Dr. Shailvi Gupta
Shailvi Gupta, MD MPH FACS, is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Shock Trauma Center's Program in Trauma. Her secondary appointment is with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.
Dr. Gupta is an acute care surgeon practicing trauma surgery, surgical critical care and emergency general surgery. She is double boarded in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She is the Course Director for the Global Health elective at the School of Medicine, teaches the Global Public Health Emergencies course within the MPH Program, and is core faculty for the interdisciplinary Climate Change, Health and Society course.
Dr. Gupta's global health endeavors focus on improving surgical capacity and trauma education in low resource settings. She has led country-wide research projects in Nepal helping to grow surgical capacity nationally. She worked with the Ministry of Health in Mozambique to help develop a country-wide ambulance system and country wide trauma registries. She is also helping to elevate trauma education in Europe with University of Milan and Niguarda Hospital in Milan, Italy, as she helped develop one of Europe's first Trauma Masters Programs. Dr. Gupta has been recognized by the American College of Surgeons as a "Future Trauma Leader" and is utilizing this opportunity to help develop protocols and educational materials to improve trauma care in low resource settings.