Dr. Manish Shah Named to Houston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2015
Manish Shah, M.D., UTHealth pediatric neurosurgeon affiliated with Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and the Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Institute at the Texas Medical Center (MNI), has been named to the Houston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2015.
“The seventh-annual 40 Under 40 honorees represent the diversity and endless opportunity available in Houston,” the Houston Business Journal said in its story on the award. This year, the journal received nearly 400 nominations across all industries.
“I am proud to be recognized with so many respected individuals in the Houston area,” said Dr. Shah. “On a daily basis, I have the privilege of helping children achieve a better quality of life despite having a scary and often debilitating neurological disease and that is reward enough. To be recognized for that work is an exceptional honor.”
Dr. Shah went to Princeton University for undergrad and studied medicine at Vanderbilt University. As a resident in neurological surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, he was awarded the Department of Neurosurgery’s Medical Student Teaching Award and the Department’s Annual Resident Research Symposium Research Award.
Currently, Dr. Shah is the Director of Pediatric Spasticity and Movement Disorder Surgery at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and MNI. He has a laboratory to investigate basic brain function in children with advanced neuroimaging techniques.
One of his major clinical interests is in selective dorsal rhizotomy, and he is one of only a handful of surgeons within a 1,000 mile radius who can perform the operation. This procedure involves destroying nerve roots in the spinal cord that are causing problematic neuromuscular conditions. These conditions can often include muscle tightness and possible paralysis.
“Dr. Shah is an extraordinary and gifted physician who is bringing innovative treatments to our community and who will be a national leader in the field of pediatric neurosurgery,” said David Sandberg, M.D., director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, MNI and UTHealth Medical School. “I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to work alongside Dr. Shah each day. It is a credit to our city and our medical institutions to attract individuals of Dr. Shah’s caliber.”
Heath Rushing, Senior Vice President and CEO of Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, was also a 2015 40 Under 40 award recipient.
