Board Certification

General Surgery Board Certified
May 2001

Books Published

Shah, D. and Alan Lefor, Leonard G. Gomella. Surgery On Call- 3rd Edition. New York, NY; McGraw Hill & Co.1999.

Research

Published & Publication Pending

• Shah, Johnson, Bishop "The Use of the VAC on Pig Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flaps"
• Shah, Lettieri "Patterns of Facial Dog Bite Injuries- An Aesthetic Unit Model"
• Shah, Lettieri "Epidemiology of Jaw Fractures"
• Shah, Bite, Clay, Lettieri, Sabeeh "The use of the VAC device over Split Thickness Skin Grafts"
• Shah, Lettieri "CT Scan Dosages for 3D Reconstruction of the Maxillofacial Skeleton" .
• Shah, Clay, Bite 'The use of Norien for Pediatric Cranioplsty- Is Resorptiona Problem?" Publication Pending.
• Shah, Bite, Clay, Lettieri "The use of the VAC over Skin Grafts" Publication Pending.
• Shah, Friedland "Tiseel Fibrin Glue for Facelifts - A Prospective, Randomized, Blinded Trial" Publication Pending.
• Shah, Friedland "Women's Attitudes Toward The Reintroduction of Silicone into Clinical Practice" Publication Pending.
• Shah, Sabeeh "Pulomonay Blastomycosis" Publication Pending.
• Shah, Sabeeh "Sternal Osteomyelitis due to A Central Venous Catheter" Publication Pending
• Shah, Chung "Quantification of Fluid needed for diagnosis of Free Fluid in Trauma" First Place Poster at KMC/UCSD Research Days, Bakersfield, CA. June 2000.
• Shah, Miro "The Utility of EEG during Carotid Endarterectomy" Poster presentation at the SC Vascular Society Meeting, Orange County, CA. October 2000.
• Shah, Brown "A Neural Network Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis" published in MD Computing March/April 1999 Vol. 16 No 2. Poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons Southern California Meeting, Dana Point, CA, 1/17/97.
• Shah, Busch "The Use Of Steroids in Ludwig's Angina." Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery 1998.
• Shah, Brown "Case Report -Amyand's Hernia" Publication Pending.
• Shah, Nystrom "Pseudoarthrosis of the Clavicle" Publication Pending.
• Shah, Gaw, Lefor "Post Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Biloma Case Report and Review of the Literature." Journal of the American Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (1998) Vol. 2
  and presented at the Seventh International Meeting of The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, San Diego, California 12/9/98-12/12/98).
• Shah, Gaw "Giant Cell Tumor-Case Report and Review of the Literature" accepted for publication by Hospital Physician.
• Shah, Lefor "Computers in Surgical Research" accepted for publication in International Surgery
• Shah, Taylor, Abraham "Acute Intermittent Porphyria" Submitted for publication to Hospital and Staff Physician.
• Shah, Festekjian, Taylor "Efficacy of Postoperative Antibiotics in Perforated Appendicitis" accepted for presentation at the Southern California American College of Surgeons meeting 1/2000. Published in American Surgeon.

Grants

• Shah, Johnson, Bishop "The Use of the VAC on Pig Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flaps" $30,000 grant from Ka Corporation.
• Shah, Petty "Physicians' Attitudes Toward The Reintroduction of Silicone into Clinical Practice"
• Shah, Friedland "Woman's Attitudes Toward The Reintroduction of Silicone into Clinical Practice" $2000 grant from Mentor Corporation.
• Shah, Festekjian, Taylor "Efficacy of Postoperative Antibiotics in Perforated Appendicitis" accepted for presentation at the Southern California American College of Surgeons meeting 1/2000. Funded research study $30,000 grant. Published in American Surgeon.
• Shah "Serum Lysozyme Levels for the Detection of Intraabdominal Abscess" in progress. Funded research study $10,000 grant.

Presentations

• Shah, Bite "Palm Pilot Case Logs-A More Intuitive Approach' ASPS Meeting, San Antonio, TX. November 2002
• Shah, Bite "Palm Pilot Case Logging" Program Directors in Plastic Surgery Meeting, April 2002
• Shah, Bite, Clay "The use of the VAC over Split Thickness Skin Grafts" Senior Residents Meeting, March 2002, Seattle, Washington
• Shah, Johnson, Bishop "The Use of the VAC on Pig Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flaps" Poster Presentation, American Society of Microsurgery, Cancun, Mexico. January 2002.
• Shah, Chung "Quantification of Fluid needed for diagnosis of Free Fluid in Trauma" First Place Poster at KMC/UCSD Research Days. June 2000.
• Shah, Miro "The Utility of EEG during Carotid Endarterectomy" poster presentation at the SC Vascular Society Meeting.
• Shah, Gaw, Lefor "Post Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Biloma Case Report and Review of the Literature" presented at the Seventh International Meeting of The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, San Diego, California 12/9/98-12/12/98).
• Shah, Brown "A Neural Network Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis" Poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons Southern California Meeting, Dana Point, CA, 1/17/97.

Patents Pending

• Right Lower Quadrant Insufflator (United States Patent and Trademark Office): Shah, D.