Dr. Tushar Shah
Practice
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Education
Medical School: Mumbai University
Residency: Case Western Reserve University
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Bio
Dr. Shah is a physician-scientist with a passion for evidence-based
medicine, hypothesis-driven research, and teaching.
He holds faculty
appointments in the divisions of pediatrics, microbiology and molecular cell
biology and is an adjunct faculty member in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate
Program at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
As an independent investigator, Dr.
Shah’s lab specializes in complement biology, and has been funded by the NIH,
Virginia Catalyst and Commonwealth Health Research Board. His lab focuses on
understanding the role of inflammation in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic
encephalopathy (HIE), with the goal of developing new therapeutic strategies.
In addition to his clinical and research endeavors, Dr. Shah also runs a
pathophysiology interest group with pediatric house-staff, leading in-depth
discussions about mechanisms of neonatal diseases.
Dr. Shah completed his fellowship in neonatology at
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and holds a masters degree in public health in epidemiology from Emory University in Atlanta.
Clinical Interests
- Non-Invasive
Ventilation
-
Neonatal Brain Injury
-
Point-of-care Ultrasound
Research Areas
- Neonatal
Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Honors & Awards
- Faculty award for
excellence in research, CHKD, 2018
-
Professional Enrichment and Growth Award, EVMS, 2017
-
Arlean and Len Fries Award from the Irish American Pediatric Society, 2010
-
Top 5 posters award, American College of Chest Physicians, 2009
Memberships
- Society for Pediatric
Research
-
American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow, Member Sections of Neonatal Perinatal
Medicine, Bioethics)
A Note From Dr. Shah
"The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at CHKD enables us to provide the best care to the sickest newborns in the Hampton Roads area. The Division of Neonatology and the Department of Pediatrics at CHKD has provided mentorship and incredible support to enable me to pursue my research and teaching interests."
Publications
Dr. Shah's published research can be viewed at
PubMed.
