Daniel Buckland, MD, PhD

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EDUCATION

BS: Georgia Institute of Technology – Aerospace Engineering
MS: Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Aeronautics/Astronautics
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Aeronautics/Astronautics
MD: Harvard Medical School
Residency: George Washington University Hospital

Dr. Buckland’s research is centered on the implementation of autonomy in safety critical systems. He is interested in how to provide medical care in exploration spaceflight with limited resources and people, as well as the emergency department waiting room, prehospital care, and rural medicine — where there are more clinical needs than resources and where automation is already proposed as a way to improve access to and quality of care.

Prior to joining the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Dr. Buckland was an assistant professor of emergency medicine and mechanical engineering at Duke University. He also served as Medical Director for the Laboratory for Transformational Administration in the Duke Department of Surgery, where he was responsible for medical oversight, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) for the department. He currently serves on the Artificial Intelligence Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Dr. Buckland also served for five years as Deputy Human System Risk Manager for Human Spaceflight in the Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In this role, he focused on determining the human system risks of spaceflight and how to mitigate risk using standards, countermeasures, and mission design.

Dr. Buckland is hoping to bring NASA-funded research to UW–Madison, building collaboration between the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine and College of Engineering to explore how automation can improve patient care and clinical applications. He is also exploring the development of a space medicine fellowship in emergency medicine.

SELECT AWARDS & HONORS

• Georgia Tech Alumni Association 40 Under 40 (2022)
• Marie Marvingt Award for Excellence and Innovation in Aerospace Medicine, Aerospace Medical Association (2016)
• Whitaker Foundation International Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of International Education (2012–13)
• National Research Service Awards Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD (F30), National Institutes of Health (2011–14)