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Ashkon Shaahinfar, MD, MPH

Associate Clinical Professor

Education
2018 - Emergency Ultrasound, Highland Hospital - Alameda Health System
2017 - Pediatric Emergency Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
2014 - Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
MD, 2011 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
MPH, 2010 - Health and Human Rights; Health Promotion, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Honors and Awards
Peter Sheaff Award for excellence in medical education for residents, attending physicians, and community medical staff, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, 2025 UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators (AME) Member, University of California, San Francisco, 2023 UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach and School of Medicine Office of Academic Affairs sponsorship for the AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, University of California, San Francisco, 2023 UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators (AME) Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2021 Harvard Medical School Principal Clinical Experience (PCE) Teaching Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2014 Global and Humanitarian Health Center of Expertise Travel Grant, Partners Healthcare, 2014 The Howard King Award for Outstanding Compassionate Patient Care, Newton Wellesley Hospital Department of Pediatrics, 2013 Global Health Research Innovation Challenge - Finalist, Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2009 Richard J. Johns Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 2006 Collegiate Inventors Competition - Finalist, National Inventor's Hall of Fame, 2004 BME-IDEA Inaugural Competition - 2nd Prize, VentureWell, 2004 Buck Scholarship, Frank and Eva Buck Foundation, 2002
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