Shazia M. Jamil, MD, has become the first Asian American woman to receive the Outstanding Clinician Award from the American Thoracic Society. She is also just the fourth woman to receive the award since it launched in 2003, according to a Dec. 5 report from the Del Mar Times.
Dr. Jamil currently serves as a physician and professor of medicine at Scripps Clinic and UC San Diego. Born in Pakistan, she received her medical degree from Aga Khan Medical School in Pakistan before her residency at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Throughout her career, Dr. Jamil has focused on sleep medicine and started the Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders Clinic, along with the San Diego Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Conference.
Dr. Jamil has also worked with the American Thoracic Society, including chairing the California Thoracic Society’s sleep core curriculum as a member of the education committee. The award she received is given to a pulmonary, critical care or sleep clinician who spends 75 percent or more of their time dedicated to direct patient care.