Ali S. Raja is an American emergency physician and researcher.[1][2][3] He is the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital,[4][5][6][7] and a professor at Harvard Medical School.[8][9][10][11]

Early life and education

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Raja was born in Pakistan and grew up in Houston, where he attended Rice University, graduating in 1999.[citation needed] He earned MD and MBA degrees at the Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Fuqua School of Business in 2004,[12] a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2010,[13] and a DBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in 2023.[14][15]

Career and research

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Raja trained as a resident in emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati, and then began his career as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School in 2008.[12] He completed a research fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital while also working as an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine.[16] During this time, Raja also served as a flight surgeon and critical care air transport team commander for the US Air Force Reserve. In 2014,[citation needed] Raja moved to his current role at MGH, where he has been practicing since.[17]

Raja's research focuses on the appropriate use of emergency department resources.[18]

References

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  1. ^ Yurieff, Kaya (31 March 2020). "Doctors turn to Twitter and TikTok to share coronavirus news". CNN. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  2. ^ "Calling COVID-19 'a 'forever virus' is a little extreme right now:' Harvard professor". finance.yahoo.com. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  3. ^ "COVID-19 vaccinations: A Q&A with Ali Raja, Weatherhead School doctoral student and Massachusetts General Hospital physician". The Daily. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  4. ^ Pan, Deanna (April 8, 2020). "'We're waiting for the other shoe to drop': Dr. Ali Raja, emergency medicine physician at Mass. General, braces for surge - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  5. ^ Parker, Paul Edward. "Many unanswered questions as New England nears flu season amid coronavirus pandemic". Enterprise News. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  6. ^ "How to Tell if You Have a Cold or the Flu". www.yahoo.com. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  7. ^ Richardson, Rhondella (2021-07-31). "Mass. General doc on how COVID delta variant is impacting local hospitals". WCVB. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  8. ^ Weintraub, Karen. "On the Front Line, COVID Has Them Scared to Go Home". WebMD. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  9. ^ "Flu and COVID-19: Five misconceptions about influenza amid the pandemic". masslive. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  10. ^ Gulino, Elizabeth. "So... Do Those Hangover IVs Actually Work?". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  11. ^ "Music events like Lollapalooza are not safe right now: Doctor". finance.yahoo.com. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  12. ^ a b "Match Day memories: Prominent physicians reflect on their own Match Days and share advice for residency". AAMC. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  13. ^ "Ali S. Raja | Executive and Continuing Professional Education | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health". www.hsph.harvard.edu. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  14. ^ "DBA Student Ali Raja and Professor Philip Cola, present research at the Clinical Translational Science Conference". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  15. ^ "Do Emergency Physicians Treat Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Differently? A Mixed-Methods Integrative Paper". Ohio Department of Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  16. ^ "Ali S. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH - Department of Emergency Medicine". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05.
  17. ^ "5 questions about the flu shot, answered by a Mass. General doctor". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  18. ^ "Ali Raja | Harvard Catalyst Profiles | Harvard Catalyst". connects.catalyst.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-15.