2024 Dance With Your Heart Celebrity
Dr. Sanjay Shewakramani
Medical Director & Physician, University of Cincinnati West Chester Emergency Department and CEO Revive Strength & Wellness
Charity: Cystinosis Research Cntr.
Pro Partner: Desiree' Mainous
Dr. Sanjay Shewakranani is an emergency physician with the University of Cincinnati, and is the medical director of the UC West Chester Emergency Department. He is also the president and CEO of Revive Strength & Wellness, a fitness center in Oakley that provides individualized fitness training and health guidance to people of any age and experience.
Through continuously learning about people and systems, Sanjay has dedicated himself to creating environments and conversations that allow caregivers to thrive. Leading at UC and Revive has shown him that by positively impacting a few, we can impact many more, and he makes it his mission to "Help the people that help the people." In fact, he brings the same mission to his Advisory Board Member positions with the Make a Wish Foundation and the UC Osher for Integrative Health.
Every year, Sanjay takes on a different learning challenge, with improv theater, electronic music creation, creative writing, speaking Spanish, and now dance being some examples. In 2020, he aimed to become a better public speaker, and through that experience, gave a colorfully named Ted talk called "Who was the asshole in the ER?"
Passionate about traveling and nature, Sanjay's goal is to eventually visit all 63 US National Parks, with Glacier and Olympic being next on his list. His favorite travels have taken him to Jordan and Iceland, though his dream is to visit Hobbiton in New Zealand some day.
When not at the gym or at work, you can probably find him wandering a trail at a park in Cincinnati, or reading at home with his cat Argo planted firmly on his lap.