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Rahul K. Shah, MD, MBA

Senior Vice President, Hospital-Based Specialties Center, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Children's National Medical Center
Potomac, MD, United States

Dr. Shah obtained his combined B.A./M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine thereafter completing Otolaryngology residency (Tufts University) and Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship (Children’s Hospital Boston). He joined the faculty of Children’s National Hospital, rising to the rank of Professor at George Washington University and completed his M.B.A in 2014. Dr. Shah’s research interests include resource utilization and outcomes, patient safety, and medical errors; he has received numerous awards for his research. He has chaired and served on myriad national committees related to patient safety and quality improvement. He was the inaugural Associate Surgeon-in-Chief at Children’s National Medical Center and the Medical Director of Peri-operative Services from 2011-2014. He served as President of the Medical Staff at Children’s National Medical Center from 2012-2014. In 2014, he was appointed the inaugural Vice-President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer for Children’s National Health System and in 2018 appointed the Vice-President, Medical Affairs as an additional executive responsibility; he has served as the acting Chief Medical Information Officer (July – December 2019). In 2020 he transitioned to the Senior Vice President, Hospital-Based Specialties with oversight of seventeen divisions and institutes at Children’s National Hospital. He has authored over 130 articles and three books, has given hundreds of national and international presentations, and has created and taught dozens of courses. He routinely performs consultations for national and international hospitals on quality, safety, and analytics. Under his leadership, Children’s National has received numerous safety and quality distinctions and is a recognized leader in pediatric safety and quality. He was recognized by Becker’s Healthcare, 2020 as one of top “50 Patient Safety Experts to Know”. He is excited and honored to serve our specialty as the incoming Executive Vice President and CEO of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and its Foundation (AAO-HNS/F).

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