Ankit Shah, MD

Affiliations & Leadership

• Core Faculty Member, RWJMS Endocrinology Fellowship, 2018 - present

Education and Training  

• Undergraduate: Rutgers University, 2008
• Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2012
• Internal Medicine Residency: Columbia University Medical Center, 2015
• Endocrinology Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center, 2018

Honors and Awards 

• RWJMS Endocrine Research Mentor of the Year, 2023
• New Jersey Monthly Magazine, Top Doctors Endocrinology, 2019
• KL2 Career Development Award, NJ Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science, 2019
• Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award, 2017
• RWJMS Class of 2012 Academic Achievement Award
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 2011                         

Biography

Dr. Ankit Shah earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Rutgers University. After completing internal medicine and endocrinology training at Columbia University, he returned to Rutgers as a faculty member. Dr. Shah maintains a general endocrine practice at RWJMS, serving a wide variety of patients. He also plays an active role in the clinical and research training of endocrinology fellows, internal medicine residents, medical students, and undergraduates.

Clinical Interests and Description

In the clinic, Dr. Shah enjoys treating patients with a variety of endocrine and hormonal disorders related to diabetes mellitus, thyroid hormone levels, adrenal disorders, calcium disturbances, and pituitary abnormalities.

Research Interests and Description

Dr. Shah’s research centers around metabolic disorders, including diabetes mellitus, obesity, and fatty liver disease. He leads or collaborates on a wide variety of patient-oriented translational studies aimed at understanding the pathogenesis of these diseases and identifying novel treatment strategies.

Active research projects

• Gluconeogenesis substrate utilization in humans
• Role of kisspeptin in metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease (collaboration with Bhattacharya lab)
• Impact of exercise on vascular and metabolic function (collaboration with Malin lab)

Publications

• In Vivo Glycerol Metabolism in Patients with Glycerol Kinase Deficiency. Shah A, Xu H, Kwon HJ, Wondisford FE; Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases Reports; 2024; 65:392-400.
• Gluconeogenesis Flux in Metabolic Disease. Shah A, Wondisford FE; Annual Reviews Nutrition; 2023(43): 153-177.
• Glycerol’s Contribution to Glucose Outside of a Glucose Intermediate in Humans. Shah A, Wang Y, Su X, Wondisford FE; Metabolism; 2022; 132:155214.

Bibliography

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/ankit.shah.2/bibliography/public/