Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE, MHM

I’m a pediatric hospital medicine and pediatric infectious disease physician. I am board-certified in pediatrics, pediatric hospital medicine and pediatric infectious diseases. My research focuses on improving the efficiency and quality of care of children — particularly those hospitalized with common, serious infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. My goal is to conduct and promote research that makes the world a better place for children.

Over time, my research interests have evolved from focusing on specific diseases, such as pneumonia, to influencing how we can improve care systems to produce better outcomes for our patients. I’m trying to generate evidence to show physicians how to provide better care at a lower cost and develop methods to help health systems do the same. My ongoing projects include identifying benchmarks of care to help hospitals improve patient outcomes and eliminate unnecessary tests and treatments.

I’m honored to have received numerous prestigious awards for my research and leadership, including:

• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Young Investigator Award (2011)
• Society of Hospital Medicine Excellence in Research Award (2009)
• Society of Hospital Medicine Teamwork in Quality Improvement Award (2014)
• Pediatric Hospital Medicine Award for Excellence in Research (2015)
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Senior Faculty Mentoring Achievement Award (2018)
• The Academic Pediatric Association's Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award (2015)
• Master in Hospital Medicine (lifetime achievement award), Society of Hospital Medicine (2019)
• Academic Pediatric Association's Research Award (2020)

In addition to my clinical and research roles, I serve as chair of the National Pneumonia Guidelines Committee, jointly sponsored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. I am also vice-chair of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network — a hospital-based research network with more than 120 hospital members and over $28 million in extramural research funding over the past eight years.

I am the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Previously, I served as the clinical review and education editor for JAMA Pediatrics and as a founding associate editor of the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. In addition, I have served as editor or co-editor of 12 books in the fields of pediatrics and infectious diseases, including The Philadelphia Guide: Inpatient Pediatrics, Symptom-Based Diagnosis in Pediatrics, Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice — all published by McGraw-Hill Education, as well as Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 21st edition, published by Elsevier, Inc.