Dr. Nishant R. Shah is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Brown University Alpert Medical School and an Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Shah's research focuses on improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of cardiac testing for patients with known or suspected heart disease.
| Shah NR, Weir-McCall JR. "Big MAC, Hold the Valve." JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2020. |
| Mahtta D, Ahmed ST, Shah NR, Ramsey DJ, Akeroyd JM, Nasir K, Hamzeh IR, Elgendy IY, Waldo SW, Al-Mallah MH, Jneid H, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. "Facility-Level Variation in Cardiac Stress Test Use Among Patients With Diabetes: Findings From the Veterans Affairs National Database." Diabetes Care, vol. 43, no. 5, 2020, pp. e58-e60. |
| Winchester DE, Merritt J, Waheed N, Norton H, Manja V, Shah NR, Helfrich CD. "Implementation of Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiology Tests and Procedures: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis." European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes, 2020. |
| Shah NR, Bittencourt MS, Winchester DE. "All Together Now: Synthesizing Evidence-Based Protocols to Simplify and Expedite Emergency Department Evaluation of Low-Risk Patients." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2019. |
| Zullo AR, Mogul A, Corsi K, Shah NR, Lee SJ, Rudolph JL, Wu WC, Dapaah-Afriyie R, Berard-Collins C, Steinman MA. "Association Between Secondary Prevention Medication Use and Outcomes in Frail Older Adults After Acute Myocardial Infarction." Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, vol. 12, no. 4, 2019, pp. e004942. |
| Shah NR, Ahmed ST, Winchester DE, Ramsey DJ, Akeroyd JM, Wu WC, Waldo SW, Schofield RS, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. "Facility-Level Variation in Stress Test Utilization in Veterans With Ischemic Heart Disease." JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 12, no. 7 Pt 1, 2019, pp. 1292-1293. |
| Imran HM, Baig M, Erqou S, Taveira TH, Shah NR, Morrison A, Choudhary G, Wu WC. "Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Alone and Hybrid With Center-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation in Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 8, no. 16, 2019, pp. e012779. |
| Kim SC, Shah NR, Rogers JR, Bibbo CF, Di Carli MF, Solomon DH. "Assessment of coronary vascular function with cardiac PET in relation to serum uric acid." PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 2, 2018, pp. e0192788. |
| Imran HM, Baig M, Mujib M, Beale C, Gaw A, Stabile L, Shah NR, Gordon PC, Wu WC. "Comparison of phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation outcomes between patients after transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement." European journal of preventive cardiology, vol. 25, no. 15, 2018, pp. 1577-1584. |
| Shah, Nishant R., Blankstein, Ron, Villines, Todd, Imran, Hafiz, Morrison, Alan R., Cheezum, Michael K. "Coronary CTA for Surveillance of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy." Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports, vol. 11, no. 11, 2018, pp. 26. |
| Levy AE, Shah NR, Matheny ME, Reeves RM, Gobbel GT, Bradley SM. "Determining post-test risk in a national sample of stress nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging reports: Implications for natural language processing tools." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2018. |
| Bravo PE, Bergmark BA, Vita T, Taqueti VR, Gupta A, Seidelmann S, Christensen TE, Osborne MT, Shah NR, Ghosh N, Hainer J, Bibbo CF, Harrington M, Costantino F, Mehra MR, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Desai A, Stevenson L, Givertz MM, Di Carli MF. "Diagnostic and prognostic value of myocardial blood flow quantification as non-invasive indicator of cardiac allograft vasculopathy." European heart journal, vol. 39, no. 4, 2018, pp. 316-323. |
| Stocco FG, Evaristo E, Shah NR, Cheezum MK, Hainer J, Foster C, Nearing BD, Gervino E, Verrier RL. "Marked exercise-induced T-wave heterogeneity in symptomatic diabetic patients with nonflow-limiting coronary artery stenosis." Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc, vol. 23, no. 2, 2018, pp. e12503. |
| Zullo, Andrew R., Hersey, Michelle, Lee, Yoojin, Sharmin, Sadia, Bosco, Elliott, Daiello, Lori A., Shah, Nishant R., Mor, Vincent, Boscardin, W. John, Berard-Collins, Christine M., Dore, David D., Steinman, Michael A. "Outcomes of “Diabetes-Friendly” versus “Diabetes-Unfriendly” Beta-blockers in Older Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes after Acute Myocardial Infarction." Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, vol. 20, no. 12, 2018, pp. 2724-2732. |
| Cheezum MK, Liberthson RR, Shah NR, Villines TC, O'Gara PT, Landzberg MJ, Blankstein R. "Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery From the Inappropriate Sinus of Valsalva." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 69, no. 12, 2017, pp. 1592-1608. |
| Cheezum, Michael K., Kim, Alexander, Bittencourt, Marcio S., Kassop, David, Nissen, Alexander, Thomas, Dustin M., Nguyen, Binh, Glynn, Robert J., Shah, Nishant R., Villines, Todd C. "Association of tobacco use and cessation with coronary atherosclerosis." Atherosclerosis, vol. 257, 2017, pp. 201-207. |
| Charytan DM, Skali H, Shah NR, Veeranna V, Cheezum MK, Taqueti VR, Kato T, Bibbo CR, Hainer J, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Di Carli MF. "Coronary flow reserve is predictive of the risk of cardiovascular death regardless of chronic kidney disease stage." Kidney International, 2017. |
| Shah NR, Cheezum MK, Motoyama S, Chatzizisis YS. "Do we really need another individual coronary plaque characterization measurement?." Atherosclerosis, vol. 261, 2017, pp. 160-162. |
| Rasla S, Parikh P, Hoffmeister P, St Amand A, Garas MK, El Meligy A, Minami T, Shah NR. "ERRATUM: Unexpected Serious Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Setting of Loperamide Abuse." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 100, no. 8, 2017, pp. 8. |
| Taqueti VR, Shaw LJ, Cook NR, Murthy VL, Shah NR, Foster CR, Hainer J, Blankstein R, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF. "Excess Cardiovascular Risk in Women Relative to Men Referred for Coronary Angiography Is Associated With Severely Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve, Not Obstructive Disease." Circulation, vol. 135, no. 6, 2017, pp. 566-577. |
| Shah, Nishant R., Cheezum, Michael K., Veeranna, Vikas, Horgan, Stephen J., Taqueti, Viviany R., Murthy, Venkatesh L., Foster, Courtney, Hainer, Jon, Daniels, Karla M., Rivero, Jose, Shah, Amil M., Stone, Peter H., Morrow, David A., Steigner, Michael L., Dorbala, Sharmila, Blankstein, Ron, Di Carli, Marcelo F. "Ranolazine in Symptomatic Diabetic Patients Without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Impact on Microvascular and Diastolic Function." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 6, no. 5, 2017, pp. e005027. |
| Evaristo, Ederson, Stocco, Fernando G., Shah, Nishant R., Cheezum, Michael K., Hainer, Jon, Foster, Courtney, Nearing, Bruce D., Di Carli, Marcelo, Verrier, Richard L. "Ranolazine reduces repolarization heterogeneity in symptomatic patients with diabetes and non-flow-limiting coronary artery stenosis." Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, vol. 23, no. 1, 2017, pp. e12480. |
| Zullo AR, Sharmin S, Lee Y, Daiello LA, Shah NR, John Boscardin W, Dore DD, Lee SJ, Steinman MA. "Secondary Prevention Medication Use After Myocardial Infarction in U.S. Nursing Home Residents." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 65, no. 11, 2017, pp. 2397-2404. |
| Cheezum, Michael K., Ghoshhajra, Brian, Bittencourt, Marcio S., Hulten, Edward A., Bhatt, Ami, Mousavi, Negareh, Shah, Nishant R., Valente, Anne Marie, Rybicki, Frank J., Steigner, Michael, Hainer, Jon, MacGillivray, Thomas, Hoffmann, Udo, Abbara, Suhny, Di Carli, Marcelo F., DeFaria Yeh, Doreen, Landzberg, Michael, Liberthson, Richard, Blankstein, Ron. "Anomalous origin of the coronary artery arising from the opposite sinus: prevalence and outcomes in patients undergoing coronary CTA." European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 18, no. 2, 2016, pp. 224-235. |
| Shah, Nishant R., Cullen, Michael W., Cheezum, Michael K., Julien, Howard, Sivaram, Chittur A., Soman, Prem. "Current State of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Training in the United States." JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 9, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1120-1121. |
| Stainback RF, Estep JD, Agler DA, Birks EJ, Bremer M, Hung J, Kirkpatrick JN, Rogers JG, Shah NR. "Echocardiography in the Management of Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography." Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, vol. 28, no. 8, 2015, pp. 853-909. |
| Thomas DM, Divakaran S, Villines TC, Nasir K, Shah NR, Slim AM, Blankstein R, Cheezum MK. "Management of Coronary Artery Calcium and Coronary CTA Findings." Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports, vol. 8, no. 6, 2015, pp. 18. |
| Cheezum MK, Subramaniyam PS, Bittencourt MS, Hulten EA, Ghoshhajra BB, Shah NR, Forman DE, Hainer J, Leavitt M, Padmanabhan R, Skali H, Dorbala S, Hoffmann U, Abbara S, Di Carli MF, Gewirtz H, Blankstein R. "Prognostic value of coronary CTA vs. exercise treadmill testing: results from the Partners registry." European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 16, no. 12, 2015, pp. 1338-46. |
| Shah NR, Charytan DM, Murthy VL, Skali Lami H, Veeranna V, Cheezum MK, Taqueti VR, Kato T, Foster CR, Hainer J, Gaber M, Klein J, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Di Carli MF. "Prognostic Value of Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Dialysis-Dependent ESRD." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2015. |
| Shah NR, Lam WW, Rodriguez FH 3rd, Ermis PR, Simpson L, Frazier OH, Franklin WJ, Parekh DR. "Clinical outcomes after ventricular assist device implantation in adults with complex congenital heart disease." The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, vol. 32, no. 6, 2013, pp. 615-20. |
| Shah NR, Bieniarz MC, Basra SS, Paisley RD, Loyalka P, Gregoric ID, Mann DL, Kar B. "Serum biomarkers in severe refractory cardiogenic shock." JACC. Heart failure, vol. 1, no. 3, 2013, pp. 200-6. |
| Shah NR, Coulter SA. "An evidence-based guide for coronary calcium scoring in asymptomatic patients without coronary heart disease." Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, vol. 39, no. 2, 2012, pp. 240-2. |
| Cevik C, Shah N, Wilson JM, Stainback RF. "Multiple left ventricular thrombi in a patient with left ventricular noncompaction." Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, vol. 39, no. 4, 2012, pp. 550-3. |
| Kar B, Basra SS, Shah NR, Loyalka P. "Percutaneous circulatory support in cardiogenic shock: interventional bridge to recovery." Circulation, vol. 125, no. 14, 2012, pp. 1809-17. |
| Shah NR, Cevik C, Hernandez A, Gregoric ID, Frazier OH, Stainback RF. "Transthoracic echocardiography of the HeartWare left ventricular assist device." Journal of cardiac failure, vol. 18, no. 9, 2012, pp. 745-8. |
2018-2019, Pilot Projects Program Grant, Brown University Advance-CTR
2016-2018, Clinical Scientist Institutional Career Development Award, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
2015-2016, Presidential Career Development Award, American College of Cardiology
Al-Mallah M, Malhotra S, Shah NR, Poornima I, Hage F, Singh V. ‘Nuclear Cardiology Tests and Procedures/Protocols.’ 2017 Nuclear Cardiology Knowledge Self-Assessment Product. https://asnc.community360.net/default.aspx Originally published online 12.1.2017.
Shah NR. Cardiovascular Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disorders and the Vasculitides. In: Levine GN, editor. Cardiology Secrets, Third Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2009. p. 433-437.
Shah NR, Hernandez EA, Lopez JA, Moore WH. Myocardial Radionuclide Imaging. In: Fioranelli M, Frajese G, editors. Sports Cardiology: From Diagnosis to Clinical Management. Milan: Springer-Verlag Italia; 2012. p. 101-108.
Shah NR. Cardiovascular Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disorders and the Vasculitides. In: Levine GN, editor. Cardiology Secrets, Fourth Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2013. p. 342-46.
Gannon S, Shah NR. Cardiovascular Complications of Rheumatic Diseases. In: Levine GN, editor. Cardiology Secrets, Fifth Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2017. p. 413-418.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | MPH | Harvard University |
| 2014 | MSc | Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2006 | MD | Northwestern University |
| 2003 | BA | Northwestern University |
| Clinical & Research Fellow | Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cardiovascular Imaging | 2013-2015 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Clinical Fellow | Baylor College of Medicine, texas heart institute, Cardiology | 2010-2013 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Resident & Chief Resident | Baylor College of Medicine, internal medicine | 2006-2010 | Houston, Texas, USA |
2015 Presidential Career Development Award, American College of Cardiology
2014 Cardiovascular Young Investigator Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
2009 Branislav Radovancevic Memorial Best Paper Award, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sarkar, Neil | Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Wu, Wen-Chih | Professor of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology |
| Zullo, Andrew | Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
American College of Cardiology
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
| Staff Cardiologist. The Miriam Hospital, 2015-2021 |
| Director of Cardiovascular Imaging & Staff Cardiologist. Providence VA Medical Center, 2015-2021 |
