Chirag Shah, MD
Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
July 2006- Present
Office Address:
One Robert Wood Johnson Place .
MEB Room 104
New Brunswick , NJ 08901
Tel: 732-235-8717
Undergraduate Education:
City University of New York- City College of New York
B.S. (Biology) Summa cum Laude
8/94 – 6/98
Graduate Education:
State University of New York- Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Doctor of Medicine
8/98 to 5/02
Post Graduate Education:
The Brooklyn Hospital Center ,
Emergency Medicine Residency/ Chief Resident
7/02 to 6/06
Hospital Appointment:
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Attending Physician
7/06- Present
Licensure:
State of New Jersey
Certification:
Board Certified Emergency Medicine
Professional Organizations:
- Member American College of Emergency Physicians
- Member Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association
Honors and Awards:
- Howard Hughes Research Grant
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Golden Key Honor Society
- Sigma Xi
Teaching Responsibilities:
- Medical Resident Education and Supervision UMDNJ-RWJMS
- Physician Assistant Student Clinical Education UMDNJ-RWJMS
- Medical Student Clinical Supervision UMDNJ-RWJMS
- Adult Cardiac Life Support Instructor
Clinical Responsibilities:
Emergency Department Attending Physician at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Publications:
- “Can Emergency Personnel Adequately Estimate Motorcycle Ejection Distances?” Shah C, Rathgeb S,
Merlin, MA. Oral Presentation, Mid-Atlantic SAEM Regional Meeting. Newark, DE. March 2009 - “ Knowledge of Invasive Procedures and Procedural Competency after Participation in Training Labs” The Brooklyn Hospital Center Weill-Cornell Medical Center . Poster presentation American College of Emergency Physicians (September 2005). Shah, C and Hsu, C. The Brooklyn Hospital Center , Brooklyn, NY
- “Telithromycin-Induced Cholinergic Crisis in Myasthenia Gravis” New York City Poison Center, NY 1
and Brooklyn Hospital Center, NY 2 . Halcomb SE, 1 Nelson LS, 1Shah C, 2 Chaudhry A, 2 Hoffman RS 1.
Poster Presentation March 2005 - “The Effect of Ethanol Intoxication on Acid-base Status after Trauma”. Shah, C and Lucchesi, M.
Kings County Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine. Poster Presentation at the American College of Emergency Physicians. Kings County Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
(2000)
Research Interests:
- Resident Education
- Ultrasound