Ehsan Shahmir, MD

Group Medical Director, Polaris

Dr. Ehsan Shahmir, MD, is a vice president and group medical director of the Polaris group, which is located on the west coast, and also serves on the Peer Review Committee. He has been a medical director for DaVita since 2001 and currently oversees Nightingale Health Care where he supports Nurse Practitioners in providing comprehensive and Holistic medical care in collaboration with DaVita IKC.

Prior to working at DaVita, Dr. Shamir served in a rural area in Northern California and expanded community medical services while working as nephrologist. Dr. Shahmir also served as a Board member of Network 17. Dr. Shahmir graduated from Tehran University. After moving to the U.S, Dr. Shahmir worked as a researcher at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and later completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center and returned to Harbor-UCLA for his fellowship.