As an academic multi-organ transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon with a special interest in translational and health services research at Mass General Brigham, Dr. Shimul A. Shah has strived for clinical excellence, innovation, and scholarship in the surgical arena. He was recently named Chief of Transplant Surgery and Clinical Director of the Transplant Center at Mass General Brigham returning to Boston from his training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and early career in transplantation. Dr. Shah previously served as Director of Solid Organ Transplant at the University of Cincinnati.

Dr. Shah has a very busy clinical practice in liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation and a thriving hepatobiliary surgery practice specializing in the care of patients with end-stage liver disease, colorectal cancer metastases, biliary disorders and hepatocellular carcinoma. The UCMC liver transplant volume grew 330% since his arrival in late 2012, making it one of the most active program in the country with the highest transplant rate. He has focused on innovation and health equity and directed Cincinnati Research in Outcomes and Safety in Surgery (CROSS), a multidisciplinary group focused on health services research that has grown to include ten surgical faculty and a research team of over twenty students.

He holds leadership positions with the AHPBA and UNOS nationally.