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Aasim Padela

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Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Emergency Medicine; Prof of Bioethics & Med Humanities at Medical College of Wisconsin
📍 Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

Dr. Aasim Padela is a Professor and Vice Chair of Research in Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is a clinician-bioethicist whose scholarship focuses on the intersection of community health, religion, and bioethics, aiming to advance health equity. He holds an MD from Weill Cornell and an MSc from the University of Michigan.

Born in New York to immigrants from Pakistan, Dr. Padela was raised in a religious household and is deeply connected to his Muslim identity. He has studied classical Arabic and Islamic theology, undertaking fellowships in the US and at Oxford to further this interest. He is a husband and father to four children.

He developed novel mosque-based approaches and tools for studying and intervening on Muslim American health disparities.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Emergency Medicine; Prof of Bioethics & Med Humanities
Location
Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States
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Islamic Bioethics
His research focuses on how Islamic tradition assesses modern biomedicine and biotechnology, and he founded the Initiative on Islam and Medicine.
Healthcare Equity
He focuses on advancing health equity through multidisciplinary inquiry, developing community-based interventions to address Muslim health disparities.
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Career

Work history

9-2020
Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Emergency Medicine; Prof of Bioethics & Med Humanities
Medical College of Wisconsin
2011 - 8-2020
Associate Professor of Medicine and Divinity
University of Chicago Medicine
2008 - 2011
Clinical Scholars Program
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
In the press

Media appearances

Dr. Aasim Padela Discusses Rise in Discrimination Against Muslim Physicians. Featured in Medical College of Wisconsin News
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Dr. Aasim Padela Comments on Distrust in Vaccinations. Featured in Medical College of Wisconsin News
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Education
7-2008 - 6-2011
Fellowship
University of Michigan Medical School
7-2008 - 12-2009
MSc
University of Michigan
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