EMRA Spotlight, Health Policy Committee

Meet Shant Kapoor, DO, MS

We're pleased to introduce Shant Kapoor, DO, MS, chair of the EMRA Health Policy Committee, 2020-2021.

Shant Kapoor, DO, MSProgram: ChristianaCare

Your goal as an EMRA leader: To engage residents nationally by making topics in health policy digestable and interesting

What is something people don't know about you?
My Master's thesis was on the health benefits of coffee.

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: A chef

Last non-textbook I read: "Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World" by Srdja Popovic

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