Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School: Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School

Residency: Internal Medicine at Drexel University – Hahnemann University Hospital

Chief Residency: Internal Medicine at Drexel University – Hahnemann University Hospital

Fellowship: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Lewis Katz School of Medicine – Temple University Hospital

Dr. Kunal Shah is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Rutgers-RWJMS). He earned his medical degree from Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School before moving to Philadelphia where he completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at Drexel University – Hahnemann University Hospital and fellowship training at Lewis Katz School of Medicine – Temple University Hospital.

Dr. Shah has a major interest in obesity medicine and is the medical director of obesity in the Endocrinology division at Robert Wood Johnson. He also works as a general endocrinologist. He was inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Humanism society during residency, where he also created a hospital protocol for diabetic ketoacidosis. During his fellowship, he worked on several ongoing projects including the effect of weight-negative diabetes medications on patients with bariatric surgery.

Recent Publications:

Kunal Shah, MD, Remy Mimms, DO, Jonathan Robert Anolik, MD, A Unique Presentation of a Paraganglioma and Its Consequences, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 5, Issue Supplement_1, April-May 2021, Pages A989–A990

Upadhyaya, N., Shah, K., Rao, A., & Vaz, C. L. (2021). Occult Neuroendocrine Tumor Causing Severe Hyperparathyroidism. Endocrine Practice, 27(6), S90.

Kunal Shah, MD. An Intriguing Confluence of Unusual Disease Processes, Endocrine Practice, Volume 26, Supplement 2, 2020, Pages 52-53,
ISSN 1530-891X, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1530-891X(20)39540-9.