2023 Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine
The recipient of this award established a world class, academic system providing 90% of Qatar’s acute care, and implemented multiple programs that significantly improved the entire patient journey.
Anand Kartha, MBBS, MS, SFHM, is head of hospital medicine at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar and associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He completed his residency at UPMC Mercy, GIM Fellowship and a Masters in Health Services Research at Boston University. He is a hospitalist and a Senior SHM Fellow whose work and leadership has significantly impacted the field of Hospital Medicine, with particular emphasis on veterans’ healthcare and international Hospital Medicine.
As Associate Chief for Quality at VA Boston, Dr. Kartha helped establish the VACO Hospitalist Field Advisory Committee, the SHM VA Hospitalist Special Interest Group and the Boston Association of Academic Hospital Medicine Chapter of SHM. He established Hospital Medicine at HMC, a world class, academic system providing 90% of Qatar’s acute care. He implemented multiple programs that significantly improved the entire patient journey.
Dr. Kartha's work was instrumental to the success of COVID-19 response and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He founded the SHM Middle East Chapter, strengthened the SHM International Chapter, and promoted international membership to grow SHM’s international footprint.
Dr Kartha is also an inpatient education leader, developing curricula recognized by the JC and OIG as Best Practice. He has actively published internationally and serves on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals. He has received multiple awards including the David Littman Award and Qatar Stars of Excellence Awards.
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