Vice Chairman of Emergency Medicine Research, BIDMC
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School 

Dr. Shapiro is an Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Shapiro is the Vice Chairman of Research for the Emergency Department. He received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed an internship year in transitional medicine at Cook County Hospital, followed by residency in Emergency Medicine at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine. Dr. Shapiro also has a master’s degree in public health in clinical effectiveness from the Harvard School of Public Health. His areas of interest include translational research, sepsis in the emergency department, emergency department research program development and management, and quality assurance in emergency medicine. Dr. Shapiro has an international reputation in the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis and has been active in creating links between critical care and emergency medicine. He has published over 200 original publications, including in JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, and PLoS One. He regularly lectures nationally and internationally on the approach to diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in the emergency department and has received multiple grants from funders spanning from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, to industry sponsors. As part of his research portfolio, he serves as a principle investigator and liaison with the FDA for companies seeking new indications for biomarkers and devices. Dr. Shapiro also serves as a consultant for industry partners seeking to position their company into the US healthcare system. His unique insight and working knowledge of the healthcare environment positions him to provide advice spanning from research expertise to clinical practice insights.