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Robert W. Shafer
Professor (Research) of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and, by courtesy, of Pathology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy group’s research is on the mechanisms and consequences of virus evolution with a focus on HIV therapy and drug resistance. We maintain a public HIV drug resistance database (http://hivdb.stanford.edu) as a resource for HIV drug resistance surveillance, interpreting HIV drug resistance tests, and HIV drug development. Our paramount goal is to inform HIV treatment and prevention policies by identifying the main factors responsible for the emergence and spread of drug resistance.
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Mamta Madhav Shah, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Nephrology
BioDr. Shah is a board-certified, fellowship-trained nephrologist and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
She completed her residency and fellowship training in Connecticut and was faculty at the University of Connecticut Health Center before moving to the Bay Area and Stanford. She provides care for patients with a variety of kidney-related conditions, with a special interest and clinical focus in metabolic evaluation and prevention of kidney stones. Her goal is to collaborate with each patient to develop a personalized and comprehensive care plan. She has given many talks on management of kidney stones to peers and trainees. She also has an interest in inpatient nephrology. Dr. Shah previously served as medical director of a University of Connecticut Health Center affiliated dialysis clinic during her time there, and helped run the plasmapheresis treatments. She continues to care for chronic hemodialysis patients since moving to Stanford.
Dr. Shah is a member and fellow of the American Society of Nephrology. She is closely involved in the education of trainees including medical students, residents and fellows. She served as core faculty of the Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Connecticut Health Center and continues to be involved in the fellowship training at Stanford as site director for the Nephrology Fellowship.
Dr. Shah’s work has been published in the Journal of Onco-Nephrology, Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, and Connecticut Medicine. She has presented to her peers at national and regional meetings of the American Society of Nephrology, the National Kidney Foundation, and the American College of Physicians, Connecticut Chapter.
She is fluent in Hindi and Gujarati. Outside of work she enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband and children. -
Neha Shah
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
BioDr Shah's clinical and research interests lie in Integrative Rheumatology, healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole patient, including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and patient, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapies, including those outside the realm of allopathic medicine. Specifically, she is interested in exploring the impact of diet/nutrition/botanicals on inflammation as it pertains to rheumatic diseases such as gout, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriatic arthritis and other autoimmune conditions, as well as studying the impact of other lifestyle approaches such as mindful meditation, sleep, yoga, stress reduction, etc. on disease burden and quality of life of patients with rheumatic diseases. She boarded in Lifestyle Medicine and has advanced training in Functional Medicine. Dr Shah is currently pursuing additional training in Ayurvedic Medicine.
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Nigam H. Shah, MBBS, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Computational Medicine), of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Computer Science
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe answer clinical questions using aggregate patient data at the bedside. The Informatics Consult Service (https://greenbutton.stanford.edu/) put this idea in action and led to the creation of Atropos Health. We build predictive models that allow taking mitigating actions, keeping the human in the loop.
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Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioNirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, is Senior Scholar at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. He is a distinguished healthcare leader with experience as an operator, scientist, innovator, and regulator. His expertise spans public health, digital health and generative AI, public and private health insurance, and clinical operations across the continuum of care. At Stanford, Dr. Shah conducts research on improving healthcare quality and safety while lowering cost, driving adoption of digital technologies, and quantitatively evaluating the resulting value for US and international health care systems. Dr. Shah is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale School of Medicine. He is an Advisor to the CDC Director, Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), independent director of STERIS plc [NYSE:STE], and trustee of the John A. Hartford Foundation. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health.
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Sumit Shah
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Oncology
Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), UrologyBioDr. Sumit Shah is a medical oncologist specializing in the management of advanced urologic malignancies, including prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancers. He is actively involved in clinical trials, with a particular focus on novel immunotherapy agents and biomarkers to select patients most likely to benefit from therapy. His academic interests also encompass digital health technologies and innovative healthcare delivery models. He has lectured internationally on the management of urologic cancers and currently serves on the National Cancer Center Network (NCCN) Panel for testicular cancer.
Dr. Shah graduated with distinction in biomedical engineering from Duke University, earned his MD from Stanford University, and completed a Master of Public Health at Harvard University. He trained in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he remained on faculty for one year before returning to Stanford for his fellowship in medical oncology. He now holds a faculty position in the Department of Medicine (Oncology) at Stanford.
In addition to his clinical and research roles, Dr. Shah serves as Medical Director of Digital Healthcare Integration and Director of Infusion Services at Stanford Hospital. He is also Assistant Dean of Academic Advising in the Stanford School of Medicine. -
Shagufta Shaheen
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Oncology
BioDr. Shaheen specializes in the gastrointestinal malignancies and she has expertise in treating neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Following her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology, Dr Shaheen completed an advanced fellowship in Neuroendocrine tumors from Stanford University. The NET advanced fellowship is first of its kind in United State started under the leadership of Dr Pamela Kunz who is the founding Director of the Stanford Neuroendocrine Tumor Program established in 2015. After completing her advanced fellowship, Dr Shaheen joined Stanford Oncology division as Clinical Assistant Professor. Dr Shaheen is involved in further developing the neuroendocrine oncology program at Stanford which serves as a centre of excellence in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors. Dr Shaheen is actively involved in clinical research and clinical trials. Dr Shaheen is also involved in taking care of patients admitted to the oncology service as well as resident and fellow teaching.
