Bobby Kapur, MD, MPH, CPE, FIFEM, is an internationally known Emergency Physician and public health expert and the Chair of the Emergency Medicine Institute at Allegheny Health Network (AHN) in Pittsburgh, PA, where he leads an academic platform with his colleagues providing clinical excellence, innovative education, translational research, and public health outreach. Dr. Kapur is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, and he is the President of AHN Emergency Medicine Management (AHNEMM) and Regional Vice President for US Acute Care Solutions (USACS). He has been providing leadership for 19 Emergency Departments across Western Pennsylvania since 2020 and was instrumental in the region’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Dr. Kapur has published multiple peer-reviewed papers and is the senior editor for the first textbook in the field of Emergency Public Health titled Emergency Public Health: Preparedness and Response. 

Previously, Dr. Kapur was Chief of Emergency Medicine at Jackson Health System in Miami, FL, from 2015-2019 and brought transformative change in the delivery of high-quality acute patient care at one of the nation’s busiest emergency centers at Jackson Memorial Hospital and as an Associate Professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. 

Dr. Kapur was Vice Chair for Academic Affairs and Founding Residency Program Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics from 2009-2015.  He was appointed Founding Director of the Center for Globalization at BCM, and for two years, he guided BCM’s global initiatives. In September 2014, Dr. Kapur led a six-person team to Nigeria that trained nearly 1,500 people in Ebola preparedness and response in Nigeria during the middle of the epidemic in the country. Dr. Kapur was also a co-investigator on the USAID grant “Fighting Ebola: A Grand Challenge.”  Prior to BCM, Dr. Kapur directed global health training programs and international projects at the Ronald Reagan Institute for Emergency Medicine at George Washington University from 2004-2009. He has extensive experience establishing academic training programs and acute healthcare systems with partners in China, India, Latin America and the Middle East. In addition, Dr. Kapur implemented a country-wide project to improve emergency services in Turkey that trained more than 2,000 physicians providing emergency care in Turkey’s national hospitals.

Dr. Kapur received his B.A. in English Literature and Policy Studies from Rice University and his M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. He then completed his Emergency Medicine residency training from Yale University followed by a fellowship in International Emergency Medicine and Global health from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He also received his Master in Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Kapur has served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) and as the Chair of the International Committee for both the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). Dr. Kapur was awarded the Order of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine (FIFEM) for his contributions to global emergency medicine. 

 

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