Amita Sudhir, MD
Amita Sudhir, MD
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Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, Global Health Training, UVA Center for Global Health Equity
P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699
Phone: (434) 924-8485
Fax: (434) 924-2877
E-mail: as2cd@uvahealth.org
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Dr. Amita Sudhir is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System in Charlottesville, VA. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA, and went on to obtain her Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She has received the Gold Award for Humanism in Medicine. Dr. Sudhir completed her residency in Emergency Medicine and Medical Education Fellowship at UVA Department of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Sudhir continues her focus on medical education. She serves as the Director of Global Health Training for the School of Medicine and GME. Previously, she was the Residency Director and prior to that, the inaugural director for the required Emergency Medicine Clerkship. She serves on the Promotions and Tenure Committee for the School of Medicine and on the health system’s Credentials Committee. Dr. Sudhir has lectured at national and international conferences and has published peer-reviewed articles. She is a member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).
Education
- Fellowship, Medical Education, Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia (2008)
- Residency, Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia (2007)
- M.D. University of Virginia School of Medicine (2004)
- Swarthmore College (1998)
Clinical and Research Interests
- Procedural competency
- Technology in education, “flipping the classroom”
- COVID-19
- Emergency care in low resource settings
- Global health
- Climate change and emergency medicine education