Megan Shaughnessy
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Credentials
MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Biography

Bio

I am the Director of International Medical Education at Hennepin Healthcare, a TB provider at Hennepin County Public Health Clinic, Vaccine Committee Co-chair, Medical Director of International Travel Medicine Clinic and General ID Clinic, and Infectious Disease provider at Hennepin Healthcare Kidney Transplant Program.

I spend approximately 12 weeks per year as an inpatient ID consultant. When not on the inpatient wards, I divide my time between the General ID clinic in the Positive Care Center, the International Travel Medicine clinic, and the Hennepin County Public Health clinic. I was previously the primary ID liaison to the Kidney transplant program at HHS, but now serve as the back-up ID liaison.
I care for mostly adults, but do see children in both the International Travel Medicine clinic and the Hennepin County Public Health TB clinic. 
I am the director of the Global Health Pathway for the Internal Medicine residency at HHS.
I serve as the co-chair of the Vaccine Committee at HCMC.
I am Global Health Faculty at the University of Minnesota.

My husband is an Emergency Medicine physician at North Memorial Medical Center, now transitioning into Hospice and Palliative Medicine. We have 2 boys. We love the outdoors, music, and Minnesota sports. In my free time I also obviously love to travel! I also enjoy hiking, spending time in/on/around any type of water, reading, and food.

Research Summary

My research interests include: 

  • Global Medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • Travel Medicine
  • Parasitic diseases
  • Vector borne diseases
  • Infections in immunocompromised patients
  • Immigrant and refugee health