Dr. Hamid Shah, M.D.

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Get to know Neurological Surgeon Dr. Hamid Shah, who serves patients in Tennessee.

Well-versed in the field of neurological surgery, Dr. Shah is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Namely, he works with patients at The Village at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Vanderbilt Neurosurgery Mt. Juliet, Vanderbilt Spine Center, and Vanderbilt Pain Management Center One Hundred Oaks.

His areas of clinical expertise include neurologic surgery, spine surgery, movement disorders, and cancer pain management.

For nearly 100 years, the mission of Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been to provide the finest quality care to patients, solve surgical problems that change practice, and educate the next generation of health care providers. The Department of Neurosurgery is an active, vibrant, energetic department focused on academic and clinical excellence. It is their mission to recruit and retain the very best faculty, residents and staff, and to foster their development as one collaborative team. They provide high-quality patient care while educating tomorrow’s neurosurgical leaders and advancing research in the neurosciences.

Alongside his clinical position, Dr. Shah is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery within the Department of Neurological Surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. 

In the past, he has been affiliated with St. Francis Health Center and Midwest Neurosurgery Associates. He was also an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Louisville.

Regarding his educational background, Dr. Shah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from Wichita State University, finishing magna cum laude. He earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2004, and went on to complete his residency in neurosurgery at the Medical College of Georgia, where he was Chief Resident. He then pursued his fellowship in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of Tennessee Memphis, where he was mentored by Dr. Kevin Foley. His subspecialty training in functional and movement disorders was completed at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, under the mentorship of Dr. Peter Konrad.

Licensed to practice medicine in Tennessee, the doctor is board-certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). The broad aim of the ABNS is to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards and advance the science of neurological surgery and thereby serve the cause of public health.

In good standing with a number of professional organizations, Dr. Shah is an active member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, and the North American Neuromodulation Society.

Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. A neurological surgeon examines and diagnoses disorders of or injuries to the nervous system, and performs surgeries on the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves to treat these conditions.

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