Brijen J. Shah, MD, AGAF

Brijen Shah, MD, AGAF, began his career as a gastroenterology fellow at the Mount Sinai Hospital in 2008 and completed both a gastroenterology and geriatrics fellowship in 2011, making him the first dually trained integrated GI-geriatrician in the US. Dr. Shah’s clinical practice is focused on general GI conditions including reflux disease, acid and stomach disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, fecal incontinence, and decisions about colon cancer screening and surveillance. In his practice, he cares for older adults and LGBTQ+ individuals in addition to a large cohort of 9/11 responders.

Specialty

• Gastroenterology

Current Practice

• Assistant Professor, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Education

• The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (MD)
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School (Residency and Chief Residency)
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Fellowship, Gastroenterology)

Board Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Certified in Gastroenterology American Board of Internal Medicine - Certified in Geriatric Medicine

Career Highlights and Accolades

• Dr. Shah developed training programs for medical students, residents, and front-line health care team members, including a four-part course in health systems science for third and fourth year medical students.
• He has served as a root cause analysis (RCA) chair and chairs MSHS’s System RCAs.
• Dr. Shah served as Chief Medical Officer at Mount Sinai Queens, where he and his team worked to decrease hospital-acquired infections, improve hand hygiene, and decrease patient safety events.
• Dr. Shah is active on the Mount Sinai Hospital/Mount Sinai Queens Medical Staff, first serving as a member of the Nominating Committee and then as the Credential Committee Chair, and recently completing a term as the Vice President of the MSH/MSQ Medical Board.
• He helped develop and lead a team to address healthcare disparities in the clinical learning environment though an ACGME collaborative, resulting in two national presentations and one paper on this topic.
• Dr. Shah is involved with national work groups in GI education and medical education. He is a faculty member in the GNYHA-UHF Clinical Quality Fellowship and Society of Hospital Medicine Quality and Safety Educator Academy. He serves as a member of the AGA Quality Committee, and is co-chair of the AGA Education and Training committee and the ACG Guidelines Committee and Patient Care Committee.
• He has received three departmental teaching awards in his career, notably highlighted as a Profile in Pride for MSHS for Pride 2018. He was named an American Gastroenterological Association Fellow and elected to level of Master Educator in the Icahn School of Medicine Institute for Medical Education.
• He is currently completing a Masters of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Publications, Books, and Media

• Development of Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology Milestones 2.0: A Guide for Programs, Faculty, and Fellows. Gastroenterology.
• How to Incorporate Health Equity Training Into Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowships. Gastroenterology.
• He serves in an editorial role for journals including section editor for the Mentoring and Education Section of Gastroenterology, one of the premier GI journals in the world, and as an editor for Digestive Diseases and Disorders, Belvoir Media/University Health News Health Reports.