Amit Shah, MD

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

amit.shah@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipThe Johns Hopkins Hospital, Geriatric Medicine (2007)
Internship/ResidencyUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Internal Medicine (2005)
Medical SchoolBaylor College of Medicine (2002)

Research Interests

Education of medical students, interns and residents in geriatric medicine

Publications

Proposal for a required advanced clerkship in chronic disease and disability for medical students

Mayer RS, Shah A, DeLateur BJ, Durso SC , Am J Phys Med Rehabil , 2007; (86:12)

Is the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on prescribing, research and publication in the field of psychogeriatrics excessive? Yes, industry influence is excessive

Shah AA, Finucane TE , Int Psychogeriatr , 2007; (12 (6)):1004-10

Commercial Influence on Psychiatric Drug Studies and Prescribing Practices

Shah AA, Finucane TE , Psychiatric Times , 2006; (13(6)):71-73

Spiritual and Religious Coping in Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Shah AA, Snow AL, and Kunik ME , Clinical Gerontologist , 2001; (24):127-136

Honors/Awards

Excellence in Education Teaching Award

For teaching in the UTSW MS4 Subinternship (2009)

Resident of the Year

University of Illinois-Chicago 3rd year award (2005)

Resident of the Year

University of Illinois-Chicago 2nd year award (2004)

American Geriatrics Society: Edward Henderson Student of the Year Award

Award to the student who has done the most nationally to advance the cause of geriatrics (2000)

Valedictorian, Washington Univ. School of Engineering

(1997)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Home Care Physicians

American College of Physicians, Fellow (FACP)

American Geriatrics Society