Nirav G. Shah, MD

1. Longtine M, McKenzie A, Demarini D, Shah NG, Wach A, Brachat A, Philippsen P, Pringle J. “Additional modules for versatile and economical PCR-based gene deletion and modification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” Yeast 1998; 14:953-61.     
2. Bahler J, Wu J, Longtine M, Shah NG, McKenzie A, Steever A, Philippsen P, Pringle J.  “Heterologous modules for efficient and versatile PCR-based gene targeting in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.” Yeast 1998; 14:943-51.
3. Nagarsekar A, Greenberg R, Shah NG, Singh I, Hasday JD. “Febrile-range hyperthermia accelerates caspase-dependent apoptosis in human neutrophils.”  Journal of Immunology 2008; 181:2636-2643.
4. Shah NG, Tularpurkar ME, Singh I, Shelhamer J, Cowan M, Hasday JD. “Prostaglandin E2 Potentiates Heat Shock-Induced Heat Shock Protein 72 Expression in A549 Cells.” Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators 2010; 93(1-2):1-7.
5. Choi A, Reynolds H et al.  “NHLBI Workshop:  Respiratory Medicine-Related Research Training for Adult and Pediatric Fellows.” Lung 2009; 187:347-366.
6. Hasday JD, Shah NG, Mackowiak P, Tulapurkar ME, Nagarsekar A, Singh I. “Fever, hyperthermia, and the lung: it’s all about context and timing.” Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc, 2010; 122:34-37.
7. Sareh H, Tulapurkar ME, Shah NG, Singh I, Hasday JD. “Response of Mice to Continuous 5-day Passive Hyperthermia Resembles Human Heat Acclimation.” Cell Stress and Chaperones, 2011; 16(3):297-307.
8. Maity T, Henry M, Tulapurkar ME, Shah NG, Hasday JD, Singh I.  “Distinct, gene-specific effect of heat shock and heat shock factor-1 recruitment and gene expression on CXC chemokine genes.” Cytokine 2011; 54:61-7.
9. Shah NG, Hasday JD. “Does temperature make a difference? It depends on how hot (or cold), for how long, and in what clinical context.” Crit Care Med 2012; 40:326-7.
10. Tulapurkar ME, Almutairy E, Shah NG, He J, Puche A, Shapiro P, Singh I, Hasday JD. “Febrile-range Hyperthermia Modifies Endothelial and Neutrophil Functions to Promote Extravasation.” Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2012; 46:807-14.
11. Nagarsekar A, Tulapurkar M, Singh I, Atamas S, Shah NG, Hasday JD. “Hyperthermia Promotes and Prevents Respiratory Epithelial Apoptosis through Distinct Mechanisms.” Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol; 2012; 47(6):824-33.
12. Bridges T, Tulapurkar M, Shah NG, Singh I, Hasday JD. “Tolerance for chronic heat exposure is greater in female than male mice.” Int J Hyperthermia 2012; 28(8):747-55.
13. Netzer G, Dowdy D, Harrington T, Chandolu S, Dinglas V, Shah NG, Colantuoni E, Mendez-Tellez P, Shanholtz C, Hasday JD, Needham D. “Fever is Associated with Delayed Ventilator Liberation in Acute Lung Injury.” Annals ATS 2013; 10(6):608-15.
14. Liu S, Staats P, Goicochea L, Alexiev B, Shah NG, Dixon R, Burke A. “Automated Quantification of Ki-67 Proliferative Index of Excised Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Lung.” Diagn Pathol 2014; 16(9):174.
15. Thomas G, Dixon R, Zimrin A, Papadimitriou J, Shah NG. “Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis with Systemic Features.” Am J Med 2015; 128(10):e7-9.
16. Holden V, Shah NG, Verceles A. “Implications of an Incidental Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation.” J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2016; 8;4(1).
17. McSparron JI, Hayes MM, Poston JT, Thomson CC, Fessler HE, Stapleton RD, Carlos WG, Hinkle L, Liu K, Shieh S, Ali A, Rogers A, Shah NG, Slack D, Patel B, Wolfe K, Schweickert WD, Bakhru RN, Shin S, Sell RE, Luks AM. “ATS Core Curriculum 2016: Part II. Adult Critical Care Medicine.” Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 May;13(5):731-40.
18. McSparron J, Hayes MM, Poston, J, Thomson CC, Fessler HE, Stapleton RD, Carlos WG, Hinkle L, Liu K, Shieh S, Ali A, Rogers A, Shah NG, Slack D, Patel B, Wolfe K, Schweickert WD, Bakhru R, Shin S, Sell RE, Luks A. “ATS/ABIM Maintenance of Certification Self-Assessment Module: ATS Core Curriculum 2016: Part II. Critical Care Medicine.” Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016

Dr. Shah's research interest started in the field of thermal molecular biology and acute lung injury. In particular, he studied  lung inflammation, injury, and repair and focused on the molecular mechanisms through which febrile-range hyperthermia and therapeutic hypothermia exert their immunomodulatory effects on human microvascular endothelial cells in the lung. Currently, Dr. Shah is focused on medical education at the GME and UME levels and his research is centered around curriculum development and educational innovations.

Dr. Shah's clinical and teaching interests have continued to focus on acute lung injury, ARDS, sepsis and critical illness as well as consultative pulmonary medicine including advanced fiberoptic bronchoscopy. He focuses on complex pulmonary issues in his outpatient clinic including interstitial lung disease, sarcoidosis, and restrictive lung diseases. Dr. Shah has been named a Top Doc in Baltimore Magazine for Pulmonary Diseases for many years.

Dr. Shah has a particular interest in medical education, curriculum development, and research in medical education and has been recognized for his teaching through teaching commendations as well as induction into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) by the Medical School Class of 2015.  He is the Assistant Dean for Medical Education and the Clinical Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. He has been recognized for his teaching of residents and fellows by being awarded multiple “Faculty Teacher of the Year Awards.”  Dr. Shah was the recipient of the Theodore E. Woodward Faculty Prize in Medicine in 2016 For Exemplary Teaching and Patient Care, awarded by the Department of Medicine. He embraces his role in the education and training of the next generation of physicians and values his relationships with his patients with lung diseases. 

2005                Saul Zukerman Humanitarianism in Medicine award

2010                Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Faculty of the Year award

2012                SCCM Presidential Citation for outstanding service

2014                Excellence in Cardiopulmonary Medicine – awarded by the Maryland/DC Society for Respiratory Care

2014                Innovations in Fellowship Education Award – awarded by the American Thoracic Society

2014                Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

2014                Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Faculty Teacher of the Year Award

2015                Election to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

2015                Attending of the Year, Awarded by the Nursing Staff of the Medical Intensive Care Unit

2016                Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors Research in Medical Education 2^nd Place Award

2016                Selected by Class of 2015 to be a Platform Party Marshall for Graduation

2016                Theodore E. Woodward Faculty Prize in Medicine For Exemplary Teaching and Patient Care, awarded by the Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

2016                Selected by the Gold Humanism Society and the Medical School to be the 2016 White Coat Ceremony Speaker

2018                 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award awarded by the Gold Humanism Honor Society

2018                 Selected by Class of 2018 to be a Platform Party Marshall and Hooder for UMSOM Graduation

2019                 Golden Apple Award for Best Pre-Clinical Faculty

2019                 Selected to be a 2019 Fellow of the Pass and Susel Academy of Educational Excellence

2019                 Selected by Class of 2019 to be the Commencement Faculty Speaker

2019                 Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Faculty Teacher of the Year Award

2019                 Baltimore Magazine “Top Doc” for Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine

2020                 Student Council Award for Best Pre-Clinical Faculty

2020                 Baltimore Magazine “Top Doc” for Critical Care Medicine

2020                 Nominated by UMSOM for UMB “Educator of the Year” Award

2021                 Student Council Award for Best Pre-Clinical Faculty

2021                 Teaching Commendation for Pathophysiology & Therapeutics 1

2022                 Student Council Award for Best Pre-Clinical Faculty

2022                 Selected by Class of 2022 to be a Hooder for UMSOM Graduation