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Manish N. Shah, MD, is a fellowship-trained pediatric neurosurgeon with special expertise in pediatric epilepsy, craniofacial, and craniocervical spine surgery. He is also an expert in the surgical management of spasticity and dystonia in children, and performs selective dorsal rhizotomies, baclofen pump placements, and advanced deep brain stimulation. Shah is committed to providing outstanding pediatric neurosurgical care, including:
He’s also a professor, the John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair, and the THINK Neurology Chair in Pediatric Tumor Research and Innovation at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
Shah earned his undergraduate degree in physics at Princeton University and his medical degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his residency in general surgery at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital and fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.
He received a clinical research award in 2009 and a medical student teaching award in 2010. At Washington University, Shah learned the surgical treatment of spastic diplegia with selective dorsal rhizotomies from one of the technique’s pioneers, Tae Sung Park, MD.
Shah is an author of research articles published in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,” the “Journal of Neurosurgery,” the “Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Focus,” and the “Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics,” as well as a book chapter titled “Congenital and Acquired Abnormalities of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine,” published in “Youmans: Neurological Surgery.”
He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ Joint Cerebrovascular Section and Joint Pediatrics Section.
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