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Georgia Board of Regents taps Deep Shah as vice chair
Shah, who joined the board in 2024 as an at-large member, will serve a one-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
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Malvika Choudhary - Wed, 19, Nov 2025
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Indian-origin physician Deep Shah was elected vice chair of the board of regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) for 2026.
Shah, who joined the board in 2024 as an at-large member, will serve a one-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
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Shah is a practicing primary care physician and the chief operating officer at Gwinnett Clinic, one of northeast Atlanta’s leading independent multi-specialty groups.
Calling it “a privilege to serve on the board and give back to a state that’s given me so much,” he said he looked forward to supporting Georgia’s workforce and communities through higher education in collaboration with incoming chair David B. Dove.
USG chancellor Sonny Perdue thanked outgoing chairman T. Dallas Smith for his service and said he was “excited to continue building on that momentum with incoming Chair Dove and incoming Vice Chair Shah.”
Shah has been named a Top Doctor by Georgia Trend and Castle Connolly and is known for his work in healthcare operations and health finance. His recent efforts include contract negotiations for independent medical groups, health IT expansion and medical real estate management.
He has published perspectives in the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA and remains an advocate for community-based primary care at state and federal levels.
He serves on the board of Touchmark National Bank and previously served on the board of Augusta University Health System. His leadership has been recognized through multiple honors, including an Alpha Omega Alpha Fellowship.
Born and raised in Georgia, Shah graduated with highest honors from the University of Georgia as a Foundation Fellow.
He earned a master’s degree in social policy from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and completed his medical degree at Harvard Medical School. He trained in internal medicine at Emory University, where he now teaches as an adjunct assistant professor.
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