- Member, SCAF Board of Directors
Ankur A. Doshi, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ankur A. Doshi, MD, FACEP is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM) and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Post Cardiac Arrest Service, a world renowned clinical service focused on the resuscitation and survivorship of cardiac arrest patients. He is one of the co-directors of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Cardiac Arrest Survival, a single disease center focused on community/academic partnerships to combat disparities and inequalities in the Chain of Survival.
For the past 20 years, Dr. Doshi has been a clinician, educator and researcher in the fields of emergency medicine and cardiac arrest. He has cared for thousands of cardiac arrest patients at UPMC and other institutions. With his focus on survivorship, he has developed longitudinal treatment plans for cardiac arrest patients after discharge from the hospital. Additionally, he is involved in developing community interventions to increase layperson CPR rates. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 peer reviewed publications in the field of cardiac arrest care. He has lectured nationally and internationally on this subject. Additionally, he is an accomplished educator and mentor for undergraduate students, medical students and graduate medical trainees. For these efforts, Dr. Doshi has been awarded multiple teaching awards and has been recognized as Chair-Elect of the selective UPSOM Academy of Master Educators.
Dr. Doshi has served on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians, including as President from 2018-2019. He serves on the Executive Board of the UPSOM Medical Alumni Association and the Board of Directors of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. He resides in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife, Alda Maria R. Gonzaga, MD, MS, and their two daughters.