Silvi Shah , MD,MS,FASN,FACP

 
Silvi Shah, MD, is an associate professor in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. After completing her residency in Internal Medicine at the University at Buffalo, she completed her general nephrology fellowship from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio followed by a transplant nephrology fellowship at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Shah completed her master's in clinical and translational research at the University of Cincinnati. She is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
 
Dr. Shah is a physician-scientist, and her research focuses on women’s health in kidney disease including pregnancy, sex disparities in kidney disease, cardiovascular health, and kidney disease. She is currently supported by the K23 career development award from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Shah has authored several peer-reviewed manuscripts and has presented at various premier international and national meetings.  She is an associate editor for Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease journal and serves on the editorial board of Kidney360 and Kidney Medicine journals.
 
Dr. Shah leads the American Society of Nephrology’s “Women’s Health and Research in Nephrology” community and is an executive member of the American Society of Transplantation’s “Women’s Health Community of Practice”.  She is a member of the American Heart Association’s Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease committee and the American Society of Nephrology’s In-Training Examination Test Material Development Committee.  She has served as a councilor in Women in Nephrology. She is a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Transplantation, the National Kidney Foundation, and the American College of Physicians.
 
Dr. Shah has a keen interest in medical education and has authored questions for the American Society of Nephrology’s Kidney Self-Assessment Program. She enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows. 
 
Please contact Dr. Shah at shah2sv@ucmail.uc.edu.
 
Follow her on twitter @silvishah

Medical Degree: Maulana Azad Medical College New Delhi, India, 2008

Residency: University at Buffalo (SUNY) 2013 (Internal Medicine )

Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation OH, 2015 (Nephrology)

Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham AL, 2016 (Transplant Nephrology )

Master's Degree: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, 2018 (Clinical and Translational Research )

American Board of Internal Medicine (Nephrology) (Certification Date: 11-12-2015 )

American Board of Internal Medicine (Certification Date: 08-19-2013 ) - (Recertification Date: to 06-02-2015 )

Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine

Nephrology

Dr. Shah is a physician-scientist, and her research focuses on women’s health in kidney disease including pregnancy, sex disparities in kidney disease, kidney in cardiovascular disease. She is currently supported by the K23 career development award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Shah has authored several peer-reviewed manuscripts and has presented at various premier international and national meetings.  She is an associate editor for Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease journal and serves on the editorial board of Kidney360 and Kidney Medicine journals.
 
 
Dr. Shah leads the American Society of Nephrology’s “Women’s Health and Research in Nephrology” community and is an executive member of the American Society of Transplantation’s “Women’s Health Community of Practice”.  She is a member of the American Heart Association’s Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease committee and the American Society of Nephrology’s In-Training Examination Test Material Development Committee.  She has served as a councilor in Women in Nephrology. She is a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Transplantation, the National Kidney Foundation, and the American College of Physicians.
 

- Dr. Shah is a transplant nephrologist in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension with expertise in women’s health and cardiovascular disease. Her other areas of expertise include kidney transplant, immunosuppression management, donor evaluation, recipient evaluation, acute and chronic kidney disease, chronic hemodialysis care, acute electrolyte, and acid/base imbalance management, and hypertension management.,

Grant: #S-2719 Investigators:Shah, Silvi 11-01-2018 -10-31-2019 Dialysis Clinic, Inc. DCI Reserve funds Role:PI $25,000.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #K23HL151816 Investigators:Shah, Silvi 05-07-2021 -04-30-2026 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Sex Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease and Optimal Coronary Revascularization in Dialysis Patients Role:PI 198829.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Published Abstracts

Gumber R, Shah S. (2014. ) Rhabdomyolysis after rapid correction of hyponatremia .[Abstract]American Journal of Kidney Disease, 63 (5 ) ,A51

Shah S, Calle J (2014. ) Successful medical management of recurrent idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis .[Abstract]American Journal of Kidney Disease, 63 (5 ) ,A99

Buitrago S, Tulowitzki R, Shah S, Jones C, Gross K, Panesar M (2014. ) Renin-secreting transgenic mouse model suggesting involvement of the renin angiotensin system in the development of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis .[Abstract]American Journal of Kidney Disease, 63 (5 ) ,A87

Shah S, Calle J, Schreiber M (2014. ) Central diabetic insipidus due to herpes simplex encephalitis in a multiple sclerosis immunosuppressed patient .[Abstract]American Journal of Kidney Disease, 63 (5 ) ,A99

Shah S, Chiessa- Vottero A, Nurko S, Fatica R, Stephany S, Zaky Z, Poggio E (2014. ) Impact of histological abnormalities on implant biopsy in living kidney donors on allograft outcomes .[Abstract]Journal of American Society of Nephrology, 25 (A348 ) ,

Shah S, Lankowsky B, Herlitz L, Chiesa- Vottero A, Zaky Z, Goldfarb D, Flechner S, Poggio E. (2015. ) Implications of living donor histology, volume and function on allograft outcome .[Abstract]American Journal of Transplantation, 15 (supplement 3) ,

Shah S, Weaver C, Agarwal G (2016. ) Acute Kidney Injury with Use of Inhaled Tobramycin .[Abstract]American Society of Nephrology, 27 (1003 ) ,

Peer Reviewed Publications

Yadav, Anju; Salas, Maria Aurora Posadas; Coscia, Lisa; Basu, Arpita; Rossi, Ana Paula; Sawinski, Deirdre; Shah, Silvi (2022. ) Acute kidney injury during pregnancy in kidney transplant recipients.Clinical transplantation, , 36 (5 ) ,e14668 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Christianson, Annette L; Bumb, Shalini; Verma, Prasoon (2022. ) Contraceptive use among women with kidney transplants in the United States.Journal of nephrology, , 35 (2 ) ,629-638 More Information

Taber-Hight, Elizabeth; Shah, Silvi (2020. ) Acute Kidney Injury in Pregnancy.Advances in chronic kidney disease, , 27 (6 ) ,455-460 More Information

Shah, Silvi (2020. ) Women's Health and Kidney Disease.Advances in chronic kidney disease, , 27 (6 ) ,447-448 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Christianson, Annette L; Thakar, Charuhas V; Kramer, Samantha; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Leonard, Anthony C Contraceptive Use Among Women With End-Stage Kidney Disease on Dialysis in the United States.Kidney medicine, , 2 (6 ) ,707-715.e1 More Information

Bajpai, Divya; Shah, Silvi (2020. ) COVID-19 Pandemic and Pregnancy in Kidney Disease.Advances in chronic kidney disease, , 27 (5 ) ,397-403 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Sparks, Matthew A (2020. ) COVID-19 and the Kidney Community: Coalescing in Crisis.Advances in chronic kidney disease, , 27 (5 ) ,362-364 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Leonard, Anthony C; Harrison, Kathleen; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Christianson, Annette L; Thakar, Charuhas V (2020. ) Mortality and Recovery Associated with Kidney Failure due to Acute Kidney Injury.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, , 15 (7 ) ,995-1006 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Chan, Micah R; Lee, Timmy (2020. ) Perspectives in Individualizing Solutions for Dialysis Access.Advances in chronic kidney disease, , 27 (3 ) ,183-190 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Christianson, Annette L; Harrison, Kathleen; Leonard, Anthony C; Thakar, Charuhas V (2020. ) Pregnancy-Related Acute Kidney Injury in the United States: Clinical Outcomes and Health Care Utilization.American journal of nephrology, , 51 (3 ) ,216-226 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Christianson, Annette L; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Leonard, Anthony C; Schauer, Daniel P; Thakar, Charuhas V (2019. ) Racial Differences and Factors Associated with Pregnancy in ESKD Patients on Dialysis in the United States.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, , 30 (12 ) ,2437-2448 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Christianson, Annette L; Verma, Prasoon; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Leonard, Anthony C; Schauer, Daniel P; Thakar, Charuhas V (2019. ) Racial disparities and factors associated with pregnancy in kidney transplant recipients in the United States.PloS one, , 14 (8 ) ,e0220916 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Thakar, Charuhas V (2019. ) Diabetes/Kidney/Heart Disease.Cardiology clinics, , 37 (3 ) ,ix-x More Information

Shah, Silvi; Gupta, Anu (2019. ) Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.Cardiology clinics, , 37 (3 ) ,345-354 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Topf, Joel (2019. ) Mentorship in the Digital Age: Nephrology Social Media Collective Internship.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, , 14 (2 ) ,294-296 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Venkatesan, Renganathan Lalgudi; Gupta, Ayank; Sanghavi, Maitrik K; Welge, Jeffrey; Johansen, Richard; Kean, Emily B; Kaur, Taranpreet; Gupta, Anu; Grant, Tiffany J; Verma, Prasoon (2019. ) Pregnancy outcomes in women with kidney transplant: Metaanalysis and systematic review.BMC nephrology, , 20 (1 ) ,24 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Christianson, Annette L; Leonard, Anthony C; Thakar, Charuhas V (2019. ) Pre-dialysis acute care hospitalizations and clinical outcomes in dialysis patients.PloS one, , 14 (1 ) ,e0209578 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Leonard, Anthony C; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Christianson, Annette L; Thakar, Charuhas V (2019. ) Temporal Trends in Incident Mortality in Dialysis Patients: Focus on Sex and Racial Disparities.American journal of nephrology, , 49 (3 ) ,241-253 More Information

Gupta, Anu; Kuperman, Michael; Shah, Silvi (2018. ) N-methylamphetamine ("Crystal Meth")-Associated Acute Renal Cortical Necrosis.Kidney international reports, , 3 (6 ) ,1473-1476 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Leonard, Anthony C; Thakar, Charuhas V (2018. ) Functional status, pre-dialysis health and clinical outcomes among elderly dialysis patients.BMC nephrology, , 19 (1 ) ,100 More Information

Colbert, Gates B; Topf, Joel; Jhaveri, Kenar D; Oates, Tom; Rheault, Michelle N; Shah, Silvi; Hiremath, Swapnil; Sparks, Matthew A (2018. ) The Social Media Revolution in Nephrology Education.Kidney international reports, , 3 (3 ) ,519-529 More Information

Kamal, Mahwash; Govil, Amit; Anand, Manish; Abu Jawdeh, Bassam G; Shah, Silvi (2018. ) Severe BK polyomavirus-induced hemorrhagic cystitis in a kidney transplant recipient with the absence of renal allograft involvement.Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, , 20 (1 ) , More Information

Shah, Silvi; Leonard, Anthony C; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Christianson, Annette L; Thakar, Charuhas V (2018. ) Gender and Racial Disparities in Initial Hemodialysis Access and Outcomes in Incident End-Stage Renal Disease Patients.American journal of nephrology, , 48 (1 ) ,4-14 More Information

Lee, Timmy; Shah, Silvi; Leonard, Anthony C; Parikh, Pratik; Thakar, Charuhas V (2018. ) Acute Kidney Injury before Dialysis Initiation Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients.American journal of nephrology, , 47 (6 ) ,427-434 More Information

Shah, Silvi (2017. ) Is pregnancy safe after kidney transplant?.Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, , 84 (10 ) ,750-752 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Stevens, Todd M; Agarwal, Gaurav (2017. ) Quiz: Acute Kidney Injury and Pancytopenia 5 Months After Kidney Transplantation.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, , 69 (2 ) ,A14-A17 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Calle, Juan Camilo (2016. ) Dietary and medical management of recurrent nephrolithiasis.Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, , 83 (6 ) ,463-71 More Information

Sexton, Sandra; Tulowitzki, Ryan; Jones, Craig A; Shah, Silvi; Hajduczok, George; Gross, Kenneth W; Panesar, Mandip (2016. ) Involvement of the renin-angiotensin system in the development of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis-like lesions in the RenTag mouse model.Clinical and experimental nephrology, , 20 (2 ) ,162-8 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Verma, Prasoon (2016. ) Overview of Pregnancy in Renal Transplant Patients.International journal of nephrology, , 2016 ,4539342 More Information

Kohok, Dhanashri D; Shah, Silvi; Kumar, Rakesh; Venuto, Lisa; Gudleski, Gregory; Venuto, Rocco (2014. ) Interventions to reduce clinical inertia in cardiac risk factor management in renal transplant recipients.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), , 16 (2 ) ,127-32 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Weber-Shrikant, Edit; Panesar, Mandip (2012. ) Discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy causing progression to end-stage renal disease in an HIV patient diagnosed with immune complex 'lupus-like' glomerulonephritis.Clinical kidney journal, , 5 (3 ) ,276-8 More Information

Chopra, Tushar; Kandukurti, Kiran; Shah, Silvi; Ahmed, Raheel; Panesar, Mandip (2012. ) Understanding nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.International journal of nephrology, , 2012 ,912189 More Information

Adejare, Adeboye A; Duncan, Heather J; Motz, R Geoffrey; Shah, Silvi; Thakar, Charuhas V; Eckman, Mark H (2022. ) Implementing a Health Utility Assessment Platform to Acquire Health Utilities in a Hemodialysis Outpatient Setting: Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research, , 6 (7 ) ,e33562 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Verma, Prasoon (2022. ) Pregnancy-Related Acute Kidney Injury: Do We Know What to Do?.Nephron, , 1-4 More Information

Katz-Greenberg, Goni; Shah, Silvi (2022. ) Sex and Gender Differences in Kidney Transplantation.Seminars in nephrology, , 42 (2 ) ,219-229 More Information

Shankar, Mythri; Ali, Sehrish; Shah, Silvi (2024. ) Women's health and kidney protective medications.Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, , 33 (5 ) ,486-493 More Information

Gholizadeh Ghozloujeh, Zohreh; Singh, Tripti; Jhaveri, Kenar D; Shah, Silvi; Lerma, Edgar; Abdipour, Amir; Norouzi, Sayna (2024. ) Lupus nephritis: management challenges during pregnancy.Frontiers in nephrology, , 4 ,1390783 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Christianson, Annette L; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Leonard, Anthony C; Crews, Deidra C; Rubinstein, Jack; Mitsnefes, Mark M; Schauer, Daniel P; Thakar, Charuhas V (2024. ) Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Kidney Failure.Journal of the American Heart Association, , 13 (9 ) ,e029691 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Ng, Jia H; Leonard, Anthony C; Harrison, Kathleen; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Christianson, Annette L; Thakar, Charuhas V (2024. ) A clinical score to predict recovery in end-stage kidney disease due to acute kidney injury.Clinical kidney journal, , 17 (5 ) ,sfae085 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Weinhandl, Eric; Leonard, Anthony C; Rachwal, Brenna; Verma, Prasoon; Perl, Jeffrey; Christianson, Annette L (2024. ) Pregnancies in Women With Kidney Failure on Home Dialysis in the United States.Kidney international reports, , 9 (4 ) ,907-918 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Weinhandl, Eric; Gupta, Nupur; Leonard, Anthony C; Christianson, Annette L; Thakar, Charuhas V (2024. ) Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients on Home Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis.Kidney360, , 5 (2 ) ,205-215 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Katz-Greenberg, Goni; Gudsoorkar, Priyanka; Vyas, Prema; Barhorst, Sunshine; Verma, Prasoon; Pensak, Meredith (2023. ) Contraceptive Use in Females With Advanced CKD: A Qualitative Study.Kidney medicine, , 5 (12 ) ,100738 More Information

Chang, Danica H; Dumanski, Sandra M; Brennand, Erin A; Ruzycki, Shannon M; Ramage, Kaylee; Gantar, Taryn; Shah, Silvi; Ahmed, Sofia B (2023. ) Female Reproductive Health and Contraception Use in CKD: An International Mixed-Methods Study.Kidney medicine, , 5 (10 ) ,100713 More Information

Bajpai, Divya; Popa, Cristina; Verma, Prasoon; Dumanski, Sandi; Shah, Silvi (2023. ) Evaluation and Management of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.Kidney360, , 4 (10 ) ,1512-1525 More Information

Shah, Silvi; Gupta, Nupur; Christianson, Annette L; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Leonard, Anthony C; Thakar, Charuhas V (2023. ) Sex and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Home Hemodialysis Mortality.Kidney360, , 4 (2 ) ,206-216 More Information

Gumber, Ramnika; Shah, Silvi (2022. ) Reproductive Health in Women with Kidney Disease.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, , 17 (12 ) ,1716-1718 More Information

Salas, Maria Aurora Posadas; Chua, Elizabeth; Rossi, Ana; Shah, Silvi; Katz-Greenberg, Goni; Coscia, Lisa; Sawinski, Deirdre; Adey, Deborah (2022. ) Sex and gender disparity in kidney transplantation: Historical and future perspectives.Clinical transplantation, , 36 (12 ) ,e14814 More Information

Davidson, Bianca; Bajpai, Divya; Shah, Silvi; Jones, Erika; Okyere, Perditer; Wearne, Nicola; Gumber, Ramnika; Saxena, Nikhil; Osafo, Charlotte (2022. ) Pregnancy-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Low-Resource Settings: Progress Over the Last Decade.Seminars in nephrology, , 42 (5 ) ,151317 More Information

Rossi, Ana P; Katz-Greenberg, Goni; Coscia, Lisa; Brady, Carla W; Doligalski, Christina; Irani, Roxanna A; Matas, Arthur; Shah, Silvi; Lentine, Krista L (2024. ) Living Donation and Pregnancy-Related Complications: State of the Evidence and Call To Action for Improved Risk Assessment.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, , More Information

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