About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Emergency Medicine
Biography
Dr. Kaushal Shah is an assistant professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and serves as vice-chair of Education for WCM Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Shah is also a board-certified emergency physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
He received his Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Shah completed his emergency medicine residency training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Shah held positions as vice-chair of Education and residency program director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
He is a national leader in Emergency Medicine education and has extensive experience in undergraduate education and faculty development. Dr. Shah has researched and published extensively on the subjects of trauma and education.
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Emergency Medicine
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Attending Physician - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., Dartmouth Medical School, 2000
- B.A., Brown University, 1996
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - PPO
- AETNA - Medicare
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
External Relationships
External Relationships
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No External Relationships Reported