Navpreet Sahsi, Author at Emergency Medicine Cases

About Navpreet Sahsi

Navpreet Sahsi MD, DTMH. Navpreet has extensive experience working in some of the world’s most challenging contexts with the world’s largest humanitarian organizations. He has worked with MSF/Doctors Without Borders in Ad Dhale, Yemen, in an active conflict zone, and in Bentiu, South Sudan in an UNHCR IDP camp. He has also worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Other projects have taken him to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Kathmandu, Nepal; and Moshi, Tanzania. Navpreet holds a Diploma of Tropical Medicine from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and is a member of Global Health Emergency Medicine (GHEM) at the University of Toronto. His work has been featured on the NPR podcast Embedded and he has spoken publicly for MSF’s Forced From Home US tour. He has travelled to over 60 countries and counting.

Global EM 11 – Global Emergency Medicine Fellowships: More than Just Stamps in Your Passport

Global Emergency Medicine fellowships are far more than humanitarian deployments. In this personal reflection, Dr. Julianna Deutscher explores how GEM training combines mentorship, education, systems strengthening, advocacy, and global partnerships to broaden an emergency medicine career. From Ethiopia to Moldova to the local ED in Calgary, she shares how GEM shaped her approach to patient care, resource stewardship, trauma systems, and caring for underserved populations at home and abroad...

By Navpreet Sahsi|2026-05-19T15:47:04-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: EM GEM, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Special Populations|Tags: Dr. Julianna Deutscher, Emergency Medicine Careers, emergency medicine education, Emergency Medicine Training, GEM Fellowship, global health, Global Health Partnerships, Humanitarian Medicine, International Emergency Medicine, medical education, Public Health, Refugee Health, Resource Stewardship|0 Comments

Global EM 9 : Reverse Culture Shock – Coping Strategies for Returning Home

Working on a humanitarian project abroad can be among the most challenging and fulfilling experiences of an Emergency Physician’s career. Much has been written about pre-departure training and strategies for adapting in the field. Far less attention, however, has been given to the challenges of returning home. In this Global EM column Dr. Nav Sahsi outlines a few coping strategies that he has learned on returning from humanitarian projects abroad...

By Navpreet Sahsi|2025-09-15T21:22:44-04:00September 15th, 2025|Categories: EM GEM, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty|Tags: Dr. Navpreet Sahsi, humanitarian work, reverse culture shock|0 Comments

Global EM 7 Global Emergency Medicine Partnerships

In this Global EM post we provide examples of Global EM partnerships and tools for developing these partnerships to foster global solidarity in improving emergency medicine as a specialty and help EM societies not only strengthen their systems but also enhance global health outcomes... Please consider a donation to ensure EM Cases continues to provide you high quality Free Open Access Medical Education here: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By Navpreet Sahsi|2024-12-23T14:10:32-05:00December 23rd, 2024|Categories: EM Cases, EM GEM, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Special Populations|Tags: Dr. Eric Heymann, Dr. Kim Desouza, Dr. Nour Khatib, Dr. Valerie Romann, global EM, Twinning Partnerships for Improvement (TPI) model|0 Comments

Global EM 5 Is it Ethical? 5 Core Principles When Choosing a Global Health Project

Dr. Navpreet Sahsi outlines 5 core ethical principles in choosing and participating a global health project on EM Cases' Global EM blog...

By Navpreet Sahsi|2023-11-07T09:58:20-05:00November 7th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM GEM, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Special Populations|Tags: Dr. Navpreet Sahsi, global EM, global health, STEGH|0 Comments

Global EM 3 So you want to be a humanitarian doctor?

Dr. Nav Sahsi gives us a quick primer on Doctors Without Borders, explains the difference between humanitarian work and development work and describes the motivation, personal skills, education, time commitment and flexibility required for humanitarian work for all those with an interest in Global EM...

By Navpreet Sahsi|2023-11-26T09:36:28-05:00March 28th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM GEM, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Special Populations|Tags: Doctors without Borders, humanitarian work, MSF, NGOs|3 Comments

Global EM 1: Practicing EM in Bangladesh – Build It and They Will Come

Dr. Navpreet Sahsi describes the challenges of building an Emergency Department in Bangladesh and how the experience has shaped his outlook on Emergency Medicine practice in North America on EM Cases' first Global EM blog...

By Navpreet Sahsi|2023-03-29T12:30:38-04:00November 22nd, 2022|Categories: EM Cases, EM GEM, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty|Tags: Bangladesh EM, Dr. Navpreet Sahsi, EM GEM, global EM, ICRC|0 Comments