Sachin D. Shah, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, and serves as Chief Medical Information Officer at the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences. He works clinically as a primary care Med-Peds physician on the South Side of Chicago, and as a general internist in the inpatient setting at UChicago’s main hospital in Hyde Park. Dr. Shah is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Clinical Informatics.
As CMIO, Dr. Shah helps lead many key digital transformation initiatives at UChicago, with expertise in population health and QI, virtual models of care, healthcare delivery innovation, predictive analytics, patient engagement, and applications of AI in healthcare. His primary research interests center on clinical informatics, specifically the ethical implementation of artificial intelligence and predictive models to enhance clinical decision support and patient-centered care. He also focuses on population health and care delivery innovation, working on value-based care models, digital health equity, and the use of telemedicine and asynchronous care to promote higher value care and improve outcomes for chronic conditions.
Dr. Shah's academic training includes an A.B. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and an M.D. from Wayne State University School of Medicine in his hometown of Detroit. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, and joined the faculty at University of Chicago in 2010.
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Residency - Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
2010
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
MD - Medicine
2006
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
AB - Molecular Biology
2001
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From Innovation to Inclusion-Tackling Digital Equity Needs in Health Care.
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In Reply: 2023 Update in ambulatory general internal medicine.
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Digitally Disconnected: Qualitative Study of Patient Perspectives on the Digital Divide and Potential Solutions.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Diffuse Lung Disease.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Imaging of Mediastinal Masses.
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Growth of Ambulatory Virtual Visits and Differential Use by Patient Sociodemographics at One Urban Academic Medical Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Analysis.
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If you build it, they may not come: modifiable barriers to patient portal use among pre- and post-kidney transplant patients.
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From Guideline to Order Set to Patient Harm.
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