Nirav Shah, MD

  • Associate Professor of Medicine
Academic Interests

Dr. Shah is collaborating on several topics in clinical transplantation dealing with immunosuppression, immune monitoring, and the management of medical complications of kidney transplantation. He is a co-investigator of an NIH study examining the effects of drug metabolism in CKD patients based on Vitamin D levels.

Dr. Shah's clinical interests are in the medical management of Kidney Transplantation and Chronic Kidney Disease. He is the Co-Medical Director of outpatient dialysis unit.
 

    Education & Training

  • BS, with Distinction in Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
  • MD, State University of New York at Brooklyn, 1998
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2001
  • Fellowship, Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2004
Recent Publications

Shah N, Bernardini J, Piraino B. Prevalence and correction of 25(OH) vitamin D deficiency in peritoneal dialysis patients. Perit Dial Int. 2005; 25(4): 343-7.