
Kamal Gursahani, MD, MBA
Vice Chair for Education; Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
- Phone: 314-273-0217
- Email: kgursahani@wustl.edu
Education
- B.A., Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY. 1997
- M.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO. 2002
- M.B.A., John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO. 2012
Training
- Residency, Emergency Medicine, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. 2005
Licensure and Board Certification
- Missouri State Medical License
- American Board of Emergency Medicine
- Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor
- EPIC Certified Physician Builder
Honors
- Semi-Finalist, Idea2Product Competition, Saint Louis University, 2012
- International Honor Society, John Cook School of Business “The Best in Business” for academic excellence, 2012
- Beta sigma Gamma, John Cook School of Business, 2012
- Nominee, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Young Leaders Award, 2012
Recent Publications
Peer Reviewed Manuscripts
- Kinney EP, Gursahani K, Armbrecht E, Dalawari P. Does emergency department length of stay predict trauma outcomes at a Level 1 trauma center? J Hosp Admin. 4(5) 2015
- Kraus EM, Bakanas E, Gursahani K, Dubois JM. Establishing the Need and Identifying Goals for a Curriculum in Medical Business Ethics: A Survey of Students and Residents at Two Medical Centers in Missouri. BMC Research Notes. Nov 2014
- DuBois JM, Kraus EM, Gursahani K, Mikulec T, Bakanas E. Curricular priorities for business ethics in medical practice and research: Recommendations from Delphi consensus panels. BMC Medical Education. Oct 2014
- Gursahani K. New Innovations: Cardiopulmonary plunger resuscitation. NAEMPS News December 2011;20
- Lee DC, Chu J, Bania TC, Elliott DT, Perez E, Gursahani K. Treatment and outcome of elder patients who present with acute abdominal pain. Acad Emerg Med 2005:12(5):S(1)161
- Lee DC, Chu J, Bania TC, Elliott DT, Perez E, Gursahani K. Age is not associated with increased admission rates, hospital length-of-stay, or mortality in elderly Emergency Department patients presenting with undifferentiated abdominal pain. Ann Emerg Med 2005:46(3):S119
- Gursahani K, Tobias JD. Fatal cardiac dysrhythmia following a bupropion overdose in an adolescent. J Intensive Care Med. 2002;17: 136-8
Non peer reviewed publications
- Gursahani, K. Altered Mental Status-Heat Related Illness. i-Human Patients. 11/2015
- Gursahani K. Case3: An Avoidable Patient Fall & the Model of Healthcare Delivery, Exploring Integrity in Medicine. The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook 204. http://www.slu.edu/bander-center-home/education/bander-center-casebook
- Gursahani K. Case 6: The Business of Prostate Cancer. Exploring Integrity in Medicine. The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Csebook 2014. http://www.slu.edu/bander-center-home/education/bander-center-casebook
- Gursahani K. Case 9: The Business of Knee Injuries. Exploring Integrity in Medicine. The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook 2014. http://www.slu.edu/bander-center-home/education/bander-center-casebook
- Gursahani K. Case 10: Defensive Medicine. The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook 2014. http://www.slu.edu/bander-center-home/education/bander-center-casebook
- Gursahani, K. Delucia, J. Medical Ethics: When is More Care Better Care? Emergency Physicians Monthly. February 26th. 2013. http://www.epmonthly.com/features/current-features/med-ethics-when-is-more-care-better-care/
- Gursahani, K. Delucia J. Medical Ethics: Admissions & Omissions. Emergency Physicians Monthly. May 14th 2013. http://www.epmonthly.com/features/current-features/medical-ethics-admissions-and-omissions/
- Gursahani, K. Delucia, J. Medical Ethics: The Free Ride. Emergency Physicians Monthly. June 4th, 013. http://epmonthly.com/features/current-features/ethics-the-free-ride/