There will be a doctor in the house when the 2025 fall graduates from the Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) cross the stage to receive their diplomas.
Dr. Deep J. Shah, MD, MSc, vice chair-elect of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, has been named the keynote speaker for both of Georgia Gwinnett College’s fall ceremonies, which are being held in GGC’s Convocation Center at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, December 12.
“It is truly an honor to be invited to address the Class of 2025, and a monumental occasion I am looking forward to.” said Dr. Shah. “Commencement marks a powerful moment of possibility, and I am excited to celebrate this milestone with the graduates and their families.”
Dr. Shah is an active member of the northeast Atlanta community, a practicing primary care physician and an owner/operator of Gwinnett Clinic, an independent medical practice based in Lawrenceville. An authority on health care delivery and health finance, Dr. Shah has published perspectives in The New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has been named a Top Doctor by both Georgia Trend and Castle Connolly for each of the last several years.
In addition to his work at Gwinnett Clinic, he advocates for patients and physicians at the state and federal levels. In 2021, Governor Brian P. Kemp appointed him to serve on the board of Augusta University Health System (now Wellstar MCG Health). In 2022, Dr. Shah was named a Director of Touchmark National Bank, an FDIC-insured Minority Deposit Institution in Alpharetta that focuses on locally owned small businesses. He was appointed to the Board of Regents in 2024.
A native Georgian, Dr. Shah graduated with highest honors from the University of Georgia as a Foundation Fellow. He won Truman and Rhodes scholarships to study at Oxford University, where he earned a master’s degree in social policy. Dr. Shah earned his medical degree from Harvard University and trained in internal medicine at Emory University.