Dr. Neel Shah Receives the March of Dimes FDR Humanitarian Award

On October 29, the March of Dimes recognized Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG as this year's recipient of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Humanitarian Award at its Boston Gala.

A friend of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and WHAMglobal, Dr. Shah is the Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic, the largest virtual clinic for women's and family health; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School; and a practicing obstetrician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is a globally recognized expert in designing solutions that improve health care and is listed among the "40 smartest people in health care" by the Becker's Hospital Review.

Throughout his career, Shah has been a champion of maternal mortality and has supported the work of the Women's Health Activist Movement Global (WHAMglobal). Dr. Shah co-founded the March for Moms Association, a coalition of more than 20 leading organizations (of which JHF has been a regular supporter), to increase public and private investment in the wellbeing of mothers.