Samir Shah, M.D.

About Samir Shah, M.D.

Dr. Samir Shah is a Board Certified gastroenterologist who treats all gastrointestinal diseases, but has a special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), preventing colon cancer, Serrated polyposis syndrome, Celiac, and GERD.

Dr. Shah is a member and past president of the American College of Gastroenterology. He is also a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,the Crohns and Colitis Foundation, and the Digestive Diseases National Coalition (DDNC).

Dr. Shah loves that most of the time in GI we are able to help our patients. The combination of scopes and our understanding of GI physiology and growing arsenal of treatment options means that we get better at diagnosing and treating GI disorders--which he finds very satisfying. Plus he loves teaching the medical students, residents and GI Fellows.

Dr. Shah’s patients can expect personalized care from someone passionate about excellence in clinical care.

Dr. Shah graduated with his Medical Degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his Medical Residency and Medical Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Dr. Shah has co-authored more than 200 abstracts/book chapters/articles and has given over 100 invited presentations primarily devoted to inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Shah is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including Brown University’s Teaching Recognition Award, The Dean’s Teaching Excellence Certificate, Brown University’s Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical Faculty, the Beckwith Family Award for Outstanding Teaching, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Freshman Governor’s Award and later the William D. Carey Award. The New England Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation named him Humanitarian of the Year in 2009 and co-recipient of the Joan Cutler Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the DDNC in 2023. In 2018, Brighton High School in Rochester, NY inducted him into their Hall of Fame. Rhode Island Monthly consistently names him among the Top Doctors in Rhode Island.

He served as co-chair of the Membership Committee of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation from 2018-2021 and previously served as co-chair of the Professional Education Committee from 2015-2018. He served as co-chair of the IBD-Circle, an online community sponsored by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation and the ACG, and continues to serve on the faculty panel. He is one of the faculty for IBD Live, sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic and IBD school sponsored by the ACG. He has been one of the ACG representatives to the Digestive Diseases National Coalition (DDNC) and served as President of the DDNC from 2018-2020. He has been on the Board of Trustees for the American College of Gastroenterology since 2005 and is the Past President of the ACG. He has participated in several multi-center clinical trials of cutting-edge therapies for IBD and was co-principal investigator for OSCCAR (Ocean State Crohn’s and Colitis Area Registry). Since 2015, he has served as the lead physician for his group in the IBD QORUS program through the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation.

In his free time, Dr. Shah enjoys swimming, skiing, traveling, listening to music, and is even in a band.

Education & Training

• Medical Degree at Harvard Medical School
• Medical Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Medical Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology
• Fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association
• Fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Member of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation
• Member of the Digestive Diseases National Coalition