Ali S. Raja Explained

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

Raja was born in Pakistan and grew up in Houston, where he attended Rice University, graduating in 1999. 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

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. 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, 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaya. Yurieff. Doctors turn to Twitter and TikTok to share coronavirus news. 2021-08-16. CNN. 31 March 2020 .
  2. Web site: Calling COVID-19 'a 'forever virus' is a little extreme right now:' Harvard professor. 2021-08-16. finance.yahoo.com. 19 April 2021 . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2021-03-18. COVID-19 vaccinations: A Q&A with Ali Raja, Weatherhead School doctoral student and Massachusetts General Hospital physician. 2021-08-16. The Daily. en-US.
  4. Web site: Deanna. Pan . 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. 2021-08-16. BostonGlobe.com. en-US.
  5. Web site: Parker. Paul Edward. Many unanswered questions as New England nears flu season amid coronavirus pandemic. 2021-08-16. Enterprise News. en-US.
  6. Web site: How to Tell if You Have a Cold or the Flu. 2021-08-16. www.yahoo.com. 13 January 2020 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Richardson. Rhondella. 2021-07-31. Mass. General doc on how COVID delta variant is impacting local hospitals. 2021-08-16. WCVB. en.
  8. Web site: Weintraub. Karen. On the Front Line, COVID Has Them Scared to Go Home. 2021-08-16. WebMD. en.
  9. Web site: 2020-11-13. Flu and COVID-19: Five misconceptions about influenza amid the pandemic. 2021-08-16. masslive. en.
  10. Web site: Gulino. Elizabeth. So... Do Those Hangover IVs Actually Work?. 2021-08-16. www.refinery29.com. en-CA.
  11. Web site: Music events like Lollapalooza are not safe right now: Doctor. 2021-08-16. finance.yahoo.com. 4 August 2021 . en-US.
  12. Web site: Match Day memories: Prominent physicians reflect on their own Match Days and share advice for residency. 2021-12-14. AAMC. en.
  13. Web site: Ali S. Raja Executive and Continuing Professional Education Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 2021-12-14. www.hsph.harvard.edu. 3 January 2018 .
  14. Web site: DBA Student Ali Raja and Professor Philip Cola, present research at the Clinical Translational Science Conference . Case Western Reserve University . 2024-10-08.
  15. Web site: Do Emergency Physicians Treat Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Differently? A Mixed-Methods Integrative Paper . Ohio Department of Higher Education . 2024-10-08.
  16. Web site: Ali S. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH - Department of Emergency Medicine. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150505233505/http://researchfaculty.brighamandwomens.org:80/BRIProfile.aspx?id=5849 . 2015-05-05 .
  17. Web site: 5 questions about the flu shot, answered by a Mass. General doctor. 2021-08-16. www.boston.com. en-US.
  18. Web site: Ali Raja Harvard Catalyst Profiles Harvard Catalyst. 2021-12-15. connects.catalyst.harvard.edu.

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