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Akash Shah

Akash Shah, MD
Home town: Fullerton, CA
Interests/Hobbies: Duke Basketball, Cricket, Hiking, Cooking, Eating my way through Los Angeles

EDUCATION
Undergraduate: Duke University
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Internship: General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

RESEARCH INTEREST
Musculoskeletal infections
Spinal oncology
Machine learning
Surgical outcomes

AWARDS/ GRANTS
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Medical Fellowship, Harvard Medical School (2014)
Phi Beta Kappa, Duke University (2013)
magna cum laude, Duke University (2013)

PUBLICATIONS
Shah AA, Yang H, Ogink PT, Schwab JH. Independent predictors of spinal epidural abscess recurrence. Spine J. 2018;S1529-9430(18)30134-7. Epub ahead of print.

Shah AA, Ogink PT, Harris MB, Schwab JH. Development of predictive algorithms for pre-treatment motor deficit and 90-day mortality in spinal epidural abscess. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018;100(12):1030-8.

Shah AA, Ogink PT, Nelson SB, Harris MB, Schwab JH. Non-operative management of spinal epidural abscess: development of a predictive algorithm for failure. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018;100(7): 546-55.

Shah AA, Pereira NRP, Pedlow FX, Wain JC, Yoon SS, Hornicek FJ, Schwab JH. A modified en bloc spondylectomy for tumors of the thoracic and lumbar spine: surgical technique and outcomes. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017;99(17):1476-84.

Shah AA, Hornicek FJ, Curry WT, Schwab JH. Circumferential patching of the dura mater in the setting of dural fistula after en bloc spondylectomy and high dose radiation therapy. Ann Orthop Rheumatol. 2015;3(1):1044.

JH Schwab, AA Shah. Spinal epidural abscess: diagnosis, management, and outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 2020. Online ahead of print.

AV Karhade, AA Shah, CM Bono, ML Ferrone, SB Nelson, AJ Schoenfeld, MB Harris, JH Schwab. Development of machine learning algorithms for prediction of mortality in spinal epidural abscess. The Spine Journal. 2019;19(12):1950-59.

AA Shah, AV Karhade, SB Nelson, CM Bono, MB Harris, JH Schwab. Development of a machine learning algorithm for prediction of failure of non-operative management for spinal epidural abscess. The Spine Journal. 2019;19(10):1657-65.

AV Karhade, KC Shah, AA Shah, PT Ogink, SB Nelson, JH Schwab. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and mortality in spinal epidural abscess. The Spine Journal. 2019;S1529-9430(19)30054-3.

AA Shah, H Yang, MB Harris, JH Schwab. A classification system for spinal cord compression and its association with neurologic deficit in spinal epidural abscess. Clinical Spine Surgery. 2019;32(3):E126-E132.

AV Karhade, AA Shah, KY Lin, PT Ogink, KC Shah, SB Nelson, JH Schwab. Albumin and spinal epidural abscess: derivation and validation in two independent datasets. World Neurosurgery. 2019;123:e416-26.

H Yang, AA Shah, SB Nelson, JH Schwab. Fungal spinal epidural abscess: a case series of nine patients. The Spine Journal. 2019;19(3):516-22.

AV Karhade, QC Thio, PT Ogink, AA Shah, CM Bono, K Oh, P Saylor, AJ Schoenfeld, J Shin, MB Harris, JH Schwab. Development of machine learning algorithms for prediction of thirty-day mortality after surgery for spinal metastasis. Neurosurgery. 2019;85(1):E83-E91.

AA Shah, H Yang, PT Ogink, JH Schwab. Independent predictors of spinal epidural abscess recurrence. The Spine Journal. 2018;18(10):1837-44.

AA Shah, PT Ogink, MB Harris, JH Schwab. Development of predictive algorithms for pre-treatment motor deficit and 90-day mortality in spinal epidural abscess. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery – American Volume. 2018;100(12):1030-8.

AA Shah, PT Ogink, SB Nelson, MB Harris, JH Schwab. Non-operative management of spinal epidural abscess: development of a predictive algorithm for failure. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery – American Volume. 2018;100(7):546-55.

AA Shah, NRP Pereira, FX Pedlow, JC Wain, SS Yoon, FJ Hornicek, JH Schwab. A modified en bloc spondylectomy for tumors of the thoracic and lumbar spine: surgical technique and outcomes. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume. 2017;99(17):1476-84.

AA Shah, FJ Hornicek, WT Curry, JH Schwab. Circumferential patching of the dura mater in the setting of dural fistula after en bloc spondylectomy and high dose radiation therapy. Annals of Orthopedics & Rheumatology. 2015;3(1):1044.

N Sahni, S Yi, M Taipale, JI Fuxman Bass, J Coulombe-Huntington, et al. Widespread macromolecular interaction perturbations in human genetic disorders. Cell. 2015;161(3):647-660.

T Rolland, M Tasan, B Charloteaux, SJ Pevzner, Q Zhong, et al. A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network. Cell. 2014;159(5):1212-26.)

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