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Yash B. Shah, MD

Yash Shah
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Undergraduate: The Pennsylvania State University

About Dr. Shah

Yash Shah is a resident in the Department of Surgery, Division of Urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Yash earned his BS from The Pennsylvania State University and his MD from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Complimenting clinical care, Dr. Shah is passionate about health policy, population health, and science communication. He has published peer-reviewed research and contributed articles to Time Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Medscape. He holds positions with the Society of Academic Urologists’ Medical Student Interest and Resident Recruitment Committee, The Journal of Urology’s Urological Review Survey, and the American Urological Association’s Policy and Advocacy Recruitment Workgroup. He also works with the BackTable Urology and BackTable Tumor Board podcasts.

Education

2021 - 2025
MD - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

2018 - 2022
BS - The Pennsylvania State University - University Park

Societies

National:

  • The International Society for Quality in Health Care
  • International Society for Sexual Medicine
  • Sexual Medicine Society of North America
  • Indian American Urological Association
  • American Urological Association
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology

Local:

  • Pennsylvania Medical Society
  • Mid-Atlantic Section of the AUA

Awards

2025
Summa Cum Laude, Sidney Kimmel Medical College

2025
The Dolores Shupp Byrne, PhD, Senior Urology Prize

2024
Alpha Omega Alpha – Junior Year Inductee

2024
American Urological Association (AUA) Top 20 Who to Follow List

2024
Scholarly Inquiry with Distinction Award, Health Policy and Systems Track

2024
George McClellan Surgical Honor Society

2023
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Dean’s Student Leadership Forum

2023
Hobart Amory Hare Honor Society

2023
Sidney Kimmel Medical College Dean’s Research Award

2022
AUA Herbert Brendler, MD Medical Student Fellowship

2022
Helen and Gabriel Lavine Award for Outstanding Summer Research

Research

Yash has published peer-reviewed research across urologic subspecialties, with a focus on urologic oncology and robotic surgery. His experience spans translational, clinical, and health services research. He focuses on health policy and economics, quality improvement, care delivery, and artificial intelligence. Yash is especially interested in the development of science communication and public health processes to improve outcomes for urology patients.

Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1RMXzOwRWE7knr/bibliography/public/

Original papers:

  1. Thompson RAM, Shah YB, Aguirre F, Stewart C, Lallas CD, Shah MS. Artificial Intelligence Use in Medical Education: Best Practices and Future Directions. Current Urology Reports. 2025;26(1):45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-025-01277-1.
  2. Shah YB. Education and Simulation in Urology. The Journal of Urology. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000004594.
  3. D’Amico M, Simhal RK, Bernardo R, Wang KR, Capella CE, Shah YB, Leong JY, Shenot P, Smith W, Murphy A. A Comparison of Preoperative Frailty Indices Correlation with Perioperative Risk for Patients Undergoing Sacrocolpopexy. Urology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2025.05.013.
  4. Shah YB. Education and Simulation in Urology. The Journal of Urology. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000004585.
  5. Shah YB, Krishnan AS, Goldberg ZN, Jayanti V, Harness ED, Nash DB. Transforming Surgery with Artificial Intelligence: An Early Analysis of Private Industry Trends. Cureus. 17(4):e82328. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.82328.
  6. Shah YB, Golla V, Nielsen ME, Talwar R. Payment Bundles for Prostatectomy: A New Way to Improve Value for Prostate Cancer Care. Urology. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2025.03.033.
  7. Shah YB. Editorial Comment. Urology Practice. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1097/upj.0000000000000762.
  8. Simhal RK, McPartland C, Wang K, Buck M, Shah YB, Poluch M, Hochberg A, Im B, Chandrasekar T, Shah MS, Lallas CD. Bowel Regimens before Radical Cystectomy: An Analysis of a Modern Cohort. International Journal of Urology. 2025;32(4):402-408. https://doi.org/10.1111/iju.15668.
  9. Shah YB, Im BH, Hochberg AR, Freudenburg EP, Jiang J, Gao BM, Das AK. The new gold standard for surgical management of BPH: an institutional experience with 1000 HoLEPs. Canadian Journal of Urology. 2025;32(1):15-19. https://doi.org/10.32604/cju.2025.064708.
  10. Shah YB, Capella CE, Simhal RK, D’Amico MJ, Smith W, Murphy AM. Sacrocolpopexy in Urology versus Gynecology: A Contemporary Analysis of Outcomes and Patient Profiles. Canadian Journal of Urology. 2025;32(1):63-70. https://doi.org/10.32604/cju.2025.064711.
  11. Shah YB. Education and Simulation in Urology. The Journal of Urology. 2025; 213(1):126-127. https://doi.org/10.1097/ju.0000000000004230.
  12. Shah YB, Lokeshwar SD, Brutus N, Sterling J. Rectourethral fistula after perirectal spacer placement requiring pelvic exenteration. BMJ Case Reports. 2024;17(12): e263333. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-263333.
  13. Shah YB. Education and Simulation in Urology. The Journal of Urology. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1097/ju.0000000000004344.
  14. Shah YB, Ghosh A, Hochberg AR, Mark JR, Lallas CD, Shah MS. Artificial Intelligence Improves Urologic Oncology Patient Education and Counseling. Canadian Journal of Urology. 2024;31(5):12013-12018.
  15. Riveros C, Ranganathan S, Shah YB, Huang E, Xu J, Hsu E, Geng M, Hu S, Melchiode Z, Miles BJ, Esnaola N, Klaasen Z, Jerath A, Wallis CJD, Satkunasivam R. Association of chronic kidney disease with postoperative outcomes: a national surgical quality improvement program (NSQIP) multi-specialty surgical cohort analysis. BMC Nephrology. 2024;25(1):305. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-024-03753-1.
  16. Shah YB, Krishnan AS, Kumar PJ, Jayanti V, Goldberg ZN, Hinchcliff R, Nash DB. The Future of Global Graduate Training in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzae094.
  17. Kolanukuduru K, Mandel A, Simhal R, Sholklapper T, Sun K, Poluch M, Wang K, Shah YB, Chung PH. The Impact of Marfan Syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome on the Risk of Penile Fracture in Patients between 18-45 years. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdae126.
  18. Shah MS, Hochberg AR, Prebay ZJ, Shah YB, Im BH, Simhal RK, Givner D, Wang KR, Simon DP, Mark JR, Metwalli AR, Lallas CD. Stent vs Stent-Less Ileal Conduits After Radical Cystectomy: Is There a Difference in Early Postoperative Outcomes? Urology Practice. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1097/upj.0000000000000702.
  19. Shah YB. Education and Simulation in Urology. The Journal of Urology. 2024; 212(5):768-769. https://doi.org/10.1097/ju.0000000000004167.
  20. Shah YB, Goldberg ZN, Harness ED, Nash DB. Charting a Path to the Quintuple Aim: Harnessing AI to Address Social Determinants of Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024;21(6):718. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060718.
  21. Kolanukuduru K, Mandel A, Simhal R, Sholklapper T, Sun K, Poluch M, Wang K, Shah YB, Chung PH. Marfan’s syndrome is associated with a greater risk of Peyronie's disease: A case-control study of the TriNetX database. International Journal of Impotence Research. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00923-5.
  22. Simhal RK, Wang KR, Purcell C, Shah YB, Chung PH. Perioperative risk predictors for gender affirming surgery in the NSQIP database. Canadian Journal of Urology. 2024;31(2):11826-11833.
  23. Simhal RK, Wang KR, Shah YB, Lallas CD, Shah MS, Chandrasekar T. Perioperative Outcomes Following Radical Prostatectomy in the Setting of Advanced Prostate Cancer. BJU International. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.16370.
  24. Nelson NG, Burke SE, Cappelli L, Matlack LE, Smith AP, Francois N, Lombardo JF, Shah YB, Wen K, Shafi AA, Simone NL. Temporal Considerations in Brain Metastases Radiation Therapy: The Intersection of Chronobiology and Patient Profiles. Clocks & Sleep. 2024;6(1):200-210. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep6010014.
  25. Goldberg Z, Shah YB, Harness E, Nash DB. The SDOH Industry: Two Years On. The International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services. 2024; 28:27551938241257041. https://doi.org/10.1177/27551938241257041.
  26. Shah MS, Wang KR, Shah YB, Ragam R, Simhal RK, Ghodoussipour S, Djaladat H, Chandrasekar T. A Narrative Review on Robotic Surgery as Treatment for Renal Cell Carcinoma with Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024;13(5):1308. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13051308.
  27. Harness E, Goldberg Z, Shah YB, Krishnan A, Jayanti V, Nash DB. The Academic Payvider Model: Care and Coverage. Population Health Management. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2023.0300.
  28. Simhal RK, Mandel AL, Wang KR, Shah YB, Shah MS. Racial Disparities in the Treatment of Depression in Patients with Prostate Cancer on Androgen Deprivation Therapy. Urology. 2024;186:75-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2024.01.021.
  29. Simhal R, Simon DP, Wang KR, Shah YB, Mark JR, Shah MS, Chandrasekar T, Lallas CD. Perioperative and Complication-Related Outcomes for Robotic-Assisted versus Open Radical Cystectomy: A Comparative NSQIP Analysis. Journal of Endourology. 2024;38(4):331-339. https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2023.0279.
  30. Shah YB, Liu J, Machado P, Denisenko A, Wessner CE, Wang KR, Simhal RK, Isguven S, Delaney LJ, Hickok NJ, Forsberg F, Chung PH. Addressing the Need for Preclinical Study of Penile Prosthesis Infection: A New Animal Model and Narrative Review. Translational Andrology and Urology. 2024;13(2):342-352. https://doi.org/10.21037/tau-23-353.
  31. Shah YB, Ghosh A, Hochberg AR, Rapoport E, Lallas CD, Shah MS, Cohen SD. Comparison of ChatGPT and Traditional Patient Education Materials for Men’s Health. Urology Practice. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1097/upj.0000000000000490.
  32. Riveros C, Ranganathan S, Shah YB, Huang E, Xu J, Geng M, Melchiode Z, Hu S, Miles BJ, Esnaola N, Kaushik D, Jerath A, Wallis CJD, Satkunasivam R. Postoperative Discharge Destination Impacts 30-Day Outcomes: A NSQIP Multi-Specialty Surgical Cohort Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(21):6784. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12216784.
  33. Nicaise EH, Schmeusser BN, Shah YB, Bilen MA, Ogan K, Master VA. Influence of Body Composition on Renal Cell Carcinoma Perioperative and Survival Outcomes. Journal of Urologic Oncology. 2023;21(3):183-199. https://doi.org/10.22465/juo.234600500025.
  34. Shah YB, Goldberg H, Hu B, Daneshmand S, Chandrasekar T. Metastatic Testicular Cancer Patterns and Predictors: A Contemporary Population-Based Analysis. Urology. 2023;180:182-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2023.07.007.
  35. Shah YB, Beiriger J, Mehta S, Cohen SD. Analysis of Patient Education Materials on TikTok for Erectile Dysfunction Treatment. International Journal of Impotence Research. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-023-00726-0.
  36. Chandrasekar T, Denisenko A, Mico V, McPartland C, Shah YB, Mark JR, Lallas CD, Fonshell C, Danella J, Jacobs B, Lanchoney T, Raman JD, Tomaszewski J, Reese A, Singer EA, Ginzburg S, Smaldone M, Uzzo R, Guzzo TJ, Trabulsi EJ. Multiparametric MRI is not Sufficient for Prostate Cancer Staging: A Single Institutional Experience Validated by a Multi-Institutional Regional Collaborative. Urologic Oncology. 2023;41(8):355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2023.05.004
  37. Li CJ, Shah YB, Harness ED, Goldberg ZN, Nash DB. Physician Burnout and Medical Errors: Exploring the Relationship, Cost, and Solutions. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2023; 38(4):196-202. https://doi.org/10.1097/jmq.0000000000000131.
  38. Wang KR, Simhal RK, Shah YB, Lallas CD. Author Reply. Urology. 2023;176:26-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2023.01.054.
  39. Shah YB, Kieran N, Klasko S. Empathy in the Age of Science Disinformation: Implications for Healthcare Quality. BMJ Leader. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/leader-2022-000716.
  40. Simhal RK, Shah YB, Wang KR, Martin J, Shah S, Wright A, D’Amico M, Leong JY, Lallas CD, Shenot PJ, Shah MS, Murphy AM. Gender Diversity in Urology Residency Program Leadership Is Associated with Gender Diversity in Residency Cohort. Urology. 2023;177:222-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2023.04.002.
  41. Shah YB, Drobner J, Antony MB, Regala J. Improving Medical Student Engagement in Urology: The AUANews Medical Student Column. The Journal of Urology. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1097/ju.0000000000003446.
  42. Schmeusser B, Manalo T, Liu Y, Shah YB, Armas-phan M, Patil D, Nabavizadeh R, Ogan K, Master V. Mayo Adhesive Probability Score Does Not Have Prognostic Ability in Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL. 2023;10(1):19-25. https://doi.org/10.15586/jkcvhl.v10i1.269.
  43. Goldberg ZN, Harness ED, Shah YB, Li CJ, Nash DB. Incorporating Social Determinants of Health: Progress Towards VBC 2.0. Population Health Management. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2023.0009.
  44. Wang KR, Shah YB, Simhal RK, Quinn A, Mann E, Clark J, Raikin J, Lallas CD. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Urology Residency Match and Geographic Proximity of Applicants. Urology. 2023;176:21-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2023.01.050.
  45. Mittal S, Eftekharzadeh S, Weinstein C, Fombona A, Hyacinthe N, Shah YB, Weiss DA, Kolon TF, Shukla AR, Canning DA, Srinivasan AK, Zaontz MR, Long CJ. Does ketorolac administration at the time of hypospadias surgery increase unplanned encounters in the immediate postoperative period? Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2023;S1477-5131(23)00023-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.01.014.
  46. Shah YB, Simhal RK, Wang KR, Goldberg H, Lallas CD, Chandrasekar T. Patient Factors Impacting Perioperative Outcomes for T1b-T2 Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma May Guide Decision for Partial versus Radical Nephrectomy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023;12(1):175. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010175.
  47. Shah YB, McPartland C, Wang KR, Simhal RK, Murphy A, Shenot P, Gomella L, Lallas CD. Early Urology Exposure Increases Success in the Residency Match: An Institutional Experience. Urology. 2022;173:230-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2022.11.041.
  48. Shah YB, Clark C, Shumaker A, Denisenko A, Alfonsi S, Prebay Z, Schultz J, Mico V, Swaminathan V, Wang R, Mark JR, Trabulsi EJ, Lallas CD, Mann MJ, Goldberg H, Chandrasekar T. Does Antithrombotic Use Enable Earlier Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer? A Brief Institutional Assessment. Canadian Journal of Urology. 2022;29(6):11391-11393.
  49. Josloff K, Beiriger J, Khan A, Gawel RJ, Kirby RS, Kendrick AD, Rao AK, Wang RX, Schafer MM, Pearce ME, Chauhan K, Shah YB, Marhefka GD, Halugoua-DeMarzio D. Comprehensive Review of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2022;9(12):419. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9120419.
  50. Olson TS, Frost BF, Duke JL, Dribus M, Xie HM, Prudowsky ZD, Furutani E, Gudera J, Shah YB, Ferriola D, Xu E, He M, Zheng S, Nijim S, Lin P, Xu C, Nakano T, Oved JH, Carreno BM, Lee SJ, Monos DS, Shimamura A, Bertuch AA, Gragert L, Spellman SR, Babushok DV. Pathogenicity and Impact of HLA Class I Alleles in Aplastic Anemia Patients of Different Ethnicities. JCI Insight. 2022;7(22):e163040. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.163040.
  51. Khan A, Ross H, Parra NS, Chauhan K, Chen S, Yan B, Magagna J, Beiriger J, Shah YB, Shahzad T, Halegoua-DeMarzio D. Risk Prevention and Health Promotion for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases (NAFLD). Livers. 2022;2(4):264-282. https://doi.org/10.3390/livers2040022.
  52. Shah YB, Lin P, Chen S, Zheng A, Alcaraz W, Towne MC, Gabriel C, Bhoj EJ, Lambert MP, Olson TS, Frank DM, Ellis CA, Babushok DV. Inherited bone marrow failure with macrothrombocytopenia due to germline tubulin beta class I (TUBB) mutation. British Journal of Haematology. 2022;00:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.18491.
  53. Irabor OC, Nelson N, Shah YB, Niazi MK, Poiset S, Storozynsky E, Singla DK, Hooper DC, Lu B. Overcoming the Cardiac Toxicities of Cancer Therapy Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022;12:940127. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.940127.
  54. Shah YB, Kjelstrom S, Martinez D, Leitenberger A, Manasseh DM, Bollman-Jenkins M, Partridge A, Kaklamani V, Chlebowski R, Larson S, Weiss M. Risk Factors for Heightened COVID-Related Anxiety Among Breast Cancer Patients. Cancer Medicine. 2022:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5184.
  55. Gan Z*, Shah YB*, Plachter N, Weiss DA, Van Batavia J, Zderic SA, Shukla A, Srinivasan AK, Kolon TF, Zaontz MR, Canning DA, Long CJ. Evolution of telemedicine utilization for pediatric urology during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A single center experience. Frontiers in Urology. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fruro.2022.950425.
  56. Shah YB, Shaver AL, Kelly WK, Lu-Yao G. A scoping review protocol to elucidate outcomes following abiraterone versus enzalutamide for prostate cancer. PLoS ONE. 2022;17(8):e0273826. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273826.
  57. Shah YB, Shaver AL, Beiriger J, Mehta S, Nikita N, Kelly WK, Freedland SJ, Lu-Yao G. Outcomes Following Abiraterone versus Enzalutamide for Prostate Cancer: A Scoping Review. Cancers. 2022;14(15):3773. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153773.
  58. Oved JH, Shah YB, Venella K, Paessler ME, Olson TS. Non-Myeloablative Conditioning Is Sufficient to Achieve Complete Donor Myeloid Chimerism Following Matched Sibling Donor Bone Marrow Transplant for MPL Mutation-Driven Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2022;10:903872. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.903872.
  59. Shah YB, Glatter R, Madad S. In Layman’s Terms: The Power, and Problem, of Science Communication. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2022;1-3. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.131.
  60. Kim K, Shah YB, Croy C, Lustig R, LaRiviere M, Kotch C. Life-threatening Altered Mental Status Secondary to Memantine in an Adolescent Undergoing Cranial Radiotherapy for Medulloblastoma. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2022;10781552221102883. https://doi.org/10.1177/10781552221102883.
  61. Malcolm TR, Shah YB. Woman with pruritic rash and dermatographism. JACEP Open. 2022;3:e12709. https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12709.
  62. LaRiviere MJ, Shah YB, Cummings ER, Clegg K, Doucette A, Struyk B, Lustig R, Kurtz G, Hill-Kayser CE. General Anesthesia for Pediatric Radiotherapy in the Era of COVID-19. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2022;7(4):100929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2022.100929.
  63. Zha J, Kunselman L, Xie HM, Ennis B, Shah YB, Qin X, Fan J, Kurre P, Babushok D, Olson TS. Inducible Sbds Deletion Impairs Bone Marrow Niche Capacity to Engraft Donor Bone Marrow After Transplantation. Blood Advances. 2022;6(1):108-120. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004640.
  64. Shah YB, Lee D, Khaddash TS. Endovascular approach in the management of idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the inferior mesenteric vein. CVIR Endovascular. 2021;4(1):88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42155-021-00272-0.
  65. Shah YB, Priore SF, Li Y. Tang CN, Nicholas P, Kurre P, Olson TS, Babushok D. The predictive value of PNH clones, 6p CN-LOH, and clonal TCR gene rearrangement for aplastic anemia diagnosis. Blood Advances. 2021;5(16):3216–3226. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004201.
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