Dr. Nirmish Shah studies new treatments for sickle cell disease. He also researches how young patients can transition from pediatric to adult care. Dr. Shah has developed mobile apps that help support care for people with sickle cell disease, cancer, and bone marrow transplants. Because symptoms can be hard to describe and manual entries only offer occasional data, Dr. Shah’s team has added wearable devices that automatically collect objective data. Dr. Shah now works with several institutions to develop machine learning tools that can help predict pain in people with sickle cell disease.

Education

• American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (M.D.)
• East Carolina University, Pitt County Memorial Hospital (residency, internal medicine-pediatrics)
• East Carolina University, Pitt County Memorial Hospital (fellowship, adult hematology-oncology)
• Duke University Medical Center (fellowship, pediatric hematology-oncology)

Affiliations

• Associate professor of medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
• Associate professor of pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine
• Director, Duke Sickle Cell Transition Program
• Duke Adult Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
• Duke Children’s Health Center Hematology-Oncology Clinic