--- title: "Dr Shane Kappler" description: "CBRNe World provides those tasked with defending against CBRN and IED threats with the essential practical, scientific and political information. Access the current and previous issues of the magazine by registering as a member." url: "https://cbrneworld.com/events/cbrne-convergence-canada-2026/speakers-canada-26/dr-shane-kappler" date: "2026-07-30T21:11:50+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- ## Dr Shane Kappler ###### 14 May 2026 | [Knoxville26](https://cbrneworld.com/index.php?option=com_tags&view=tag&id%5B0%5D=107:knoxville26) Faculty of CBRN Education, Division of Disaster Medicine, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC. Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology,Georgetown School of Medicine | UNITED STATES Dr. Shane Kappler is a dual board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician and Critical Care Medicine Physician. He holds faculty appointments as both an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Georgetown School of Medicine and as an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Georgetown School of Medicine. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center and subspecialty fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland. He works clinically as a Critical Care Medicine physician within the MedStar Health system where he also serves as the Director of Biothreats for MedStar Health as well as the Medical Director for the MedStar Biocontainment Unit for Special Pathogens and the federal HHS/ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) in FEMA Region III. In addition to his clinical work, he is a faculty member in the Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases program within the Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences where he has taught a graduate course on Medical Preparedness, Response, and Capacity to biothreats for over a decade. He has lectured nationally and internationally on topics of bioterrorism, pandemics, preparedness, and disaster medicine. He has prior experience working with and consulting on projects for both state governments and the federal government. Separately, he has served as a medical manager for a FEMA USAR team. Dr. Kappler has a sustained history of experience in disaster preparedness. He previously held a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School where he worked clinically as well as served as the Director of Disaster Preparedness for the Department of Emergency Medicine at CHA in Boston, MA. He continues to teach as Faculty for CBRN education for Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Fellowship in Disaster Medicine. During the COVID pandemic he held significant roles in his health system related to pandemic response which included serving and leading working groups and committees that investigated novel therapeutic approaches in treating COVID disease as well as implementing novel surge capacity approaches and strategies. He serves as a subject matter expert for NETEC and is involved in the development and expansion of the National Special Pathogen System (NSPS) for HCID care. **Dr. Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS MD, MBA, FACEP, FCCP** | Faculty of CBRN Education, Division of Disaster Medicine, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC. 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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown School of Medicine | UNITED STATES Dr. Shane Kappler is a dual board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician and Critical Care Medicine Physician. He holds faculty appointments as both an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Georgetown School of Medicine and as an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Georgetown School of Medicine. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center and subspecialty fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland. He works clinically as a Critical Care Medicine physician within the MedStar Health system where he also serves as the Director of Biothreats for MedStar Health as well as the Medical Director for the MedStar Biocontainment Unit for Special Pathogens and the federal HHS/ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) in FEMA Region III. In addition to his clinical work, he is a faculty member in the Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases program within the Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences where he has taught a graduate course on Medical Preparedness, Response, and Capacity to biothreats for over a decade. He has lectured nationally and internationally on topics of bioterrorism, pandemics, preparedness, and disaster medicine. He has prior experience working with and consulting on projects for both state governments and the federal government. Separately, he has served as a medical manager for a FEMA USAR team. Dr. Kappler has a sustained history of experience in disaster preparedness. He previously held a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School where he worked clinically as well as served as the Director of Disaster Preparedness for the Department of Emergency Medicine at CHA in Boston, MA. He continues to teach as Faculty for CBRN education for Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Fellowship in Disaster Medicine. During the COVID pandemic he held significant roles in his health system related to pandemic response which included serving and leading working groups and committees that investigated novel therapeutic approaches in treating COVID disease as well as implementing novel surge capacity approaches and strategies. He serves as a subject matter expert for NETEC and is involved in the development and expansion of the National Special Pathogen System (NSPS) for HCID care.   Dr. Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS MD, MBA, FACEP, FCCP | Faculty of CBRN Education, Division of Disaster Medicine, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC. Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown School of Medicine | UNITED STATES  ", "image": "https://cbrneworld.com/images/events/speaker-images/Kappler%20Shane.jpg" } ```