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