Profile Summary

Medical Qualification: M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B.

Designation: Consultant, Respiratory Medicine

Years of experience: 10 years

Areas of expertise: 

• Airway Disorders- Asthma & COPD
• Allergy testing & Immunotherapy
• Interstitial Lung Diseases/ Lung fibroids
• Infectious Diseases of Lungs
• Sleep Disorders
• Pleural Diseases
• Medical Thoracoscopy
• Paediatric Asthma & Allergy
• Lung cancer screening & diagnosis
• Interventional Pulmonology
• Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
• Airway debulking including APC, Cryotherapy, Lasers
• Airway stenting

Introduction:

Dr. Jeenam Shah received his medical graduate in 2010, from the prestigious Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital which is consistently ranked among the top 10 medical universities in India. He received his medical doctorate with a Gold Medal from Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital in the year 2014.

Dr. Shah joined as an Assistant Professor in Department of Chest Medicine & E.P.R.C, K.E.M. Hospital in the year 2015. He then joined Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi as a Fellow in Interventional Pulmonology & Thoracic Oncology. His training included advanced bronchoscopy techniques for diagnosing and treatment of various benign and malignant respiratory disorders. He was conferred upon Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology & Thoracic Oncology in 2016 by the esteemed Indian Association of Bronchology (IAB). He is the 1st Pulmonologist from Mumbai and 2nd in the country to be officially certified by the IAB. He got further trained in Interventional Pulmonology from the renowned Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, China. His training included advanced procedures like Bronchoscopic Navigation and Bronchial Thermoplasty which are promising innovations in our field.

Dr. Jeenam holds a European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine (EDRM) for his excellence in the field of Pulmonary Medicine. He has been honoured with Fellowship in American College of Chest Physician which testifies his expertise of International standard. He has also received special training in Allery & Asthma from the well-known Christian Medical College, Vellore and subsequently was awarded with Diploma in Allergy & Asthma (DAA)

Awards & Publications:

Publications:

• Athavale A, Iyer H, Punwani AD, Shah JJ et al. Association of Environmental Factors, Prevalence of Asthma and Respiratory Morbidity in Mumbai: Need of a Public Health Policy. J Assoc Physicians India. 2017 Jun;65(6):48-54
• Jeenam Shah, Milind Baldi, Jairaj Nair. Amita Athavale, Lung adenocarcinoma presenting as diffuse alveolar haemorrhage in a young adult, IJSR: Volume 3 Issue 10, Oct 2014
• Umang C Shah, Ajay Lall, Jeenam Shah, Palak Shah. A Case of a Recurrent Rapidly Filling Pleural Effusion – T790M ‘‘gatekeeper’’ mutation in EGFR TKI’s- poster in 4th ECBIP, Serbia, 2017
• Oral Presentation -Features predicting malignancy in mediastinal lymph nodes by Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) in Indian setting: is it different? –ERS, 2016 (London)
• Study of Lung Functions in patients of Chronic Liver Disease, ERS 2017 (Italy)

Memberships:

Memberships:

• European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• American College of Chest Physician (ACCP)
• Indian Chest Society (ICS)
• World Association of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology (WABIP)
• Indian Sleep Disorder Association (ISDA)
• Indian Association of Bronchology