Penn Medicine Provider
Jesal Rajesh Shah, MD
Accepting new patients

About me

  • Medical Director of Antibiotic Stewardship, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

Insurance accepted

My 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.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Shah is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Jesal Shah, Barbara W. Trautner, Kiara Olmeda, Lindsey A. Laytner, Fabrizia Faustinella, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Larisa Grigoryan A survey of patient practices regarding leftover antibiotics reveals a potential source of antibiotic overuse , Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy: 2024


Fernando Centeno, Meagan Martinez-Palmer, Anna Zubovskaia, Robin Sherchan, Wes Tang, Jesal Shah, Mayar Al Mohajer Diagnostic Stewardship for VAP: Trial of a Hybrid Order-Review and Laboratory Reporting Intervention , Department of Medicine Research Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX: 2024


Shah J, Trautner B Leftover antibiotics are a major barrier to antibiotic stewardship: results from a survey in over 500 patients in ambulatory care settings , ID Week, Boston, MA: 2023


VanFrank B, Uhd J, Savage TR, Shah J, Twentyman E Availability and content of clinical guidance for tobacco use and dependence treatment – United States, 2000-2019 , Preventive Medicine, 164(1): 2022,epub 107276


Bien-Gund CH, Shah J, Ho JI, Stephens-Shields, She K, Fishman J, Thirumurthy H, Acri Trisha, Dugosh, Gross R The COVID-19 Self-Testing through Rapid Network Distribution (C-STRAND) trial: A randomized controlled trial to increase COVID-19 testing in underserved populations , Contemp Clin Trials, 110(1): 2021,epub 106585


Cohn J, Newman M, Taylor M, Easterbrook P, Olufunmilayo L, Bigirimana F, Broyles, L, Mushavi A, Holten J, Ngugi, Cui, Fugiang, Dalia Z, Sirak H, Tsiouris F, Andersson M, Mobori-Ngacha D, Jallow W, Essajee S, Ross A, Bailey R, Shah Jesal, Doherty M Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa , Bulletin of the World Health Organization , 99(4): 2021,287-295


Shah KP, Goyal S, Ramachandran V, Kohn JR, Go J, Wiley Z, Moturu A, Namireddy MK, Kumar A, Jacobs RC, Stampfl M, Shah J Efficacy of quality improvement and patient safety workshops for students: a pilot study , BMC Medical Education, 20(1): 2020,126


Ramachandran V, Park KE, Shah J, Duvic M. Diagnosis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma by insurance type before and after the Affordable Care Act: a national database study , Dermatology, 25(11): 2019,epub 13030


Song A, Kass J, Bocchini C, Shah J, Baylor College of Medicine Committee on Social Determinants of Health Re-Orienting Orientation: Introducing the Social Determinants of Health to First Year Medical Students , MedEdPORTAL, 14(1): 2018,epub 10752


Planneger R, Shiao JC, Shannon CM, Shah J, Varughese M A Rare Case of Multiple Myeloma Presenting with Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome , Society of Hospital Medicine, Conference Orlando, FL: 2018