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Summary
- Lesha D. Shah MD is dually board certified in Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. As a supervisor and teacher, she is committed to mentorship of medical students, residents and fellows across the UME-GME continuum.
Dr. Shah’s primary academic focus is on research ethics and physician perspectives around medical decision-making. She studies issues of consent and capacity as they interface with family complexity and innovative medicine including clinical trials. She Co-Chairs the Pediatric Gene Therapy & Medical Ethics working group, is assistant editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and serves on the Institutional Review Board at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Shah has published on issues related to medical ethics in Pediatrics, the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American Journal of Bioethics.
Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013 - 2015
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2010 - 2013
Ross University School of MedicineClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
NJ State Medical License 2014 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2013 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Lived Experience of Patients and Caregivers in Rare Genetic Neurological Gene Therapy Clinical Trials in Children.Alison Bateman-House, Kirsten Cowley, Vivian Fernandez, Michelle Gilmor, Cara Hunt
Pediatric Neurology. 2025-02-01 - Implementation of a gene therapy education initiative by the ASGCT and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.Kenneth Cornetta, Samantha Kay, Florence Urio, Irene Kida Minja, Erasto Mbugi
Molecular Therapy. 2023-09-06 - Establishing a global regulatory floor for children's decisions about participation in clinical research.Steven Joffe, Albert J Allen, Jonathan M Davis, Elisa Koppelman, Susan Z Kornetsky
Pediatric Research. 2023-08-01
External Links
- LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lesha-d-shah-md-a2a763a3/
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