Dr. Dinesh Shah, Professor
Joined ERP Program: 2006
Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mailing Address: 6 Center, 202 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53715
Telephone: (608)-267-6667
Email: dmshah@wisc.edu
Background:
| Institution | Degree | Year | Field of Study |
| Elphinstone College, University of Bombay | Int. Sc. | 1968 | Biology |
| T. National Medical College, University of Bombay | MB, BS | 1973 | |
| T. National Medical College, University of Bombay | MD | 1976 | Medicine |
| B.Y.L Nair Hospital, T. National Medical College, Bombay, India | Intern | 1972-1973 | Obstetrics/Gynecology |
| B.Y.L.Nair Hospital, Bombay, India | Resident | 1973-1975 | Obstetrics/Gynecology |
| Rajawadi Municipal General Hospital, Bombay, India | Resident | 1975-1976 | Obstetrics/Gynecology |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital, NorthwesternUniversity, Chicago, IL | Resident | 1977-1981 | Obstetrics/Gynecology |
| SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY | Fellow | 1981-1982 | Maternal-Fetal Medicine |
| University of South Florida, Tampa, FL | Fellow | 1982-1983 | Maternal-Fetal Medicine |
Professional Experience:
1996 |
Eleventh Annual New England Biolabs Molecular Biology Summer Workshop, Clark Science Center, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts |
| 1983-1990 | Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 1990-1993 | Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , San Antonio , Texas |
| 1993-1997 | Associate Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , San Antonio , Texas |
| 1997-2002 | Associate Professor, Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Tenure granted effective July 1, 2002 |
| 2002-2004 | Marie Louise Woodson Professor (Tenured), Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky |
| 2004-present | Professor (Tenured), Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Director, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI |
| 2005-present | Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI |
Honors and Awards:
- 1968 L.H. Hiranandani Scholarship, T. National Medical College, Bombay , India
- 1990 Best Teacher Award for Vanderbilt University OB/GYN full-time Faculty, Nashville , Tennessee
- 1990 Italian Perinatal Society and Italian So. Hypertension in Pregnancy, 5 th Prize, Perugia , Italy
- 1993 Outstanding Achievement in Resident Education, The University of Texas Health Science Center
- 2002 National Faculty Excellence Award (Teaching), Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 2001 Member, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Special Emphasis Panel, (NICHD) RFA: ZHD1 MCHG-B (21), Fetal Origins of Adult Disease
- 2001 Invited Member, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network Committee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,(NICHD)
- 2001 Member, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Panel RFP-NICHD-2001-11 “Services in Support of the Perinatology Research Branch (PRB) of the NICHD”
- 2001 Member, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Special Emphasis Panel , ZHD1 DSR -H 05 1, RFA (HD-01-005): Health Disparity in Preterm Birth: The Role of Infectious and Inflammatory Processes”
- Ad-Hoc Member, Maternal and Child Health Research Subcommittee,MCHG-BNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, (NICHD)
- Member, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Special Emphasis Panel, ZHD1 MCHG-B (25), Research on the Scope and Causes of Stillbirths in the United States .
- 2003-07 Member,Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Biology Subcommittee, MCHG-B, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- 2003 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, ZHD1 MCHG-B MC 1, Initiation of Human Labor: Prevention of Prematurity. NICHD
- 2002 Member, Special Emphasis Panel , ZHD1 DSR -A 20R, Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Centers. NICHD
- 2004 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, ZHD1 MCHG-B (MW), Program Projects: Molecular Mechanisms of Fetal Growth Restriction, NICHD
- 2004 Member, Special Emphasis Panel for WRHR Programs, ZHD1 MCGH-B (14),
- 2004 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, ZDH1 MCHG-B LL, Program Projects: Mechanisms of Acclimatization: Fetus and Adult
Research Statement:
My area of research interest is mechanisms of preeclamptic hypertension, which obviously has broad relevanced to the physiology and patholphysiology of reproduction. We have investigated rennin secretion from chrorionic cells and steroid-mediated regulation of rennin secretion in stromal/decidual cells. We have contributed significantly to the concept that there is a complete rennin angiotensin system in the human uterus, and its regulation may have implications for preeclamptic hypertension. We are currently expanding into the area of cell-to-cell interaction in the deciduas specifically related to macrophages and endothelial cells.