Rebecca Barron, MD, MPH

Rebecca Barron, MD, MPH, is an attending emergency physician at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, and serves as an assistant professor of emergency medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate.

Dr. Barron earned both her medical degree and Master of Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Barron completed her emergency medicine residency followed by a fellowship in Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. During her fellowship, she also obtained a Post-Master's Certificate in Evidence-Based Teaching in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University.​

Dr. Barron is deeply committed to women's health, public health, and medical education. She has focused on enhancing acute sexual assault care through education, research, and local and regional initiatives. Currently, she is an Access Bridge fellow, aiming to improve reproductive health care and infectious disease follow-up from the emergency department.

In medical education, Dr. Barron contributes as a small group leader in the Early Clinical Learning course.