Jamar Shaw, MD, MPH

Jamar (TJ) Shaw, MD, MPH, is a physician and public health specialist whose work focuses on patient safety, infection prevention, and healthcare quality improvement.

He currently serves as a Senior Infection Preventionist at Emory Healthcare, where he works to reduce healthcare-associated infections and strengthen safety systems in outpatient and oncology care settings. His work centers on preventing harm to patients by improving clinical processes, infection control practices, and safety culture within healthcare environments.

Dr. Shaw also has specialized training in drug safety and pharmacovigilance, focusing on the detection and prevention of adverse medication events. His background in epidemiology and healthcare safety allows him to approach patient protection from a systems perspective—looking not only at individual care but also at how healthcare systems can be designed to reduce risk and improve outcomes.

He completed postgraduate training through the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Fellowship at Harvard Medical School, where he studied healthcare leadership, patient safety, and health systems improvement.

Dr. Shaw is passionate about advancing safer healthcare environments and helping patients better understand the systems designed to protect their health.


Education & Training:

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Biomedical Sciences and Public Health Focus
University of South Florida
Minor: Biomedical Physics

Master of Public Health (MPH)
Walden University

Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Washington University of Health and Science

Medical Epidemiology Internship
Community Health of South Florida (CHI)

Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Fellowship
Harvard Medical School