Alex Jahangir

Alex Jahangir is an American orthopaedic trauma surgeon.

Jahangir was born in Iran and immigrated with his family to Nashville, Tennessee.^[1] He attended Metro Nashville Public Schools and graduated from Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science from George Washington University and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the Campbell Clinic in Memphis and a fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. He later received a Master of Management in Health Care from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.^[2][3]

Jahangir is a professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medicine, and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).^[4][5] He joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2009 as an orthopaedic trauma surgeon and became director of the Division of Orthopaedic Trauma. He later assumed roles as vice-chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, senior vice president for physician network development, and associate chief medical officer of Vanderbilt Integrated Partners.^[6]

Jahangir was appointed to the Metropolitan Board of Health of Nashville and Davidson County, where he served two terms as board chair.^[7] In 2020, he was appointed as chair of the Nashville COVID-19 ^[8] Task Force, which coordinated the city's pandemic response over the following two years.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Jahangir is the co-founder and a director of Pendant Biosciences, and serves on the board of HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM).^[13][7]

Jahangir, A. (2022) — Hot Spot: A Doctor’s Diary From the Pandemic, USA: Vanderbilt University Press, ISBN 978-0826505064(paperback); ISBN 978-0826505088 (ebook).

• Dziadosz D., Jahangir A.A. (Section Editor, General Topics). In: Ricci W.M.; Mehta S., eds. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Trauma 6. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2023.ISBN 978-1-975163-68-6
• Sethi M.K.; Obremskey W.T.; Jahangir A.A., eds. Orthopaedic Traumatology: An Evidence-Based Approach, 2nd ed. New York: Springer; 2018.ISBN 978-3-319-73391-3
• Sethi M.K.; Jahangir A.A.; Mir H.R., eds. Health Policy and Orthopaedic Trauma: Looking Back in Order to Look Forward. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2014; 28(Suppl 10).ISSN 0890-5339
• Sethi M.K.; Jahangir A.A.; Obremskey W.T., eds. Orthopaedic Traumatology: An Evidence-Based Approach. New York: Springer; 2012.ISBN 978-1-4614-3510-5

• Jahangir, A. (2009). "The value of mentorship in orthopaedic surgery resident education: the residents’ perspective." Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Am), 91(4), 1017–1022.^[14]
• Jahangir, A. (2009). "Funding of educational opportunities in orthopaedic surgery residency training: A survey of residency program directors and chairs." Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Am), 91(6), 1542–1545.
• Jahangir, A. (2009). "What’s new in orthopaedic trauma." Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Am), 91(8), 2055–2066.^[15]
• Jahangir, A. (2010). "Current management of distal femoral fractures." Current Orthopaedic Practice, 21(2), 193–197.^[16]
• Jahangir, A. (2010). "Blastomycosis: A Case Report of an Isolated Lesion in the Distal Fibula." The American Journal of Orthopedics, 39(3), E22–E24.^[17]
• Jahangir, A. (2012). "Grand rounds from Vanderbilt University: 3‑part proximal humerus fracture." Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 26(4), e29–e32.
• Jahangir, A. (2012). "Value‑based purchasing of medical devices." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 470(4), 1054–1064.^[18]
• Jahangir, A. (2014). "High‑energy transsyndesmotic ankle fracture dislocation — the “Logsplitter” injury." Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 28(4), 200–204.^[19]
• Jahangir, A. (2014). "Ankle radiographs in the early postoperative period: do they matter?" Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 28(9), 538–541
• Jahangir, A. (2021). "Emerging Trends in Healthcare Technology." Belmont Health Law Journal, Vol. 5. SSRN link
• Jahangir, A. (2010). Orthopedic Traumatology: An Evidence‑Based Approach. Springer.^[20]