Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Washington, Dist of Col, United States of America
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Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH, is the Section Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Medical ICU at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. In addition, he is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Scholar Track, at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Dr. Shorr has published more than 300 original investigations plus numerous peer-reviewed articles, literature reviews, book chapters, editorials, case reports, and letters. In addition, he serves as a reviewer, editorial board member, and editorial advisory board member for several peer-reviewed journals, including Chest, Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Annals of Internal Medicine, as well as for the Pulmonary section of Medscape. His numerous awards include a Fulbright Award, the Alfred Soffer Research Award from the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Outstanding Teacher awards from both Walter Reed Army Medical Center and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He also won the ACP Sol Katz teaching award. Dr. Shorr is certified in Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Shorr earned a medical degree from the University of Virginia; completed an MPH in Health, Policy, and Ethics at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore; and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC, and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, also at Walter Reed. He is currently pursuing his MBA at the Darden School of Business at the Univ. of Virginia.