Sabreen Akhter, DO
[she/her/hers]
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
LEAD, HEALTH EQUITY TRACK, UW PEDIATRICS RESIDENCY PROGRAM
CHAIR, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EDI-AR COMMITTEE, UW DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
CHAIR, JUSTICE EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (JEDI) COMMITTEE, UW DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
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Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Co-Lead, Health Equity Track, UW Pediatrics Residency Program
Director, Faculty Diversity Committee, UW Department of Pediatrics
Hometown
Chicago, IL
College
University of Chicago
Medical School
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency
Rush University Medical Center
Fellowship
Medical College of Wisconsin- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Hospital Center- Global Health
What are your identities?
Second generation, Indian-Muslimah, Partner, Mother, Sister, Daughter, aspiring writer
Who are your people?
Like most folks, this varies quite a bit depending on the situation. My people are my deeply loving, traditional, and culturally rich extended family; my people are my bio and chosen family who sometimes feel marginalized on the peripheries of a grand tradition of faith and have a lot to say about that; my people are my silly and unendingly adorable and creative kids; my person is my wonderfully supportive and concerned husband, whose love language is disaster preparation; my people are the writers that inspire me, particularly if they come to writing from other disciplines; my people are the staff that I work with in the ED, and often, the patients; my people are the people who know how to code switch easily through all their various truths.
What are you most proud of?
This is an easy answer for me, but also is as true as it is trite: my kids. Nothing in my life has ever compared to my relationship with them, and it’s the one that requires the most of me at all times.
Why UW Pediatrics/Seattle Children’s?
I came to Seattle to build a life with my partner and the “why SCH/UW” was initially to have a job. What keeps me here are the wonderful people: co-workers, residents, ED staff, etc. It’s a place with a big heart, and all the people here keep that heart beating.
What’s next?
Remaining open to possibility.
