Sukhjit Takhar, MD, SM

Current. Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, PrimaryMD (2024 to present). Event physician and consultant, National Basketball Association (2020 to present).

Board certifications. American Board of Internal Medicine (2002). American Board of Emergency Medicine (2006). American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease (2009). All current.

Education and training. B.S. Biology, magna cum laude, California State University, Stanislaus (1995). M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin (1999), elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. Residency in Internal Medicine, UCLA. Residency in Emergency Medicine, UCLA. Fellowship in Infectious Disease, UCLA. S.M. in Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (2014).

Academic appointments and honors.Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2010 to 2017), attending in emergency medicine and internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Former Associate Clinical Professor (volunteer), Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSF, and former Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF-Fresno. Teacher of the Year, UCSF-Fresno (2009). Outstanding Attending, Brigham and Women's Hospital, voted by Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine residents (2016 and 2017). Mentor of the Year (2017).

Scholarship.More than 30 peer-reviewed publications and more than 20 textbook chapters, including chapters in both Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine and Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Infectious Disease Section Editor, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2009 to 2016). Topic Editor, DynaMed (2023 to present). Peer reviewer for JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Contact: drtakhar@primary-md.com