Ashkon Shaahinfar, MD, MPH

Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Location: UCSF San Francisco & Oakland

Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Board Certifications

Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Education and Training

2018 - Emergency Ultrasound, Highland Hospital - Alameda Health System
2017 - Pediatric Emergency Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
2014 - Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
MD, 2011 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
MPH, 2010 - Health and Human Rights; Health Promotion, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Awards and Honors

Peter Sheaff Award for excellence in medical education for residents, attending physicians, and community medical staff, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, 2025
UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators (AME) Member, University of California, San Francisco, 2023
UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach and School of Medicine Office of Academic Affairs sponsorship for the AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, University of California, San Francisco, 2023
UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators (AME) Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2021
Harvard Medical School Principal Clinical Experience (PCE) Teaching Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2014
Global and Humanitarian Health Center of Expertise Travel Grant, Partners Healthcare, 2014
The Howard King Award for Outstanding Compassionate Patient Care, Newton Wellesley Hospital Department of Pediatrics, 2013
Global Health Research Innovation Challenge - Finalist, Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2009
Richard J. Johns Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 2006
Collegiate Inventors Competition - Finalist, National Inventor's Hall of Fame, 2004
BME-IDEA Inaugural Competition - 2nd Prize, VentureWell, 2004
Buck Scholarship, Frank and Eva Buck Foundation, 2002

Publications

Evaluation of an Online Module for Fascia Iliaca Block Education for Pediatric Femur Fractures in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Kangwa M, Shaahinfar A, Addo N, Lin-Martore M

Assessing the effectiveness of an antiracism clinical skills curriculum for medical students: a single institution mixed methods study.

Jain R, Lewis L, Brooks K, Shaahinfar A, Stine S, Marbin J, Ehie O

Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block for Pediatric Femur Fractures: A Secondary Analysis of Needle Tip Distance.

Riera A, Lawson SL, Klekowski N, Moake MM, Snelling PJ, Toney AG, Ng C, Pade KH, The TS, Shaahinfar A, Chaudoin LT, Binder ZW

Ultrasound-Guided Regional Analgesia in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Shaahinfar A, Klekowski N, Kangwa M, Parker MG, Binder ZW

Point-of-care ultrasound for intussusception.

Firnberg M, Shaahinfar A, Lin-Martore M

Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block for Pediatric Femur Fractures in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Multi-Center Study.

Binder ZW, Ng C, Klekowski N, Lawson SL, Riera A, Toney AG, Pade KH, The TS, Shaahinfar A, Chaudoin LT, Lauer E, Snelling PJ, Moake MM

Reliability of Physician Estimation of Pelvic Free Fluid Volume on the Pediatric Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma.

Shaahinfar A, Wiebelhaus JR, Addo N, Cohen RA, Karakas-Rothey P, Kornblith AE

Evaluation of Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma Completeness of Children in the Clinical Setting.

Firnberg M, Addo N, Lin-Martore M, Shaahinfar A, Kornblith A

Variability in firearm injury among major pediatric trauma centers across the USA.

Fraser Doh K, Chaudhary S, Ruest SM, Shaahinfar A, Chun T, Cooper N, Fein J, Feng A, Feske-Kirby K, Figueroa J, Gutman CK, Grupp-Phelan J, Kanaan G, Keathley N, Khan N, McGlamry K, Myers S, Nance M, Russell K, Rowker K, Sheline E, Simon HK, Morris CR

Toxic Exposures Among Young Children One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Review of Three San Francisco Bay Area Emergency Departments.

Devlin G, Addo N, Shaahinfar A, Chen CC, Grupp-Phelan J, Kornblith AE