Neha Raukar, MD, MS, FACEP

Vice Chair, Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, Mayo Clinic

Dr. Neha Raukar is an emergency medicine and sports medicine physician whose career has been defined by advancing athlete safety across the three domains most critical to catastrophic outcomes: heat, head, and heart. As one of the earliest EM-trained sports medicine specialists, she brings a unique lens to prevention, sideline readiness, and acute-care decision making, bridging high-performance athletics with evidence-based emergency care.

Her work in heat safety spans national readiness assessments, large-scale high school implementation studies, and education for athletic leaders on Wet Bulb Globe Temperature, emergency action planning, and heat illness prevention. She has helped institutions and governing bodies translate science into practical policies that protect athletes during extreme environmental stress.

In the domain of head injury, Dr. Raukar has led or contributed to multiple clinical investigations evaluating traumatic brain injury biomarkers, concussion protocols, and ED-based decision-making tools. She has worked for more than a decade on national policy aimed at improving identification and management of brain injury across youth, collegiate, and elite sport.

Dr. Raukar’s commitment to the athlete’s heart includes long-standing leadership in cardiac emergency preparedness, advocacy for universal access to AEDs, and research and policy work focused on early recognition, rapid response, and systems of survival for sudden cardiac arrest. As Founder of AEDs for Athletes, she has advanced community and school-based initiatives to ensure that every athlete trains and competes in a safer environment.

Across all levels of sport—from high schools to Olympic events—Dr. Raukar has been trusted for her ability to manage undifferentiated emergencies, build high-functioning medical teams, and create practical readiness frameworks. Her research and policy contributions reflect a consistent mission: to reduce preventable catastrophic injuries and ensure that every athlete benefits from a system designed to protect their heat, head, and heart.

Beyond her work in heat, head, and heart safety, Dr. Raukar is a national leader in faculty development, medical education innovation, and systems-level readiness across emergency medicine. She serves as Vice Chair for Faculty Development at Mayo Clinic, where she leads strategic initiatives to enhance procedural competence, clinical decision-making, and the integration of emerging technologies—most notably AI—into modern medical practice. Her scholarship spans adaptive learning, leadership development, and optimizing performance in high-stakes environments. She remains active internationally as a team physician for U.S. athletes and is widely recognized for translating frontline experiences into research, policy, and scalable educational models that strengthen both clinician performance and athlete safety.
Neha Raukar
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