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405 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10174Phone+1 646-470-4180- Is this information wrong?
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
NY State Medical License 2013 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2014 - 2025- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 46 citationsEthical Issues in Gender-Affirming Care for Youth.Laura L Kimberly, Kelly McBride Folkers, Phoebe Friesen, Darren Sultan, Gwendolyn P. Quinn, Alison Bateman-House, Brendan Parent, Craig Konnoth, Aron Janssen, Lesha D....> ;Pediatrics. 2018 Dec 1
- 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, Grace Marie V Ku, Victoria A Miller, Jennifer Preston, Lesha D Shah, Barbara E Bierer> ;Pediatric Research. 2023 Aug 1
- Callous-unemotional traits in a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder: managing medication and expectations.Lesha D. Shah, Barbara J. Coffey> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2015 Apr 17
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External Links
- LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lesha-d-shah-md-a2a763a3/
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