Komal Shah, M.D.
Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Shah
Dr. Shah joined MD Anderson in 2006. She is the rotation site director for neuroradiology, with shared educational responsibilities for the UT Houston radiology residency, Baylor College of Medicine neuroradiology fellowship and MDA oncological neuroradiology fellowship. Her clinical interests include intra operative imaging, pituitary pathology, gliomas, and spine pathology.
One of Dr. Shah’s most recent articles was published in May 2015 Radiographics: “Glial Tumors in Brodmann Area 6: Spread Pattern and Relationships to Motor Areas”
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Pituitary hypophysitis, adenoma, carcinoma, Intra-operative MRI, Skull base tumors, Thermal ablation for brain pathology
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1995 | Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, BA, Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2005-2006 | Clinical Fellowship, Neuroradiology, Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2001-2005 | Clinical Residency, Radiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX |
| 2000-2001 | Clinical Internship, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Houston, TX |
Board Certifications
| 2007 | American Board of Radiology with subspecialty in Neuroradiology |
| 2005 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2019
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2013
Honors & Awards
| 2014 | Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America 100th Annual Meeting |
| 2014 | Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America 100th Annual Meeting |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Consul N, Amini B, Ibarra-Rovira JJ, Blair KJ, Moseley TW, Taher A, Shah KB, Elsayes KM. Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Whole-Body MRI Screening: Screening Guidelines, Imaging Features, and Impact on Patient Management. AJR Am J Roentgenol 216(1):252-263, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33151095.
- Santos-Pinheiro F, Penas-Prado M, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Waguespack SG, Mahajan A, Brown PD, Shah KB, Fuller GN, McCutcheon IE. Treatment and long-term outcomes in pituitary carcinoma: a cohort study. Eur J Endocrinol 181(4):397-407, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31349217.
- Bastos DCA, Rao G, Oliva ICG, Loree JM, Fuentes DT, Stafford RJ, Beechar VB, Weinberg JS, Shah K, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS. Predictors of Local Control of Brain Metastasis Treated With Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy. Neurosurgery. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31539421.
- Javadi S, Menias CO, Karbasian N, Shaaban A, Shah K, Osman A, Jensen CT, Lubner MG, Gaballah AH, Elsayes KM. HIV-related Malignancies and Mimics: Imaging Findings and Management. Radiographics 38(7):2051-2068, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30339518.
- Cabanillas ME, de Souza JA, Geyer S, Wirth LJ, Menefee ME, Liu SV, Shah K, Wright J, Shah MH. Cabozantinib as salvage therapy for patients with tyrosine kinase inhibitor-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer: results of a multicenter phase II international thyroid oncology group trial. J Clin Oncol 35(29):JCO2017730226, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28817373.
- MacFarlane D, Shah K, Wysong A, Wortsman X, Humphreys TR. The role of imaging in the management of patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer: Diagnostic modalities and applications. J Am Acad Dermatol 76(4):579-588, 2017. PMID: 28325388.
- Humphreys TR, Shah K, Wysong A, Lexa F, MacFarlane D. The role of imaging in the management of patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer: When is imaging necessary?. J Am Acad Dermatol 76(4):591-607, 2017. PMID: 28325389.
- Alsarraf L, Shah K, Hessel A, Williams M, Ginsberg LE. Perineural spread along the intermediate branch of the supraclavicular nerve- A case report. Neurographics, 2016.
- Shah K, Hayman LA, Chavali LS, Hamilton JD, Prabhu SS, Wangaryattawanich P, Kumar VA, Kumar AJ. Glial tumors in brodmann area 6: spread pattern and relationships to motor areas. Radiographics 35(3):793-803, 2015. PMID: 25969935.
- Dadu R, Shah K, Busaidy NL, Waguespack SG, Habra MA, Ying AK, Hu MI, Bassett R, Jimenez C, Sherman SI, Cabanillas ME. Efficacy and tolerability of vemurafenib in patients with BRAFV600E - positive papillary thyroid cancer: MD Anderson Cancer Center off label experience. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 100(1):E77-81, 2015. PMID: 25353071.
- Trinh VT, Fahim DK, Maldaun MV, Shah K, McCutcheon IE, Rao G, Lang F, Weinberg J, Sawaya R, Suki D, Prabhu SS. Impact of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging during awake craniotomy procedures for intraoperative guidance and complication avoidance. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 92(5):315-322, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25247627.
- Pickering CR, Shah K, Ahmed S, Rao A, Frederick MJ, Zhang J, Unruh AK, Wang J, Ginsberg LE, Kumar AJ, Myers JN, Hamilton JD. CT Imaging correlates of genomic expression for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 34(9):1818-22, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23764725.
- Kumar VA, Shah K, Ginsberg LE. Perineural tumor spread to the oculomotor (CN III) nerve. J Comput Assist Tomogr 37(4):525-7, 2013. PMID: 23863527.
- Shah K, Esmaeli B, Ginsberg LE. Perineural tumor spread along the nasociliary branch of the ophthalmic nerve: imaging findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr 37(2):282-285, 2013. PMID: 23493220.
- Trinh VT, Fahim DK, Shah K, Tummala S, McCutcheon IE, Sawaya R, Suki D, Prabhu SS. Subcortical injury is an independent predictor of worsening neurological deficits following awake craniotomy procedures. Neurosurgery 72(2):160-9, 2013. PMID: 23147778.
Abstracts
- Pria F, Pokhylevych H, Hassan AA, Saleh MM, Tonso VM, Shah K. Understanding Tumor Metrics in Neuro-Oncology: It's Easy Until It's Not!. Radiological Society of North America 106th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2020.
- Bastos D, Prabhu S, Rao G, Weinberg J, Colen R, Calle S, Schomer D, Shah K, Kumar VA. Imaging of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) for the Treatment of Brain Metastasis and Radiation Necrosis: A Review of 82 Treated Lesions at Our Institution. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018.
- Ahmed S, Chen B, Vu TH, Stewart J, Schomer D, Shah K. Sonographic Features of Melanoma Nodal Metastasis in the Head and Neck. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018.
- Bastos, Loree J, Kumar V, Shah K, Rao G, Weinberg J, Prabhu S. Volumetric Analysis of Brain Metastases Treated with Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) and Correlation with Clinical Outcome. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018.
- Shah K. Imaging findings of cancer immunotherapy induced hypophysitis: An Update. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018.
- Shah K. Sellar and Suprasellar Imaging: Anatomy and Pathology. Cancer Imaging and Intervention Conference Proceedings, 2018.
- Shah K. Skull Base Imaging: Anatomy and Pathology. Cancer Imaging and Intervention Conference Proceedings, 2018.
- Shah K. Neuroradiology Review. Cancer Imaging and Intervention Conference Proceedings, 2018.
- Calle S, Bastos D, Prabhu S, Shah K, Kumar V. Laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of intracranial metastasis: an evaluation of pretreatment tumor features and posttreatment outcomes. American Society of Neuroradiology 55th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2017.
- Pitteloud MJ, Dadu R, Cabanillas ME, Shah K, Waguespack SG. Hypophysitis in the age of cancer immunotherapy: experience in a large cancer center, 2015.
- Vu T, Kwon M, Shah K, Clayman G, Perrier N, Fornage B, Edieken B. The role of intra-operative ultrasound in head and neck oncology. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 48th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014.
- Hamilton JD, Hunter J, Chavali L, Kumar V, Shah K, Schellingerhout D, Fuller G, Guillory S, Ison C, Matuschek C, Boelke E, Colen RR, Chi L, Prabhu S, Hayman L, Kumar AJ. Predicting the spread of glial tumors: insights from “Gliography” of the cingulate. American Society of Neuroradiology 52nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014.
- Hamilton JD, Guillory S, Chavali L, Kumar V, Ison C, Shah K, Schellingerhout D, Prabhu S, Chi L, Colen RR, Wefel J, Hayman L, Kumar AJ. Insights from the ventral premotor cortex (BA 44): glial tumor spread pattern important for survival and functional outcomes. American Society of Neuroradiology 52nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014.
- Alsarraf L, Shah K, Hessel A, Williams M, Ginsberg LE. Imaging of supraclavicular nerve perineural spread with operative correlation. American Society of Neuroradiology 52nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014.
- Shah K, Hamilton JD, Chavali L, Hayman L, Wangaryattawanich P, Hunter J, Colen R, Schellingerhout D, Prabhu S, Kumar A. Imaging appearance and spread pattern of glial tumors in the supplementary motor area (Brodmann Area 6). Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2013.
- Dadu R, Shah K, Waguespack SG, Sherman SI, Habra MA, Busaidy N, Jimenez C, Ying A, Hu MI, Cabanillas ME. Efficacy and tolerability of vemurafenib in BRAF positive papillary thyroid cancer. American Thyroid Association 83rd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2013.
- Hamilton JD, Hunter JV, Chavali L, Kumar VA, Ison C, Prabhu S, Shah K, Matuschek C, Boelke E, Colen RR, Chi TL, Schellingerhout D, Fuller G, Hayman LA, Kumar AJ. Predicting the spread of glial tumors: insights from the posterior and retrosplenial cingulate cortex. Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting Proceedings:372, 2013.
- Colen RR, Chavali L, Kumar VA, Hamilton JD, Lang FF, Fuller GN, Ison C, Shah K, Ketonen L, Kumar AJ, Hayman LA. Predicting the spread of glial tumors: lessons from the subcentral gyrus. Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting Proceedings:375, 2013.
Book Chapters
- Shah K, Ginsberg LE. Imaging of Skull Base Neoplasms. In: Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumors. 2. Thieme, 2021.
- Gule-Monroe MK, Kwon M, Johnson JM, Shah K, Edeiken-Monroe BS. Ultrasound characteristics and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of lymph nodes in the cervical soft tissues: A radiology perspective. In: Advanced Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound. Springer, 227-239, 2017.