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CURRENT POSITION

Aug 2003 – Nov 2008 University of Nevada School of Medicine
  Assistant professor of Surgery
  Assistant Program Director
  Division of Plastic Surgery
  Department of Surgery
  Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 2003 – Present VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System
  Chief of Plastic Surgery
  Department of Surgery
  Las Vegas, Nevada

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:

2002-2003 University of Nevada School of Medicine Hand/Microsurgery Fellowship
2001-2002 Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery Chief Resident
2000-2001 Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery Resident
1999-2000 State University of New York-Downstate Brooklyn, New York Chief Resident
1997-99 State University of New York-Downstate Brooklyn, New York Senior Resident
1995-97 State University of New York-Downstate Brooklyn, New York Research Fellow
1994-95 State University of New York-Downstate Brooklyn, New York Surgery Resident
1993-94 State University of New York-Downstate Brooklyn, New York Surgery Intern

EDUCATION:

1989-93 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School Newark, New Jersey M.D.
1985-89 Stevens Institute of Technology B.S. (Chemical Biology)

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:

2004 Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery
2005 Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
2007-2009 ACLS
2007-2009 BLS
1995- New York State Medical License Inactive
2000 Pennsylvania State Medical License Inactive
2002 Nevada Active

HONORS/AWARDS/MEMBERSHIP:

Active Member (08/2006): American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Active Member (06/2003): The Plastic Surgery Research Council
Fellow (10/2007): American College of Surgeons
2003 Baronio Scholar
Stevens Institute of Technology  
1985-1989 Full academic scholarship
1989 Humphreys, Ennis, Lesser Award for Engineering Economy
1988 National Chemistry Day Award
1987 W.A. Macy Award for Chemical Biology

PUBLICATIONS:

1. M Leyngold, I Leyngold, P Letourneau, W. Zamboni, H Shah: Case Report: Basal Cell Carcinoma and Rhinophyma. Annals of Plastic Surgery, in print
2. Shah, HR, Zamboni, WA, Khiabani, KT. Nocardial septic arthritis of the wrist diagnosed and treated by arthroscopy. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg and Hand Surg, 39:252-254, 2005.
3. Baynosa RC, Shah HR, Khiabani KT, Zamboni WA: Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuctionin the Treatment of Lipodystrophy Secondary to Cushingoid-Type Disease of Unknown Cause. Plast Reconstr Surg 114:474-477, 2004.
4. Joseph Disa, MD, FACS, Himansu R. Shah, MD, Gordon Kaplan, MD. Skin Surface Reconstruction Procedures. In: Souba VW, Fink MT, Jurkovich GJ, et al. eds. American College of Surgeons ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice 2004. New York: WebMD, 2004: 220-232.
5. Himansu R. Shah, MD, Jeffery Gibson, MD, Julie Spears, MD, Daniel Kelly, MD, Amit Mitra, MD, MS, FRCS (Ed), FACS Our Experience With Free Fibula Flap For Mandibular Reconstruction. Robert H. Ivy Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, June 2002, Pittsburgh, PA. Abstract
6. Operative decompression for peroneal nerve entrapment. Robert H. Ivy Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, March 24-25, 2001, Baltimore, Maryland, Abstract
7. SHAH HR, Vaynblat M, Salciccioli L, Impellizzeri P, Cunningham JN Jr., Chiavarelli M. Composite cardiac binding in experimental heart failure. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:429-34.
8. SHAH HR, Vaynblat M, Ramdev G, Cunningham JN, Jr., Chiavarelli M. Experimental cardiomyopathy as a model of chronic heart failure. J Invest Surg 1997;10:387-396.
9. SHAH HR, Vaynblat M, Bertuglia C, Chiavarelli M. Flow gradients of venous cannulae during extracorporeal circulation. Cardiovascular Engineering 1997;2(4):260-63.
10. Vaynblat M, Chiavarelli M, SHAH HR, Ramdev G, Aron M, Zisbrod Z, Cunningham JN, Jr. Cardiac binding in experimental heart failure. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:81-6.
11. Joshua H. Burack, Norman M. Rowe, Liba Serebransky, HIMANSU R. SHAH, Peter Homel, Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr.. Socioeconomic and cultural risk factors for coronary artery bypass surgery. Surgical Forum Vol. L, 1999 (American College of Surgeons).
12. SHAH HR, Vaynblat M, Salciccioli L, Cunningham JN Jr., Chiavarelli M. Composite cardiac binding. Circulation 1997;96(8)Suppl:I-602 Abstract
13. SHAH HR, Chiavarelli M, Rao SM, Nudel DB, Anderson JE. Repair of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery. Cardiology in the Young 1997. Abstract
14. Vaynblat M, Chiavarelli M, Ramdev G, Grijalva GA, SHAH HR, Zisbrod Z, Cunningham JN Jr. Enalapril prophylaxis of doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1996;28: A201. Abstract

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Applications of Hyperbaric Oxygen in Plastic Surgery. Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, San Antonio, TX May 2, 2006.
2. Office Wound Care. Nevada Osteopathic Medical Association: Henderson, NV May 2004.
3. Skin Cancer: Risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment. Sun City, November 2003, Las Vegas, NV
4. Our Experience with Free Fibula Flap For Mandibular Reconstruction. Robert H. Ivy Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, June 2002, Pittsburgh, PA. Poster
5. Operative decompression for peroneal nerve entrapment. Robert H. Ivy Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, March 24-25, 2001, Baltimore, Maryland
6. Socioeconomic and cultural risk factors for coronary artery bypass surgery. American College of Surgeons Surgical Forum November 1999.
7. Composite cardiac binding. American Heart Association 70th Scientific Sessions, November 9-12, 1997, Orlando, Florida. Moderated Poster.
8. Local recurrence following breast conservation in African-American breast cancer patients. American College of Surgeons. Oct 25-29 1998, Orlando, Florida Poster.



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Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Las Vegas
HIMANSU SHAH M.D., F. A. C. S. Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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