 Vice President of Women's Health Services,
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Dr. Shah is in charge of the coordination and expansion of women’s health services, working closely with the clinical chairs and hospital administrators to ensure that the health system offers a range of clinical programs to meet women’s healthcare needs across their life span. She is a board-certified internist who is a member and leader of numerous professional and peer affiliations (statewide and nationally) that provide her with a platform to effect change and develop policies that directly benefit the communities and healthcare consumers of Long Island and the New York metropolitan area.
Dr. Shah is adjunct clinical associate professor of medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and was clinical instructor in medicine, Cornell University Medical College.
Dr. Shah is a fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and a member of the American Medical Association and Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM). She is past president, New York State Program Directors in Internal Medicine, a member of the Health and Public Policy Committee (NY State Chapter of ACP), and a member of the Health Research Science Board, New York State Department of Health. At North Shore-LIJ, Dr. Shah currently chairs the Clinical Advisory Committee for Women’s Health Initiatives and serves on several other committees.
Dr. Shah has received many honors, awards and citations including the 2008 Top Women in Queens Business Award, the Physician Mentor Recognition Award from the American Medical Association Women’s Physician Congress, the Physician Healthcare Hero Award from Long Island Business News and the Community Leader Award from the Long Island Women’s Agenda. In addition she was an honoree for Go Red for Women-Queens, and recently honored as one of the Top 50 Most
Influential Women of Long Island from Long Island Business News.
Dr. Shah was instrumental in having Bill # 295-2009 signed into law which supports an annual Women’s Health Week and Women’s Checkup Day for Suffolk County. She has created and hosts a series of video episodes of “What Women Want and Need to Know.”
Dr. Shah received her medical education at J. N. Medical College, Belgaum, India, and completed her residency at Flushing Hospital Medical Center.
"Women's health issues start from the day we are born until the day we are destined to move beyond. Our goal is to provide caring, comfort and elegance that will give birth to a healed woman who is in complete control of her and her family's health."
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