Shama Patel MD MPH

Summary

• Dr. Shama Patel is an American Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician and Global Health Practitioner with expertise spanning clinical practice, public health, academia, digital health and humanitarian response. She has extensive experience in emergency and critical care across diverse settings, including trauma, pediatrics, critical access, rural, freestanding emergency, and urgent care environments. She is highly skilled in emergency procedures, point-of-care ultrasound, telemedicine, and delivering care in remote and austere conditions.
  
  Dr. Patel is dedicated to improving healthcare access through program development, education, monitoring and evaluation, and health systems strengthening. She has collaborated with international organizations to enhance healthcare delivery in fragile and resource-limited settings.
  
  As a passionate educator and mentor, she has contributed to medical education through curriculum development, mentorship, and global training initiatives. She is an emerging thought leader in AI and digital health, focusing on integrating technology to strengthen fragile health systems and improve health resilience.
  
  An accomplished researcher, Dr. Patel has published in BMJ Global Health, Academic Emergency Medicine, and Prehospital Emergency Care, with a focus on social determinants of health, health equity, implementation science, and emergency care delivery. She completed her medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and her Emergency Medicine residency at Atlantic Health System/Morristown Medical Center.