Sachita Shah, MD, DTM&H
Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington
Biography
Dr. Sachita Shah is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Global Health at University of Washington School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in 2008 at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Emergency Ultrasound fellowship training at Alameda County (Highland Hospital) Medical Center, and received her Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) at the Gorgas Memorial Institute in Lima, Peru in 2018.
Dr. Shah serves as Fellowship Director of the UW Global Emergency Medicine and Rural Health Fellowship Program, in collaboration with the Alaska Native Medical Center and Great Plains IHS. She works clinically at Harborview Medical Center, an academic trauma center and county referral hospital in Seattle, and at Alaska Native Medical Center, a hub for the tribal health consortium in Alaska. Dr. Shah is an internationally known expert in the field of point-of-care ultrasound in limited resource settings and leads the educational initiatives in the UW Department of Emergency Medicine, Section of Population Health. Her main academic focus is the development of educational community and techniques in population health, specifically global & rural health and social emergency medicine topics. Her main research focus is impact of point-of-care ultrasound in limited resource settings to promote health equity in emergency care and maternal health.
Dr. Shah serves as Fellowship Director of the UW Global Emergency Medicine and Rural Health Fellowship Program, in collaboration with the Alaska Native Medical Center and Great Plains IHS. She works clinically at Harborview Medical Center, an academic trauma center and county referral hospital in Seattle, and at Alaska Native Medical Center, a hub for the tribal health consortium in Alaska. Dr. Shah is an internationally known expert in the field of point-of-care ultrasound in limited resource settings and leads the educational initiatives in the UW Department of Emergency Medicine, Section of Population Health. Her main academic focus is the development of educational community and techniques in population health, specifically global & rural health and social emergency medicine topics. Her main research focus is impact of point-of-care ultrasound in limited resource settings to promote health equity in emergency care and maternal health.
