Written by INDUS MED NEWS 28 June, 2024 8:28 pm .
It is with great pride that INDUSEM announces the appointment of Our Leader Professor Dr. Prashant Mahajan M.D., MPH, MBA, as the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and the William G. Barsan Collegiate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of MICHIGAN (UM-EM), USA.
As per The Official UM Announcement
“Dr. Mahajan is vice chair of the U-M Department of Emergency Medicine, and a tenured professor and section chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Prior to joining U-M faculty in 2016, he was on the faculty at Wayne State University in the departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, and also at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He served as director for quality and innovation, chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine, and medical director of the Children’s Research Center of Michigan.
Dr. Mahajan earned his medical degree and completed his residency in pediatrics through the University of Bombay in India. He then completed a residency in pediatrics, including a year as chief resident, and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He has an MPH from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Mahajan is founding chair of the Emergency Medicine Research and Education network by Global Experts (E.M.E.R.G.E.), a global network of 20 academic emergency departments in more than 15 countries. He also is director of Research and Education in Acute Care with Advanced Technology (REACT), and past chair of the Section of Emergency Medicine for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Mahajan’s research focuses on clinical decision-making in austere circumstances. He investigates host immune response in pediatric infectious (sepsis) and inflammatory conditions (asthma). He studies how clinicians make decisions in the emergency department in real-time to enhance diagnostic safety and excellence. He has been continuously federally funded for the past 25 years”
“Prashant” as he is known to everyone at INDUSEM has championed the development of Academic Pediatric Emergency Medicine in India and has tirelessly worked to advance research and education in Emergency Medicine at a Global Level.
He has been the recipient of The INDUSEM Jagatik Ayurvigyan Samman in 2015: This honor is Awarded to a Scientist with International Repute. This recognition honors the Path Breaking Academic Research of a Globally Renowned Scientist.
“Professor Prashant Was Born in India, Educated in India, did his MBBS & MD in India, went to USA repeated his training and got residency trained in Pediatrics and then went on to achieve super specialization in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He committed his career to academic emergency medicine and achieved great heights in USA making himself a valuable academic leader.
He did not stop there!
He continued to work with INDUSEM and helped develop Pediatric Emergency Medicine in India and became one of our most trusted leaders.
INDUSEM is very proud of him and we are confident that he will continue to achieve more with this milestone in his career.
We at INDUSEM congratulate his family and send our best wishes to our own:
Professor Dr. Prashant Mahajan, MBBS, MD (INDIA), MD, MPH, MBA (USA)
The William G. Barsan Collegiate Professor of Emergency Medicine
& Chair of University of MICHIGAN
Department of Emergency Medicine
A proud Day for BHARAT
JAI HIND !”
Said INDUSEM CEO & ACEE President Dr. Sagar Galwankar
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About University of Michigan Health
The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) is the wholly owned academic medical center of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. UMHS includes the U-M Medical School, with its Faculty Group Practice and many research laboratories; the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers, which includes University Hospital, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, 120 outpatient clinics and approximately 40 health centers; the clinical programs of the U-M School of Nursing; and the activities of the Michigan Health Corporation, through which UMHS partners with other medical centers and hospitals to provide specialized care throughout Michigan. (Wikepedia Source) For More Information: http://www.uofmhealth.org/
