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Cornea Specialist, Cataract Surgery
Fellowship: Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cornea and External Disease
Residency: Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Ophthalmology
Internship: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse
Education: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University
Kevin J. Shah, MD, a native of New York City, joined Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania in 2016 after serving as faculty at the Cole Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Shah, a Board-Certified cornea and cataract surgeon, brings a variety of modern surgical techniques to the Cornea Service at Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania, specifically: suture-less cataract surgery, Astigmatic and Presbyopic correction during cataract surgery, Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK), Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK), Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK), Conjunctival Limbal Autograft (CLAU), Penetrating Keratoplasty (PK), Implantation of the Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis (KPro).
After obtaining his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, Dr. Shah earned his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY and completed his ophthalmology residency at Manhattan Eye and Ear Throat Hospital (MEETH) / New York University. He then completed a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at the Cincinnati Eye Institute/University of Cincinnati under the mentorship of Edward J. Holland, MD, an internationally recognized leader in cornea transplantation and ocular surface reconstruction.
During his fellowship, Dr. Shah specialized in astigmatic and presbyopic correction during cataract surgery, ocular surface reconstruction, limbal stem cell transplantation and partial corneal transplantation procedures. As faculty at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Shah helped train residents and fellows in advanced corneal disease and mentored them in the operating room during cataract surgeries and corneal transplantations.
Dr. Shah is well published in peer-reviewed journals and has a specific interest in treating Fuchs Dystrophy and Keratoconus. He has authored several book chapters, specifically focusing on the surgical techniques for DMEK, Herpes Simplex Keratitis, and Corneal transplantation in patients with ocular surface disease. He also served on the accreditation board for the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), the accrediting body for donor eye banks in the United States from 2013 to 2020. He is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Ophthalmology 360®.
Dr. Shah is an attending surgeon at the Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center, Reading Hospital – Tower Health, Physicians Care Surgical Hospital, Physicians Care Surgery Center, and Physicians Surgical Center of Lebanon.
His medical society memberships include:
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