Vishal M. Shah, MD

Biography

Dr. Vishal Shah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Dr. Shah specializes in Sports Medicine with an emphasis in minimally invasive treatment of sports injuries and complex injuries of the shoulder and knee. Using advanced techniques perfected in the sports medicine arena, Dr. Shah is accustomed to treating fractures, arthritic conditions, and common musculoskeletal conditions and injuries that afflict individuals of all ages and in all walks of life. Understanding that many such conditions can be treated with non-operative means involving physical therapy, bracing, medications, or activity modification, Dr. Shah can guide patients through non-operative and operative solutions and offer surgical treatment when appropriate. Dr. Shah is the Head Orthopedic Surgeon for the Sugar Land Skeeters and Team Physician for Houston Baptist University.

Dr. Shah received his undergraduate degree from The  University of Texas at Austin. He attended medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas. Following a residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dr. Shah completed a fellowship in Orthopedic Sports Medicine at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dr. Shah is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and Arthroscopy Association of North America.