Amith Shetty is an Emergency physician, Clinical Director in the System Sustainability and Performance division at NSW Ministry of Health. He has held several senior clinical leadership roles across NSW health in Emergency departments, hospital in the home, eHealth and other organisations. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Digital health at University of Sydney, Adjunct fellow at Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University, and honorary research fellow at the Westmead Institute for Medical research. ​

Dr Shetty was instrumental in the development and delivery of a live COVID-19 patient tracking and risk stratification platform for care of patients across NSW, including a risk score allowing for improved resource allocation of patients across care models. He is currently working closely with the Commonwealth, Primary Health networks, General practitioners, and GP-representative organisations to design the future of care in the community and leading the NSW Community Single Front Door program. Shetty’s doctoral studies on screening for sepsis in ED led to the characterization, development, and piloting of digital EMR screening tool which after validation is now being in use in Western Sydney for last three years. He has further collaborated with interstate and national bodies sharing the Sepsis algorithm work leading to development of Artificial intelligence-based sepsis screening tools in NSW and similar implementations in Queensland.​

He continues to keep engaged in clinical activities through stints at rural Australian EDs and international charity missions.​