The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and its Foundation (AAO-HNS/F) have selected Rahul K Shah, MD, MBA as the next Executive Vice President (EVP) and CEO.
Dr Shah currently serves as the senior vice president for the Children’s National Hospital-based Specialties Center. He has previously served: as inaugural vice-president, chief quality and safety officer for Children’s National Health System; as president of the Medical Staff at Children’s National Medical Center; and as the inaugural associate surgeon-in-chief at Children’s National Medical Center and the Medical Director of Perioperative Services.
Dr Shah joined the faculty of Children’s National Medical Center in 2006, rising to the rank of professor at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2017.
An active member of the Academy since he was in medical school, Dr Shah has served as Chair of the Advisory Council on Quality, Co-chair of the Patient Safety and Quality Committee and in other areas of engagement earning him a Distinguished Service Award in 2013.
Dr Shah has received numerous awards for his research, which includes resource utilization and outcomes, patient safety, and medical errors. He has authored over 130 articles and three textbooks, has given hundreds of national and international presentations, and has created and taught dozens of courses.
Dr Shah obtained a combined BA/MD from Boston University School of Medicine in 2000, thereafter completing an otolaryngology residency at Tufts University and a pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard University. He also earned an MBA in 2014 from the George Washington University Healthcare program.
Dr Shah will formally assume the leadership role for the organization in December 2024, following the retirement and 10-year tenure of James C. Denneny III, MD.
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