Shaila Quazi, DO

Shaila Quazi, DO, is a practicing emergency medicine physician at Tower Health in Reading, PA. She has previously served as the Director of EM Simulation for several years and has served in various leadership roles within her hospital system and in other professional organizations. Dr. Quazi created several novel procedural task trainers, an expansive EM simulation curriculum, and set standards for evaluating procedural competency with unique assessment tools. She has also served as the Director and Chair of Faculty Development on the department, hospital-wide, and network-wide level in addition to more expansively for the Drexel University College of Medicine umbrella and developed and implemented medical education curricula for faculty and staff across graduate medical education in many clinical departments. Dr. Quazi has substantial experience in medical education, serving as core faculty for two EM residency programs over 17 years. Her commitment to excellence in education led her to pursue a Masters in Education of Health Professions (MEHP) through Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, she is a Co-Course Director for Foundations of Patient Care 2, a comprehensive clinical skills course at Drexel University College of Medicine. Her academic interests include assessment of procedural skills and procedural competency.