08/20/2025

Rami A. Ahmed, DO, MHPE, FACEP

Dr. Ahmed is Professor of Emergency Medicine and former Simulation Division Chief, Medical Simulation Fellowship Director, and Director of Simulation in the Interprofessional Practice and Education Center at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is currently serving as a staff physician at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital and at the Roudebush VA Emergency Department in Indianapolis, IN providing care to our country’s veterans. He is the founder and CEO of Agile Simulation, a simulation-based consulting firm.

Dr. Ahmed completed his undergraduate studies at John Carroll University in Cleveland, OH. He completed medical school at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Erie, PA. Dr. Ahmed completed his emergency medicine residency training in Akron, OH at Summa Health System where he served as chief resident. He then went on to complete a medical simulation fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Additionally, he completed a Masters in Health Professions Education (MHPE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

He has published over 120 peer-reviewed simulation-based research studies. Dr. Ahmed was the recipient of the Donald O’Hara teaching award at Harvard Medical School in 2009 serving as a Harvard Macy Scholar. He is a recipient of the Emergency Medicine residency faculty of the year award for the Akron City Emergency Medicine residency program in 2010 and 2012, the 2017 ACEP National Faculty Teaching Award, the SAEM Simulation Academy "Distinguished Educator" award in 2020 and most recently recognized as the SAEM 2023 National Simulation Research Award winner.