Education/Credentials

  • Residency: University of Maryland Medical Systems (Neurology)
  • Internship: University of Maryland (Internal Medicine )
  • Bachelor's Degreee: Brandeis University (Neuroscience & Biology Magna Cum Laude)
  • Medical Degree: Tufts University School of Medicine

Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology) (Certification Date: 2010-09-13) - (Recertification Date: 2022-01-15)
United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Certification Date: 2014-10-31)

Specialties

Headache
Neurology

Research Interests

General Neurology
Headache Medicine

Clinical Interests

Headache

Neurology

Atypical Facial Pain

Bell's Palsy

Botulinum Toxins

Brain Concussion

Cervicogenic Headaches

Chronic Daily Headaches

Cluster Headaches

Concussion

Concussion in Athletes

Exercise Headaches

Exertional Headaches

External Compression Headaches

Facial Nerve Disease

Facial Neuralgia

Hemicrania Continua

Hypnic Headaches

Ice cream Headaches

Intracranial Hypertension

Intracranial Vasospasm

Lewy Body Disease

Low Pressure Headaches (Intracranial Hypotension)

Medication Overuse Headaches

Meningioma

Migraine Disorders

Migraine with Aura

Migraine without Aura

Migraines

Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)

Muscular Atrophy

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Occipital Neuralgia (ON)

Rebound Headache

Sex Headaches

Spinal Headaches

Syncope

Tension-Type Headaches

Thunderclap Headaches

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias

Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic douloureux)

Type II Trigeminal Neuralgia

Vascular Headaches

Wernicke Encephalopathy

Peer Reviewed Publications

Shah, Reena S; Cole, John W 2010. Smoking and stroke: the more you smoke the more you stroke. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 8 7, 917-32

Shah, Reena S; Shin, Robert K; Castellani, Rudy J 2010. Granulocytic sarcoma mimicking HSV encephalitis. The neurologist, 16 5, 319-21

Shah, Reena S; Lee, Hyoung-Gon; Xiongwei, Zhu; Perry, George; Smith, Mark A; Castellani, Rudy J . Current approaches in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 62 4, 199-207