Smruti Desai, DO, MPH, MA
Maimonides Medical Center
Biography
Dr Smruti Desai is an ED Attending Physician and simulation faculty member at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Her work is focused on using simulation to strategize diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. Previously, she was the founder and chair of the first GME DEI council at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, through which she established sustainable social justice, community engagement and URM sponsorship projects. Her work won the ACGME Barbara Ross-Lee DEI Award in 2022 for SUNY Downstate. Her clinical interests include advocacy for vulnerable populations and using community engagement to addressing systemic racism in health care.
Dr. Desai has founded DEI efforts in upstander training and response at Maimonides Medical Center, and has provided talks regionally on the subject, as well as workshops nationally and locally including at SAEM 23.
Dr. Desai has founded DEI efforts in upstander training and response at Maimonides Medical Center, and has provided talks regionally on the subject, as well as workshops nationally and locally including at SAEM 23.
