Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health welcomes Yash Shah, MD, as a pediatric neurologist.
Shah provides clinical care to general pediatric neurology patients and those with epilepsy. He has special interest in medically refractory epilepsy management including neuromodulation, epilepsy surgery, and dietary treatments for epilepsy. Shah is accepting new patients at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health Neurology in Suite 210 at 8200 Constantin Blvd. in Baton Rouge.
Shah has extensive research experience in childhood neurologic disorders including epilepsy, sleep, and autoimmune disorders. He received a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the Pravara Institute of Medical Science and interned at Sarvodaya Hospital and Medical Center in India. Shah earned a master's in public health from New York University. He completed a pediatric residency at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center.
Upon completing a child neurology residency, Shah became the chief child neurology resident at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New York. He went on to complete a clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy fellowship at Duke University Hospital and Medical Center in North Carolina.Fluent in Gujarati and English, Shah is board-certified in neurology with special qualification in child neurology from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
He is currently an active member of various societies, including American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Epilepsy Society (AES), American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) and Child Neurology Society (CNS).