Keyur Bharat Shah MD

Dr. Shah, joined VCU Pauley Heart Center in 2009 as Assistant Professor, specializing in Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation. He is a Richmond native and received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Virginia. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Shah completed both his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. He was awarded the Nathan H. Carliner, MD Scholar Award in recognition of outstanding scholarly activity during fellowship.

Dr. Shah’s clinical expertise includes cardiomyopathy, heart transplantation, pulmonary hypertension, amyloid heart disease and mechanical circulatory support. He is the Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program.

Dr. Shah’s research interests include cardiac biomarkers, pulmonary hypertension and mechanical cardiac support. He has authored many research papers and book chapters, which have been published in highly respected medical journals including the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Hypertension. Dr. Shah is a Fellow of American College of Cardiology. He is also an active member of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation and the Heart Failure Society of America.