Adi S. Shah, M.B.B.S.

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SUMMARY

The research and clinical interests of Adi S. Shah, M.B.B.S., include infections in people who are critically ill. Dr. Shah's expertise includes antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, and infection prevention and control with particular focus on the critically ill. His interests and expertise also include outbreak preparedness and planning, emergency readiness arrangements, and public health outbreak management.

Focus areas

• Antimicrobial resistance in the intensive care unit.
• Sepsis.
• Antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care unit.
• Diagnostic stewardship.
• Infections in people on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• Outbreak preparedness and planning.

Significance to patient care

Sepsis is a serious condition affecting many individuals who are admitted to the intensive care unit. These are people who may have severe, life-threatening infections leading to significant impact on an individual and a community's health. Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem affecting many individuals in the intensive care unit when commonly available antibiotics do not work. These antibiotics may not work because of complex drug resistance mechanisms that some microorganisms have. Antibiotic resistance is a silent public health emergency and outbreak that is reaching epidemic proportions. Research and innovation are needed in this patient population to preserve individual and community health.