Demian Szyld, MD, EdM

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Demian Szyld (pronounced “shield”), is an Attending Physician at Boston Medical Center where he cares for acutely ill and injured and enjoys being on high performance teams and teaching at the bedside. He is the Director of Innovation in Education.

From 2016-2021 he was the Senior Director of the Institute for Medical Simulation – the Faculty Development Program at the Center for Medical Simulation. He practiced Emergency Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and was a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School.

Demian trained in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and was the first Simulation and Education Fellow at the STRATUS Simulation Center at BWH. During that time he completed a Master’s in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

From 2011 to 2016 he was the Medical Director of NYSIM, the simulation center of the NYU School of Medicine and the City University of New York where he established a Simulation and Education Fellowship, served on the Curriculum and Assessment Comities and led the integration of Simulation Education in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education.

Dr. Szyld is actively involved in the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and has chaired the Formal Training Affinity Group, led the Affiliations Committee and served as an Accreditation Site Reviewer and completed a term on the Board of Directors (2016-2019).

His academic and scholarly focuses on evidence based approaches to teaching and assessing clinical skills and more recently on bringing the techniques of reflection and debriefing to the clinical setting. His current focus is Debriefing in the Clinical Environment and Faculty Development.

Demian grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina until the age of 14. His mother, grandmother and other extended family still live there. Demian currently lives in Cambridge, MA with his family who speak Spanish, English and Bengali.

Publications

  • Published 4/29/2025

    Carmelli G, Cassara M, Miller DT, Cole R, Szyld D, Gottlieb M, Coates WC. From submission to publication: A practical guide to peer review publication for medical educators. AEM Educ Train. 2025 Apr; 9(Suppl 1):S88-S100. PMID: 40308864.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/17/2023

    Weiss M, Morrison EW, Szyld D. I like what you are saying, but only if i feel safe: Psychological safety moderates the relationship between voice and perceived contribution to healthcare team effectiveness. Front Psychol. 2023; 14:1129359. PMID: 37139001.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/26/2022

    Fey MK, Roussin CJ, Rudolph JW, Morse KJ, Palaganas JC, Szyld D. Teaching, coaching, or debriefing With Good Judgment: a roadmap for implementing "With Good Judgment" across the SimZones. Adv Simul (Lond). 2022 Nov 26; 7(1):39. PMID: 36435851.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/1/2022

    Ahmed RA, Wong AH, Musits AN, Cardell A, Cassara M, Wong NL, Smith MK, Bajaj K, Meguerdichian M, Szyld D. Accreditation of Simulation Fellowships and Training Programs: More Checkboxes or Elevating the Field? Simul Healthc. 2022 04 01; 17(2):120-130. PMID: 34175883.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/1/2021

    Arriaga AF, Chen YK, Pimentel MPT, Bader AM, Szyld D. Critical event debriefing: a checklist for the aftermath. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2021 Dec 01; 34(6):744-751. PMID: 34817451.

    Read at: PubMed

Other Positions

  • Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Emergency Medicine
    Boston Medical Center
  • Director of Innovation in Education, Emergency Medicine
    Boston Medical Center