Naushira Pandya

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ABOUT NAUSHIRA PANDYA

Dr. Naushira Pandya is Professor and Chair of the Geriatrics Department at NSU, Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Project Director of the HRSA funded NSU South Florida Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). She is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Endocrinology and Metabolism, and is a certified medical director and a geriatrics fellowship program director. Dr. Pandya holds the distinction of being a Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholar, White House advisor during the Obama Administration, Past President of AMDA, the national Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, and VP of the Broward County Area Agency on Aging. She has participated in development of multiple clinical guidelines and position statements, and is a recognized for her work in diabetes in the elderly, as well as best practices in long-term care. On a national level, she participated as a panelist in the White House Conference on Aging, and in the White House Conference on Antibiotic Stewardship, and served on Physician’s Advisory Committee for the National Quality Forum, and as a member of College of Surgery Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery. She has multiple publications, textbook chapters and is a frequent invited speaker at national and international conferences. Recent Honors & Awards. 2021: Member of the HHS Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary and Community Based Linkages• 2020: Dateline Health Show on COVID-19, Gold Winner for People’s Telly Award• 2019: AMDA PALTC James Pattee Teaching award• 2018: Nominee for Professor of the Year at NSU for STUEY Awards• 2017: Internist of the Year Award from Florida Society of the American College of Physicians• 2016: Invited to the White House unveiling of a report on The Economic Impact of the Criminal Justice System on Communities• 2015: Invited to final White House Conference on Aging• 2015: Invited speaker at the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship• 2015: Invited to White House Rose Garden reception for passage of the MACRA Act and SGR repeal• 2015: Invited speaker at White House Conference on Aging Regional Forum, Tampa, Florida• 2013: Elected as Fellow of the American College of Physicians• 2009: Fulbright Senior Specialist Award (Department of State), to teach and develop collaborations in Geriatrics with Comenius Medical School in Slovakia• 2009: Innovation Award, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging to NSU Geriatrics Department and GEC and ADRC Broward County• 2009: American Diabetes Association Valor Award