Amit Chandra is an emergency physician and global health policy specialist. He has dedicated his public service career to improving global health outcomes through clinical care, research, capacity building, and systems strengthening. With academic credentials spanning economics from McGill University, development studies from the London School of Economics, and medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School, he has practiced emergency medicine across diverse settings including New York City, Botswana, and the Rosebud Native American Reservation, while serving as a frontline provider during both the H1N1 and COVID-19 pandemics. In Botswana, he played a pivotal role in establishing the country’s first medical school, launching the first emergency medicine residency program and shaping the curriculum for the inaugural cohort of locally trained medical students. His international development experience includes a Fulbright grant-funded project in Rwanda, a State Department fellowship in Ecuador, and a nutrition project in Indonesia.

From 2019 to 2025, he served as a senior health advisor and foreign service diplomat for the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Asia. During this time, he was a key member of the agency’s COVID-19 task force, led multi-sectoral urban resilience initiatives, and co-drafted a new health chapter of the Indo-Pacific Strategy. His current areas of focus include deploying disruptive technologies and addressing planetary health challenges.