Professor and Vice Chair of Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Middleton, Wisconsin, United States
Manish N. Shah, MD MPH is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also serves as the Vice Chair of Research and holds the John & Tashia Morgridge Chair of Emergency Medicine Research. Dr. Shah has dedicated his career to improving the care delivered to older adults suffering from acute illnesses or injuries, now particularly focusing on persons living with dementia. He works to understand why older adults travel to emergency departments to obtain healthcare, to improve the care delivered in the emergency department, and to develop and test innovative approaches of providing older adults acute illness and injury care that is safe, convenient, and effective. His work has particularly advanced the science supporting programs that use telemedicine and community-based emergency medical technicians and paramedics to care for older adults.
Abbott Point of Care (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant; Exact Sciences (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Ownership Interest; Krystal Biotech (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Ownership Interest; Omron, Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant; Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant; Roche Molecular Systems (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant