Dr. Sushant Chhabra is a senior Emergency Physician and Cluster Head – Emergency Medicine, Manipal Hospitals (North & West Region), India, and serves as Regional Faculty for the American Heart Association (India Region). He is also the Chair-Elect of the IFEM Disaster Medicine Special Interest Group.

He has been actively involved in medical simulation and simulation-based education for over five years and has served as faculty for the IFEM Education & Simulation Series for the past three years. He has also contributed as international faculty at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) and other national and global emergency medicine forums.

His key academic interests include Disaster Medicine, Medical Simulation, Mass Gathering Medical Care, Resuscitation Science, Emergency Medicine Education, and Emergency Department Leadership and Administration. His work particularly focuses on the use of simulation for disaster preparedness, multidisciplinary team training, resuscitation, and strengthening emergency care systems, including preparedness for large-scale incidents and mass gatherings.