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Nina Shah, MD

Hematologist Oncologist

Nina Shah, MD

Dr. Nina Shah is a hematologist who specializes in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a type of cancer affecting the blood marrow. She treats patients at the Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinic. Shah's areas of professional interest include the intersection of immunology and oncology and helping patients fight multiple myeloma by boosting their immune systems.

Shah received a bachelor's degree in cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University, followed by a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. She then completed a residency in internal medicine at Columbia University and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. An associate professor at UCSF, Shah belongs to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. She speaks Bengali and Spanish.

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