Kunal Shah, MD

Link:

https://umg.rwjms.rutgers.edu/departments/medicine/divisions/gastroenterology-weight-management.php

Affiliations

• Member, Endo Society
• Member, AACE, Education and Training
• Temple University Hospital - Lewis Katz SOM, Endocrine Fellow 8/1/2019 - 6/30/2021
• Temple University Hospital - Lewis Katz SOM, Chief Endocrine Fellow 11/1/2020 - 3/1/2021
• Drexel University College of Medicine - Hahnemann University Hospital Endocrine Fellow 7/1/2019 - 7/30/2019  
• Drexel University College of Medicine – Hahnemann University Hospital Chief Internal Medicine Resident, 7/1/2018- 6/30/2019  
• Drexel University College of Medicine – Hahnemann University Hospital Internal Medicine Residency, 7/1/2015- 6/30/2018  
• Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences - New Jersey Medical School Doctor of Medicine, 7/1/2011 – 6/30/2015 M.D 

Honors and Awards

• Arnold P. Gold Humanism Society Award Winner/Honorary Inductee 2018

Biography

Dr. Kunal Shah is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Rutgers-RWJMS). He earned his medical degree from Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School before moving to Philadelphia where he completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at Drexel University - Hahnemann University Hospital and fellowship training at Lewis Katz School of Medicine - Temple University Hospital.

He was inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Humanism society during residency, where he also created a hospital protocol for diabetic ketoacidosis. During his fellowship, he worked on several ongoing projects including the effect of weight-negative diabetes medications on patients with bariatric surgery.

Research/Clinical Interests and Description

Dr. Shah has a major interest in obesity medicine and is one of the medical directors at the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Center for Metabolic Health and Weight Management. He also works as a general endocrinologist.

Active research and clinical projects

Dr. Shah is actively involved in upcoming research looking at options for treatment of hypothalamic obesity

Publications

• A Unique Presentation of a Paraganglioma and Its Consequences. Kunal Shah, MD, Remy Mimms, DO, Jonathan Robert Anolik, MD, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 5, Issue Supplement_1, April-May 2021, Pages A989–A990
• Occult Neuroendocrine Tumor Causing Severe Hyperparathyroidism. Upadhyaya, N., Shah, K., Rao, A., & Vaz, C. L. (2021). Endocrine Practice, 27(6), S90.
• An Intriguing Confluence of Unusual Disease Processes. Kunal Shah,  , Endocrine Practice, Volume 26, Supplement 2, 2020, Pages 52-53, ISSN 1530-891X

Biography Link:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=kunal+shah

Media:

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/professors-weigh-obesity-breakthrough-ozempic-and-similar-drugs