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Haresh Shah

Obayashi Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus

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- (650) 723-4125 (office)
hshah@stanford.edu

Ishita Shah

Change Management Specialist, Business Strategy and Services

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- 505 BROADWAY
- REDWOOD CITY, California 94063
Mail Code: 8440
- (650) 736-2782 (office)
ishah@stanford.edu

Jagruti Shah

Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology - Rad/Nuclear Medicine

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Mail Code: 5281
shahj@stanford.edu

Jasmina Shah

HRSC Customer Service Associate - Onboarding, HR Transactions

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Mail Code: 4646
jasminas@stanford.edu

BioDr. Jay Shah, MD currently serves as Immediate Past Chief of the Medical Staff for Stanford Health Care. He is a cancer surgeon and associate professor of Urology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His clinical focus is on bladder cancer, and he is well known for his expertise in robotic surgery. Since his arrival to Stanford, he has started the Urology Department Quality Program, the Urologic Oncology Fellowship, the Urology Resident Coaching Program, and the Inpatient Urology Hospitalist Program. His academic interests center on optimizing outcomes after bladder cancer treatment. He is very active in leadership development, team building, and quality improvement work and he lectures nationally and internationally on these topics. He is certified by the International Coaching Federation as an executive coach. He also serves as a Training Group facilitator for the highly popular course, Interpersonal Dynamics, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Shah graduated from Harvard College, and he completed medical school and urology residency training at Columbia University. During his time at Columbia, Dr. Shah was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society; he was named Physician of the Year by the nursing staff; and he was recognized by the medical students with the Gold Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award. After residency, he completed a three-year fellowship in Urologic Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center and then joined the faculty there. During his time at MD Anderson, Dr. Shah launched the bladder cancer robotics program, developed an enhanced recovery program for patients undergoing bladder removal surgery, became double board-certified in Urology and Medical Quality, and was chosen to lead the MDACC Genitourinary Center as Center Medical Director.

In his free time, Dr. Shah enjoys reading, cooking, growing his own food, surfing, and exploring the beaches of Northern California with his three dogs.