Penn Medicine Provider
Jesal Rajesh Shah, MD
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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

Binkley A, Fadugba O, Kim P, Adams L, Delgado K, Ebert J, Lee A, Maguire J, Xiong R, Lin X, Mull N, Frey K, Berk A, Shah J, Talati N Optimizing use of Cefazolin for Surgical Prophylaxis in Patients with Penicillin Allergy Labels , IDWeek 2025, Atlanta, GA: 2025

Dyson T, Maguire C, Shah J, Binkley A Factors associated with prolonged treatment of Uncomplicated grams negative bacteremia , IDWeek 2025, Atlanta, GA: 2025

Dyson T, Maguire C, Shah J, Binkley A Factors associated with prolonged treatment of Uncomplicated grams negative bacteremia , Eastern States Conference, Hershey, PA: 2025

Shah JR, Sohail MR, Lasco T, Goss JA, Mohajer MA, Khalil S Clinical utility of plasma microbial cell-free DNA sequencing in determining microbiologic etiology of infectious syndromes in solid organ transplant recipients , Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Diseases: 2024

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