J, MD Shah

Jignesh was born in Mumbai but has lived in several places in the US since 1996.

He is a proud graduate of one of the best medical school in India. After his basic medical training, he came to the US for graduate studies in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Texas. He then underwent training in Internal Medicine at SUNY, Syracuse. He further specialized in Cardiology at University of Louisville before transferring to Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. He subspecialized in heart rhythm problems at Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Nuclear Cardiology. He has held appointments at University of Washington and University of Kentucky. Additionally, he is a visiting faculty at Universities in Ethiopia.

As he has practiced and observed the practice in several different geographic locations in the US, he has realized that patients all over are overwhelmed when they visit the doctor's office. He recognized that in the absence of good, trustworthy information, patients are guided mostly by their fear instincts when diagnosed with heart disease. With the misperception that more is better, they all too often end up agreeing to undergo every test and treatment recommendation of their harried healthcare provider, who could well be influenced by accepted norms, cognitive biases, medicolegal concerns, or economic considerations. All of this leads to gross overuse of cardiac procedures, even when the risks of test and treatment can be worse than the disease itself. So, he decided to write a book based on his years of experience in taking care of thousands of patients.

In this book, Dr. J Shah explained the various cardiac tests and treatments, including situations in which they are critical, others in which they are reasonable, and yet others in which they could be unnecessary and even harmful. Using real life stories, he helps readers cultivate a better understanding of heart disease and correct the myths that have guided and misguided patients for years. He teaches the reader to become a more informed consumer of cardiac care and to make better decisions based on their individual needs and the latest scientific evidence.

His website jshahmd.com is an extension of the book to get more information on the topics.

He is passionate about patient experience of healthcare and hopes to bring human elements back to medicine. When he is not seeing patients, he is writing, traveling or hiking.

He lives in Boulder, CO