Vice President of Women’s Health Services
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine

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. She is past (and the first female) president of New York State Program
Directors in Internal Medicine; a member of the Health and Public Policy Committee (New
York State Chapter of ACP); a member of the Health Research Science Board, New York State
Department of Health; and a member of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA).

Dr. Shah has received many honors including the Top 50 Most Influential Women of Long
Island Award from Long Island Business News, the 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. She was an honoree
for Go Red for Women-Queens and received the Making A Difference For Women Award from
Soroptomist International of Nassau County.

Dr. Shah has created and hosts a series of video episodes of “What Women Want and Need
to Know” and contributes health articles to local media. She 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.

Dr. Shah received her medical education at J. N. Medical College, Belgaum, India, and
completed her residency at Flushing Hospital Medical Center.