Shinil K. Shah, DO, EdD, FACS, FASGE

Biography

A graduate of the University of Houston Clear Lake, Dr. Shinil Shah earned his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Stratford, NJ). He completed a residency in general surgery (UTHealth Houston), a clinical fellowship in advanced gastrointestinal minimally invasive and robotic surgery (UTHealth Houston), a surgical research fellowship (UTHealth/Texas A&M University Michael E DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices), and most recently, a Doctor of Education degree in Professional Leadership (Health Science Education) (University of Houston College of Education).

Board-certified in general surgery and one of only a few surgeons who have undergone formal fellowship training in robotic gastrointestinal surgery, Dr. Shah’s primary clinical interests are benign and malignant conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. His areas of specialty care include surgery of the esophagus and stomach (including surgery for reflux/heartburn, weight loss, achalasia, Hiatal hernias, ulcer disease, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and gastric cancer), surgery of solid organs (spleen, adrenal glands, pancreas, and liver), surgery of the abdominal wall and hernia surgery, including complex abdominal wall reconstruction, colon surgery, and colon cancer, and minimally invasive emergency and acute care general surgery. Whenever possible, he uses advanced minimally invasive techniques, including robotic, laparoscopic and endoscopic (incision-less) approaches.

Dr. Shah is a Medical Director of Clinical Research and associate professor of surgery at UTHealth as well as on the faculty of the Michael E DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices at Texas A&M University. He is an author or co-author of over 125 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.