Prashant V. Mahajan, MD, MPH, MBA

Dr. Mahajan is the William G. Barsan Collegiate Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. He is a tenured professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, as well as the founding chair of the Emergency Medicine Research and Education Network for Global Experts (E.M.E.R.G.E.), a global network comprising 20 academic emergency departments across more than 15 countries (www.emergenetwork.org). Additionally, he has served as the past chair of the Section of Emergency Medicine for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

As a pediatric health services and outcomes researcher, Dr. Mahajan has received continuous federal funding (from NIH, AHRQ, and NSF) for the past 25 years, totaling over $25 million. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles. His research interests encompass infectious diseases (specifically the evaluation and management of febrile infants), inflammation (including asthma and sepsis), and the development of clinically meaningful decision rules for assessing febrile infants. His patient safety research emphasizes diagnostic excellence by evaluating how clinicians make diagnostic decisions in challenging emergency department settings. He leads the Research and Education in Acute Care using Advanced Technology (REACT) program and has created the first web-based augmented reality platform for training emergency providers and facilitating real-time telemedicine. Furthermore, he serves as the co-director of the Fellowship of the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, working for the past 25 years to advance the practice of pediatric emergency medicine in India.

Dr. Mahajan is the father of two daughters, Arushi (26 years) and Aditi (24 years). His wife, Jayashree, is a pediatrician working in the emergency department at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. His extracurricular interests include tennis, long-distance road cycling, and hiking.