Dr. Mohamed Hagahmed

Mohamed Hagahmed, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM, is an emergency medicine physician and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, serving clinically as an attending emergency physician and EMS physician at UPMC. He also holds leadership roles as Associate Medical Director for the UPMC Center for Emergency Medicine Office of Education and Director of Diversity, Recruitment, and Relations for University of Pittsburgh Physicians/Department of Emergency Medicine. His clinical work centers on prehospital and EMS medical direction, high-acuity resuscitation and critical care decision-making, and toxicologic emergencies, including the use of point-of-care ultrasound to guide bedside care. His research interests include prehospital airway management and EMS system development, health equity and disparities in emergency and trauma care, and toxicology trends impacting community and emergency care. Dr. Hagahmed has been recognized with the EMRA 25 Under 45 Influencers in Emergency Medicine honor, the University of Pittsburgh Excellence in Teaching Award, and EMRA’s Critical Care Award, and he serves as EMS Medical Director for multiple municipal systems in Western Pennsylvania. He is also a sideline physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the creator and host of the Emerge in EM podcast. He earned his MD from Drexel University College of Medicine, completed an Emergency Medicine residency at UPMC, and received an MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.