Bio
Dr. Joseph Becker is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School
of Medicine. He received his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of California, San
Francisco in 2003. Subsequent to this, Dr . Becker completed an internship in Aerospace
Medicine at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) before completing specialty
training in Emergency Medicine at Yale University. In 2010 Dr Becker completed a fellowship in
Global Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Becker has served as
Laboratory Officer and Associate Research Scientist at the Mailman School of Public Health at
Columbia University and holds the title of Senior Lecturer and Visiting Associate Professor at the
University of Rwanda where he has worked consistently for nearly twenty years assisting in the
creation and development of the Emergency and Critical Care Residency program. He currently
holds the title of Head of Department and Curriculum for Emergency Medicine for the
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) also in Rwanda. Dr. Becker is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air
Force/California Air National Guard and currently serves as an Aerospace and
Operational Medicine specialist/Flight Surgeon with the 129th Rescue Wing in Mountain View, California.