Maunank Shah, MD
Infectious Diseases
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Maunank Shah
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Maunank Shah is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include infectious disease.
Dr. Shah received his undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Virginia. He earned his M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Emory University School of Medicine and performed a fellowship in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shah earned his Ph.D. in clinical investigation and public health, with expertise in decision-analysis, epidemiology, and biostatistics, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
His research interests include evaluating the use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies to optimize adherence to TB therapy.
Dr. Shah is medical director for the Baltimore City Tuberculosis Program. He serves on the Maryland Tuberculosis Guidelines committee and as associate editor for the open source journal for the Infectious Disease Society of America, OFID. An author of more than 25 peer-reviewed studies, he is a member of the International Union for TB and Lung Disease, the International AIDS Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Dr. Shah leads online TB educational activities at the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education and serves as co-director for the microbiology and infectious disease curriculum for students at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Centers and Institutes
Clinical Global Health Education, Center for
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Johns Hopkins Physician Improves Standard of Care for Tuberculosis through Patient-centered Technology, Johns Hopkins Medicine (September 21, 2023)
Research Interests
Domestic TB, HIV transmission, mHealth interventions, Teaching and mentorship, Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics
Lab Website
Maunank Shah Lab - Lab Website
- Work in the Maunank Shah Lab focuses on infectious disease modeling and health economics, and seeks to investigate new strategies for diagnosing HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in areas with limited resources, both domestically and abroad. Our primary focus is TB diagnostics, with studies examining the diagnostic test accuracy, cost-effectiveness and programmatic impact of emerging diagnostics. We have developed mobile health initiatives to incorporate video-based therapy for TB treatment, and we have a longstanding interest in interventions that help to reduce or prevent HIV transmission.
Research Summary
Dr. Shah’s research involves evaluating and implementing novel HIV and tuberculosis (TB) intervention strategies in resource constrained settings. He evaluates new TB diagnostic technologies and assesses the cost-effectiveness of emerging strategies for HIV and TB care in South Africa, Uganda, India, and Baltimore. He has expertise in conducting economic evaluations, and he currently leads efforts to develop mathematical models to examine the economic and epidemiological impact of the HIV continuum of care domestically and globally. Additionally, his research interests include evaluating the use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies to optimize adherence to TB therapy.
Graduate Program Affiliations
Co-Director, Microbiology/Infectious Disease block for Johns Hopkins Medical School Genes to Society curriculum
Memberships
- International Union for TB and Lung Disease
- International AIDS Society, the world's largest association of HIV professionals
- Infectious Diseases Society of America,
an organization that represents physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases
Professional Activities
- Baltimore City Tuberculosis Program, Medical Director
- Maryland Tuberculosis Guidelines Committee, Member
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Associate Editor
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
- phone: 410-550-0100
- fax: 410-550-0101
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School, PhD, 2013Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, 2010Emory University School of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2007University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Medical Education, Medicine, MD, 2003Board Certifications
Infectious Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2006Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)