Shamie Das, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.

Shamie Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. As an Attending at the Emory University Hospital Emergency Department, he delivers team-based emergency care to a high acuity patient population, including transplant, oncology, and advanced heart failure. He serves on system-level committees to improve sepsis care and opioid stewardship, as well as hospital-based committees. He has held numerous academic leadership roles, including Director of the Health Equity, Advocacy, and Policy (HEAP) GME Residency Track and Co-Director of the Emergency Medicine Quality Improvement Curriculum. Dr. Das has a strong background in quality improvement, medical education, and advocacy.

Dr. Das’s passion to improve healthcare delivery and access is focused on his involvement within organized medicine, where he holds several leadership roles. In these roles, Dr. Das has over a decade of experience in the development of health policy. He has authored and co-authored policies at all levels of organized medicine to ensure patient access to emergency care and efforts to improve equity in both the composition of the healthcare workforce and the delivery of healthcare. Leveraging his experience as a frontline physician working in the safety net of American healthcare, Dr. Das offers a unique insight into the implications of current health policy.

Dr. Das earned his BS from Emory University, majoring in Biology and Sociology. During college, he also worked as an Emergency Medical Technician, earning his Paramedic certification the following year. Recognizing the importance of population health and prevention, he earned his MPH from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Dr. Das was selected for the Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program Scholarship at Wright State University, where he earned a combined Doctor of Medicine and master’s in business administration. He returned to Emory to complete his Emergency Medicine Residency and is a board-certified emergency physician. He has been recognized with awards such as the Senior Physician distinction in clinical service by Emory School of Medicine and Medical Student Instructor of the Year in Emergency Medicine.