Azita Hamedani, MD, MPH, MBA

PRIMARY APPOINTMENTS

President, UNC Health Faculty Physicians
Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

EDUCATION

Undergraduate: Yale University
Graduate: Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management (MBA)
Graduate: Yale School of Public Health (MPH)
Medical School: Yale School of Medicine
Residency: Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency – Chief Resident
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

Dr. Azita G. Hamedani is the Founding Chair of the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine. When she returned to her home state of Wisconsin in 2006, she took on several leadership roles before being named Division Chief of Emergency Medicine (2009) and then inaugural Chair (2014).

During her tenure as Chair, Dr. Hamedani oversaw significant expansion of the emergency medicine residency and fellowship programs, the clinical enterprise, and the department’s research portfolio. More importantly, many of the faculty she recruited have ascended to significant institutional leadership positions, locally and nationally.

After stepping down as Chair, the Distinguished Wisconsin Endowed Chair of Emergency Medicine, which is held by the sitting Chair of the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, was renamed The Azita G. Hamedani Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine to honor her legacy and impact on both the department and Emergency Medicine at UW–Madison.

Dr. Hamedani currently serves as the Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine and the President of the UNC Health Faculty Physicians. Although Dr. Hamedani has relocated to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, she maintains close ties with our department. She can be reached at agh@medicine.wisc.edu or azita.hamedani@unchealth.unc.edu.