Greenleaf Integrative Strategies Resiliency in Work & Life

Siddharth Ashvin Shah, MD, MPH CEO, Greenleaf Integrative Strategies

Siddharth is a physician, public health scientist, and thought leader who works with people and organizations operating in demanding and traumatic environments. His lifelong pursuit of improving systems of wellbeing and helping helpers led him to become one of the few physicians dedicated to serving the crisis and disaster response workforce. Dr. Shah has led efforts and teams to help manage workforce stress and trauma stemming from the 9/11 attacks, international civil/paramilitary violence and terrorism, cases of domestic terrorism, and natural disasters.

Siddharth serves as CEO of Greenleaf Integrative Strategies, an organization that has grown out of his consulting to governments, health care organizations, NGOs, and the private sector. Since 2009, this includes serving several USAID offices in the capacity of workforce training, trauma-informed design, strategic communications, and leadership effectiveness.

Dr. Shah’s expertise and publications span integrative medicine, emotional wellbeing, organizational dynamics, staff care, traumatic stress, , resilience, and cross-cultural adaptation. He recently led a study to characterize the concerns and needs of USAID personnel both in DC and in the field: Stress and Resilience Issues Affecting USAID Personnel in High Operational Stress Environments. The recommendations of this study are currently helping to change the way the enterprise manages and leads personnel affected by volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous conditions.

Dr. Shah received his B.A. in Religious Studies from Rice University and completed his M.D. at Baylor College of Medicine. After one year of specialized training at the Karl Menninger School of , he went to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for advanced training in Preventive and and a Masters in Public Health.

Dr. Shah lives with his wife and two young daughters in Arlington, Virginia, where they enjoy biking and sandboxes. He is also a fair-weather triathlete, buff, and reliable rebounder in basketball.

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