Benjamin Wedro, MD is a board certified emergency physician who practices in a regional trauma center in La Crosse,Wisconsin. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Wedro has two careers that run parallel. Aside from publishing research in the medical literature and lecturing around the world, he also has a presence in the world of media and journalism. He has consulted onsite at summer and winter Olympic Games providing on-site medical care and medical background information for both CBS and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. As well, he has worked at the FIFA World Cup and Pan Am Games  and was medical director for the Athens Olympic Torch Relay.

Dr. Wedro is used as a resource by a variety of publications and websites, including the New York Times, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, the St. ouis Post Dispatch, the Richmond Times Dispatch, Men's Health magazine, and WebMD.com http://www.emedicine.com among many others.

Specialty: Emergency medicine
Education: MD University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Internship: Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
Residency: University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma