D., Mastenbrook J. Going vertical: triage flags improve extraction times for priority patients JACEP Open. 2020;1:1185-1193.
Khan A., Mastenbrook J., Bauler L. Pain in the hip: Spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage in an elderly patient on apixaban American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020;38:1046.e1-1046.e3.
Nguyen A., Bauler L., Hoehn C., Mastenbrook J. Varicella Zoster Virus Meningoencephalitis With an Atypical Presentation of Chest Pain, Impaired Memory, and Seizure Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020;59:e175-e178.
Ramaseshan K., Bauler L.D., Mastenbrook J. Morel-Lavallée lesion of the anterior leg: A rare anatomical presentation BMJ Case Reports. 2020;13
Patel J., Hayes B., Bauler L., Mastenbrook J. Neurologic Acyclovir Toxicity in the Absence of Kidney Injury Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019;57:e35-e39.
Patel K., Mastenbrook J., Pfeifer A., Bauler L. Successful Intubation of a Difficult Airway Using a Yankauer Suction Catheter Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019;57:383-386.
Mastenbrook J., Savino P., Mazurek P., Eichel J., Selde W., Ekblad G. Air Medical Curricula in Emergency Medicine Residencies: A National Survey Air Medical Journal. 2015;34(5):283-288.
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Presentations
- Prospective evaluation of the incidence and characteristics of violence directed at prehospital providers. Freudenberg M, Fukuda N, Erickson G, Ruvina M, Kusko R, Bilsland S, Mastenbrook J, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Implementation of crashing patient protocol and its effect on EMS provider witnessed cardiac arrest incident. Schiller T, Van Alsten S, Mastenbrook J, Bentley M, Fales W, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Goals of care conversations during prehospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Howing C, Mastenbrook J, Godfrey S, Trexler M, Pazderka P, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Violence Against Emergency Medical Services Personnel: Tracking Incidence and Characteristics of Aggression in the Field. Freudenberg M, Fukuda N, Wolatz E, Ruvina M, Erickson G, Kusko R, Overton D, Mastenbrook J, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Errors Made by Emergency Medicine Residents During a Simulated Prehospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. Higby H, Hoyle J, Mastenbrook J, Pazderka P, Fichuk S, Williams M, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Effect of Metronome Use on Medical First Responder Chest Compression Rate During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Samborn M, Peters A, Helbig J, Hasan S, Hovda E, Titus M, VanWoerkom A, Mastenbrook J, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Emergency Medical Services Encounters at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, 2015-2020. Dinello A, Schiller T, Van Alsten S, Selde W, Mastenbrook J, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day. Hoyle J, Hughes N, Rantz B, Ford M, Pazderka P, Wheeler J, Harmer B, Mastenbrook J, Fales W, Williams M, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Gonococcal Meningitis caused by Neisseria gonorrhea in an Immunocompromised Patient. Mannix J, Bauler L, Turner W, Mastenbrook J, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022
- Emergency medicine residents in the prehospital setting: Does this augment training?. Bon E, Clifton C, Billian J, Pazderka P, Overton D, Redinger K, Mastenbrook J, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022
- Teacher Trial: Teaching Effective CPR to 4th and 5th Grade Elementary Students. Rogotzke C, Bencik S, Billian J, Ford M, Elg N, Bencik C, Mastenbrook J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Comparison of Pre-Hospital ROSC Rates for Manual-Only vs Mechanical-Assisted CPR Using the LUCAS-2: A Retrospective Study. Szymanski R, Mastenbrook J, Vos D, Le K, Slagell R, Dickson C, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- The Importance of Patient Advocacy in Foreign Body Identification and Management: A Case Series. Ziccarello J, Bauler L, Mastenbrook J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- An Unsuspected Case of Pediatric Myocarditis. Mehta A, Mastenbrook J, Pixley E, Bauler L, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Tenson Hemopneumothorax in the Setting of Mechanical CPR During Prehospital Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report. Rowland D, Vryhof N, Overton D, Mastenbrook J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Going Vertical: A Prospective Comparison of Extraction Times for Priority Patients Identified by Triage Tags vs Colored Flags. Cheng AWY, McCreesh P, Moffatt S, Maziarz R, Vos D, Mastenbrook J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Caring for a Dying Patient: An EMS Perspective. Wenger A, Potilechio M, Aguilar J, Mastenbrook J, Billian J, Sherfield M, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Higher Intra-Arrest Blood Glucose Levels Associated with Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Out-of-Hospital Non-Traumatic Cardiac Arrests. Feng J, Shehadeh A, Selde W, Billian J, Mastenbrook J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- A Novel Task Trainer for Balloon Tamponade of GI Hemorrage. Lammers R, Williams M, Mastenbrook J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Supraglottic Airway Device Use Among Emergency Medical Responders Within a Southwest Michigan. DiMezza S, Mastenbrook J, Bentley M, Fales W, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021