With more than 2,000 clinicians certified in more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties, UT Physicians provides multispecialty care for the entire family.
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Shinil K. Shah, DO, FACS, is a board-certified surgeon and one of the few who have undergone additional fellowship training in minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery. This foundation allows him to provide more treatment options to patients seeking gastrointestinal care. Whenever possible, Shah uses minimally invasive techniques such as robotic, laparoscopic, and endoscopic approaches.
He sees patients for a variety of digestive diseases such as reflux/heartburn, weight loss, achalasia, hernias, ulcers, gastrointestinal tumors, and gastric cancer. He also performs solid organ surgery (pancreas, spleen, and adrenal glands), complex abdominal wall reconstruction, and colon surgery. Whenever possible, he uses minimally invasive techniques for the care of the entire spectrum of acute abdominal surgical issues, including disorders of the gallbladder and appendix, small and large bowel obstruction, perforated ulcers, diverticulitis, and perforated/obstructed/bleeding gastrointestinal tumors.
Shah holds many academic positions. He is a medical director of clinical research and professor of surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, and a faculty member with the Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices at Texas A&M University. He has authored/coauthored over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.
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