A Harvard trained neurologist and consultant neuro physician in Ahmedabad, Dr. Swati H Shah received her initial medical education and training in India at BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad. After completing her residency in Internal Medicine, she was practising as an Asst. Professor at BJ Medical College before leaving for US. There she completed an intensive residency program in Adult Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, affiliated to the Harvard University in Boston, USA in 2006. Her special interests lie in the field of neuromuscular disorders and neuro-electrophysiology. Hence, she has pursued super-specialisation in this area through fellowships in Neuromuscular Disorders and Clinical Research Fellowship in ALS, under Dr Anthony Amato and Dr Merit Cudkowicz, considered foremost experts in EMG and Motor Neuron Disease respectively.
Subsequently, she was an attending neuro physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School, before moving back to India in summer of 2010. Since returning to India, she has been practising as a neuro physician in Ahmedabad and has performed more than 10000 EMG/NCV/RNS tests to help with diagnosis and localisation of neuromuscular disorders.
She is one of the founding members and executive committee member of the Nerve Muscle Society of India.
Qualifications
- Clinical Research Fellow, ALS Harvard University, Boston, USA
- Fellow, Neuromuscular Disorders & EMG Harvard University, Boston, USA
- M.D., Neurology Harvard University, Boston, USA
- M.D., Internal Medicine BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad
- M.B.B.S BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad
Certifications
Board Certified in Neurology from American Board of Neurology & Psychiatry (ABPN)
Neurology Residency from MGH/Brigham & Women’s/Harvard University, Boston
Clinical Fellow, Neuromuscular Medicine from Brigham & Women’s/Harvard University, Boston
Clinical Scientist Development Award by AAN Foundation and American Academy of Neurology
MD, Medicine from BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad.Awards
- Young Clinical Scientist Award – American Academy of Neurology, 2009 – 10
- Selected for the first annual National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) sponsored Clinical Trial Methods course in Neurology at Vail, Colorado. 2008
- “Intern of the Year” – University of Illinois College of Medicine – 2002 – 03
- Dr. R K Desai Best Paper Award for a paper on “A Clinical Study of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Indian Context” at 19th Annual Conference of Association of Physicians of Gujarat, 1998
Selected Publications and Posters
- M. Cudkowicz, S. Aggarwal. Minocycline for ALS? Journal Watch Neurology. 2008; 10:17.
- S. Aggarwal and M. Cudkowicz ALS Drug Development: Reflections from Past and A Way Forward. Neurotherapeutics 2008: In Press
- R. Bedlack and S. Aggarwal. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Update: Signs of Progress, Reasons for Hope. Continuum Myasthenic Disorders and ALS issue 2008: In Press.
- Presented a poster on Radiation Induced Myopathy Following Mantle Field Radiation for Hodgkin’s Disease: A report of four cases at 59th AAN Annual Meeting, 2007.