5th Annual PATMDTA Grand Rounds & Academic Symposium

Mary Shah is a medical librarian and archivist at Norwalk Hospital. She has served the network for over 20 years. Ms. Shah proactively connects people with the information that they need in ways that they never knew existed. She accomplishes this in a variety of ways: in a one-on-one tutorial at the hospital library, a presentation on more trustworthy resources than “Dr. Google” at a local YMCA, a lightning presentation and presenting a paper the Medical Library Association, or a Department of Surgery Grand Rounds on AI in Teaching and Learning. Ms. Shah is a senior member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, a member of the Provider/Associate Care Team and the EDI committee for Graduate Medical Education. She recently completed the Emerging Leader Certificate and the Training to Teach in Medicine Certificate from the Harvard Macy Institute. When not collecting, preserving, organizing and disseminating information in the health network, Ms. Shah is actively engaged in civic improvement, social justice, and protecting the environment. She is also a coffee-drinking vegetarian who loves dark chocolate as well as dogs and cats.