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Dr. Shah's Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
3/09-present Colon and
Rectal Care- Indianapolis, IN
Associate in colon and rectal surgery practice
9/07-2/09 NE
Indiana Colon & Rectal Surgeons—Ft Wayne, IN
Associate in colon and rectal surgery practice
EDUCATION & TRAINING
7/06-6/08
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago/Cook County
Hospital—Chicago, IL
Colon and rectal surgery residency
Board Certified in Colon and Rectal Surgery
Instructor for international laparoscopic colon surgery course
7/01-6/06 Mount
Sinai Hospital—New York, NY
General surgery internship and residency
Board-certified in General Surgery
9/97-6/01
Northwestern University Medical School—Chicago, IL
Doctor of Medicine
AWA—Medical
Honor Society
USMLE Step I-265 (99th Percentile); USMLE Step II—260 (98th
Percentile)
9/94-6/97
Northwestern University—Evanston, IL
B.S. Biomedical Engineering; Magna Cum Laude; GPA 3.88/4.0
RESEARCH
6/97-11/98 Northwestern
University Medical School—Chicago, IL
Jonathan Fryer, M.D. Department of Transplant Surgery. Received AWA
and Linde Fellowships to perform research on the development of methods to
modulate the rejection of porcine organs by the human immune system
1/97-4/97 Northwestern
University—Evanston, IL
Thomas K Goldstick, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering. Designed and
built a model of a prosthesis to help protect the palate of intubated neonates
PUBLICATIONS
Marecik SJ, Pearl R, Shah A, Khan K, Evenhouse RJ, Park JJ, Abcarian H, Prasad LM. A Lifelike Patient Simulator for Teaching Robotic Colorectal Surgery: How to Acquire Skills for Robotic Rectal Dissection. Submitted to Surgical Endoscopy April, 2007
Conrad J, Shah A, Schluender S, Divino C, Gurland B, Shlasko E, Szold A. The role of mental rotation and memory scanning on the performance of laparoscopic skills: A study on the effect of camera rotation angle. Surgical Endoscopy 2006; 20:504-10
Fryer JP, Firca J, Levanthal JR, Blondin B, Malcolm A, Ivancic D, Gandhi R, Shah A, Pao W, Abecassis M, Kaufman DB, Stuart F, Anderson B. IgY antiporcine endothelial cell antibodies effectively block human antiporcine xenoantibody binding. Xenotransplantation 1999; 56:98-109
ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS
Shah AH, Edlund JW. Screening for colon neoplasms. PBS Healthline, April, 2008
Shah AH, Edlund JW. Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. PBS Healthline, January, 2008
Shah AH, Chaudhry V, Bastawrous A, Cintron JR, Marecik S, Park JJ, Singer M, Prasad LM, Abcarian H. Current experience with the management of rectal foreign bodies. Chicago Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 2007
Bastawrous A, Shah A, Cintron J. House advancement flap anoplasty for treatment of a mucosal ectropion. Video presentation, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 2007 Annual Meeting
Shah A. Case of Crohn’s rectovesicular fistula and perineal disease. Chicago Society of Colorectal Surgeons, 2006
Shah A, Anderson BA, Leventhal JR, Pao W, Zhang Z, Kaufmann DB, Abecassis M, Stuart F, Fryer JP. Induction of in vitro accommodation of porcine endothelial cells by human anti-agal xenoantibodies. The 5th International Congress for Xenotransplantation, Nagoya, Japan 1999
Fryer JP, Blondin B, Firca J, Levanthal JR, Zhang Z, Shah A, Pao W, Kaufman DB, Abecassis M, Stuart F, Anderson B. IgY anti-agal antibodies inhibit ADCC of porcine aortic endothelial cells (PAECs). The 5th International Congress for Xenotransplantation, Nagoya, Japan, 1999
Fryer JP, Blondin B, Levental JR, Shah A, Pao W, Kaufman DB, Abecassis M, Stuart FP, Anderson B. Inhibition of antibody-dependent cell-mediated lysis of porcine aortic endothelial cells (PAECs) by preventing FC-FcR binding. American Society of Transplant Physicians, 18th Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1999
Fryer JP, Firca J, Shah A, Pao W, Gandhi R, Hong A, Blondin B, Leventhal J, Kaufman D, Abecassis M, Stuart F, Anderson B. Chicken antibodies for the soul—potential blocking antibodies for xenograft rejection? 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Chicago, IL 1998
Fryer JP, Firca J, Doering S, Stadler K, Roh J, Hong A, Shah A, Blondin B, Leventhal JR, Kaufman DB, Abecassis M, Stuart F, Anderson B. Avian (IgY) antibodies: reactivity to agal epitopes and blocking of human anti-agal antibodies. The 4th International Congress for Xenotransplantation, Nantes, France, 1997
Shah A, Gandhi RH, Anderson B, Fryer JP. The potential use of avian antibodies (IgY) to block the human immunological rejection of transplanted porcine organs. Northwestern University Medical School Student Research Poster Session, 1998
Shah A, Gandhi RH, Anderson B, Fryer JP. The potential use of avian antibodies (IgY) to block the human immunological rejection of transplanted porcine organs. Indian Medical Association Academic Forum, 1997
AWARDS
2000 AWA—Medical
Honor Society
1998 AWA
Research Fellowship
1998 Northwestern Medical Student Research Grant
1997 Indian Medical Association Poster Presentation – 1st
Prize
1997 Linde Research Fellowship
1994-2001 Honors
Program in Medical Education
1996 Tau Beta Pi Initiate—Engineering Honor Society
1994-1996 Molex, Inc Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2007 Indiana
State Medical Association
2007 Fort Wayne Medical Society
2006 American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
2005 American College of Surgeons
