Sachita Shah, MD is the Vice President of Global Health at Butterfly Network and a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Global Health at University of Washington School of Medicine. She is the Director of Ultrasound Education for a global non-profit organization called Partners in Health, past Chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians international ultrasound subcommittee and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine global health community. She balances her time between academic emergency medicine in the US, and teaching point of care ultrasound for PIH in low-income countries. Her academic research and clinical service has been focused on the impact of point-of-care ultrasound in limited resource settings, with attention to how POCUS paired with training strengthens health systems and impacts maternal and emergency care patient outcomes.
Providing affordable point-of-care diagnostic tools can be instrumental in quickly and efficiently assessing the well-being of all people, especially pregnant mothers. This can empower healthcare providers to be better diagnosticians and improve overall patient care, particularly for those at risk.