Meet 2026 Award Recipient
Aditya Shekhar
Aditya received a Bachelor of Science at the University of Minnesota in Psychology, Public Health, and Applied Business. He then earned a Master of Bioethics from Harvard University.
Aditya is an accomplished researcher in the fields of prehospital care, resuscitation, and cardiac arrest and has contributed to dozens of peer-reviewes articles in leading medical journals, including Circulation, Chest, and Annals of Emergency Medicine. He was awarded an Early Career Investigator Award in Resuscitation Science from the American Heart Association. At Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, he is a member of the Center for Resuscitation Science and Innovation. He also serves on the CPR committee at The Mount Sinai Hospital, where he has helped streamline the collection of cardiac arrest data. Additionally, he also served on the hospital’s clinical ethics committee and helped develop educational programming for Mount Sinai’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) department.
Outside of medicine, Aditya regularly performs as an electronic dance music (EDM) DJ and artist. He has played shows at leading venues throughout the country.
Following graduation, Aditya will join the Physician Scientist Training Program through the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Minnesota.