George F. Glass, III, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Medical Director, Emergency Management, University of Virginia Medical Center
Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Department
Assistant Research Director, EMRO

P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0699
Phone: (434) 924-8485
Fax: (434) 924-2877
E-mail: GFG3W@uvahealth.org

Recipient of the 2020 Faculty Teaching Award, UVA Emergency Medicine Residency

Dr. George Glass is the medical director of the UVA Health Bed and Transfer Center, medical director of Emergency Management, and assistant medical director of the Emergency Department. He completed his undergraduate, medical degree, and emergency medicine residency at the University of Virginia. Following this, he worked in the Culpeper Regional Hospital as a staff physician and subsequently completed a research fellowship in trauma biomechanics, after which he joined UVA faculty in 2017. In his various roles, he works closely with hospital and health system leadership, nursing partners, clinical teams, and other support services to improve patient flow, disaster preparedness, and system response to high-acuity events. He continues to collaborate with partners in Engineering to study the biomechanics of injury with a focus on automotive and military applications of injury prevention.

Learn more: read Dr. Glass’ faculty profile with School of Engineering and Applied Science.