Kaustav Shah, MD
Hospital Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Hospital Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
My education and training
- Medical School: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Residency: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Shah is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 2024
- Academy Health, Local
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, National
- Society of General Internal Medicine, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Shah KP, Airan S, C, Savage T, Bressman E "Development and evaluation of an artificial intelligence handoff tool for hospital medicine care transitions” , Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Oral Presentation: 2026
Kaustav P Shah “Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities Should Not Be Controversial” , Med Page Today, Second Opinions: 2026
Shah KP, Bergman A, Patel T “Characterizing Industry Payments for FDA Approved AI Medical Devices” , 2025 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Poster Presentation, Philadelphia, PA: 2025
Bergman A, Patel T, Shah KP Characterizing Industry Payments for FDA Approved AI Medical Devices. , Health Affairs Scholar, 3(12): 2025
Shah KP, Bergman A, Patel T “Characterizing Industry Payments for FDA Approved AI Medical Devices” , National Clinician Scholars Program Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation: 2025
Shah KP, Johnson KB. The Ambient Scribe Revolution: Early Gains and Open Questions , JAMA Network Open, 8(10): 2025,e2534982
Shah KP, Adusumalli S. Nudging the Needle —Strategies to Boost Influenza Vaccination Uptake , New England Journal of Medicine Evidence, 4(10): 2025,EVIDe2500230
Shah KP, Tokazewski J, Long J, Rhodes CM, Flores EJ “Novel approach to development and evaluation of a hypertension management clinical pathway and electronic clinical decision support strategy to improve blood pressure control across a large primary care network” , 2025 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Poster Presentation: 2025
Shah KP, Mehrotra A., Bressman E. Prevalence of interstate telehealth comparing internet protocol and home address , Health Affairs Scholar., 3(7): 2025
Shah KP, Klebanoff MJ, Navathe A, Weissman GE “What hospitals are using machine learning tools? Results from a nationally representative survey”. , 2025 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Poster Presentation: 2025