Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine University of Michigan Medical School | Ann Arbor, Michigan The University of Michigan Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Dr. Prashant Mahajan, M.D., MPH, MBA, as chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and the William G. Barsan Collegiate Professor of Emergency Medicine effective July 18th, 2024. Dr. Mahajan previously served as vice chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and is a tenured professor and section chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Prior to Dr. Mahajan joining the U-M faculty in 2016, he was faculty at Wayne State University in the departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, as well as at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He has served as the director for quality and innovation, chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine, and medical director of the Children’s Research Center of Michigan. Dr. Mahajan is the founding chair of the Emergency Medicine Research and Education network by Global Experts (E.M.E.R.G.E.), a global network of 20 academic emergency departments in more than 15 countries. He is also the director of Research and Education in Acute Care with Advanced Technology (REACT), and past chair of the Section of Emergency Medicine for the American Academy of Pediatrics.Dr. Mahajan earned his medical degree and completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Bombay in India. At the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, he then completed a residency in pediatrics, including a year as chief resident, and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine. He earned his MPH from the University of Michigan and his MBA from the University of Massachusetts. Natalie Leonhard and Jamie Sands led this search with Ellen Egitton and Lily Sethares.
