Dr. Nirav A. Shah
Overview
Nirav Shah, MD, specializes in kidney transplant surgery and pancreas transplant surgery and nephrology and is certified in internal medicine and nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Kidney Clinic at University Center and is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Shadyside. He completed his fellowship and residency at University of Pittsburgh and medical degree at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule.
Dr. Shah is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nephrosclerosis. His top areas of expertise are Acute Arterial Occlusion of Kidney, Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 2, Liddle Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Kidney Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
120 Lytton Avenue, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
1907 Lebanon Church Road, Suite 201, West Mifflin, PA 15122
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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UPMC Kidney Clinic
Christine Wu, MD, is a transplant nephrologist and is certified in nephrology and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed her residency and fellowship at UPMC. Dr. Wu’s clinical interests include the evaluation of kidney transplant candidates and transplant in the elderly. She is a member of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Nephrology. View Dr. Wu’s full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Wu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nephrosclerosis. Her top areas of expertise are Fetal Parvovirus Syndrome, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and Chronic Kidney Disease.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Acute Arterial Occlusion of Kidney
- Chronic Kidney DiseaseDr. Shah isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Kidney Disease.
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Liddle SyndromeDr. Shah isAdvanced. Learn about Liddle Syndrome.
- Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 2
- Experienced
- Acute Kidney FailureDr. Shah isExperienced. Learn about Acute Kidney Failure.
- Kidney TransplantDr. Shah isExperienced. Learn about Kidney Transplant.
- Liver FailureDr. Shah isExperienced. Learn about Liver Failure.
- Minimal Change DiseaseDr. Shah isExperienced. Learn about Minimal Change Disease.
- NecrosisDr. Shah isExperienced. Learn about Necrosis.
- NephrosclerosisDr. Shah isExperienced. Learn about Nephrosclerosis.