Harsh R. Shah
Rating: 4.9 of 5
( out of 116 reviews )

Harsh R. Shah, DO

Languages spoken: Gujarati, Hindi, English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Research North

Clinic 2D/E, BMT/Hematology
2000 Circle of Hope
Salt Lake City , UT 84112
801-585-2626
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  • Harsh Shah DO is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the Huntsman Cancer Center, University of Utah.

    Dr. Shah’s clinical expertise is in treatment of various lymphomas, such as Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, T-cell Lymphomas, DLBCL, Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma, CLL, etc. He has a research interest in immunotherapy resistance pathways in treatment of Hodgkin Lymphomas, particularly the role of Tumor Associated Macrophages. He is also interested in outcomes research and novel educational strategies for medical students, residents, and fellows.

    He completed his internal medicine training at Indiana University in Indianapolis and hematology and oncology fellowship at Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is certified in both hematology and oncology.

    To schedule an appointment New Patients: (801)-585-6906 Returning patients: (801)-585-2626 or schedule through MyChart.

    For questions regarding our clinical programs or for help identifying the right Hematology specialist for you or for your family member, please feel free to contact our Clinical Care Specialist (801) 587-4630.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology)
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)

    Patient Rating

    Rating: 4.9 out of 5
    4.9 /5
    ( out of 116 reviews )

    The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.

    The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

    Patient Comments

    Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

    November 21, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Very good doctor, caring, intelligent and works well with me !

    November 16, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Dr Shah was knowledgable and curtious. His care was very good and he explained my illness in a way I could understand.

    November 15, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    I really like how Dr Shah listens and addresses your needs.

    November 01, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    The whole experience was very good

    October 08, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    My cancer diagnosis has been terrifying. There is so much new information and so many decisions to be made. I am scared, but I am absolutely confident in one thing: Huntsman is the best place for me to be and Dr. Shah will work in my best interest. For this I am extremely grateful.

    September 18, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Dr. Shah is a warm caring person. Highly professional and able to explain to the patient the details of treatment in words that a lay person can understand.

    September 10, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    very knowledgeable, I feel comfortable with what he suggests for me and my care. Explains things thoroughly.

    September 09, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Dr Harsh Shah is Great - he listens and we discuss things each time we meet.

    September 07, 2025
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER
    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Sr. Shah listens to my concerns and gives me answers in a way that I can understand. He also explains the good and bad things about my health in a way that I can understand. He is very caring and understanding.

  • Harsh Shah DO is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the Huntsman Cancer Center, University of Utah.

    Dr. Shah’s clinical expertise is in treatment of various lymphomas, such as Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, T-cell Lymphomas, DLBCL, Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma, CLL, etc. He has a research interest in immunotherapy resistance pathways in treatment of Hodgkin Lymphomas, particularly the role of Tumor Associated Macrophages. He is also interested in outcomes research and novel educational strategies for medical students, residents, and fellows.

    He completed his internal medicine training at Indiana University in Indianapolis and hematology and oncology fellowship at Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is certified in both hematology and oncology.

    To schedule an appointment New Patients: (801)-585-6906 Returning patients: (801)-585-2626 or schedule through MyChart.

    For questions regarding our clinical programs or for help identifying the right Hematology specialist for you or for your family member, please feel free to contact our Clinical Care Specialist (801) 587-4630.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Associate Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Hematology & Hematologic Malignancies
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology)
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Hematology-Oncology - Karmanos Cancer Institute - Wayne State University Fellow
    Residency Internal Medicine - Indiana University School of Medicine Resident
    Professional Medical Osteopathic Medicine - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine - AT Still University of Health Sciences D.O.
    Graduate Training Biomedical Engineering - University of Michigan M.S.E.
    Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering - University of Michigan B.S.E.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Desai SH, Moskowitz AJ, Merryman RW, Shah HR, Pederson LD, Geyer S, Ganesan N, Chang T, Othman T, Falade AS, Shah GL, Durani U, Sumransub N, Ng LS, Baron K, Ong SY, Yoon K, Ansell SM, Armand P, Iyengar S, Micallef IN, Stuver RN, Herrera AF, Mei MG (2025). PD-1-based combinations before autologous transplant are associated with improved outcomes in classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. (Read full publication)
    2. Baron K, Anto E, Esther J, Vardell VA, Pappas L, Bock A, Ermann DA, Fitzgerald LA, Hu B, Shah HR (2025). Comparison of Real-World Outcomes in Patients With Follicular Lymphoma Treated With BR Versus RCHOP-Like Regimens. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. (Read full publication)
    3. Soumerai JD, Barrientos JC, Ahn IE, Coombs CC, Gladstone DE, Hoffmann MS, Kittai AS, Jacobs RW, Lipsky A, Patel K, Rhodes JM, Skarbnik AP, Thompson MC, Ermann DA, Reville PK, Shah HR, Brown JR, Stephens DM (2024). Consensus Recommendations from the 2024 Lymphoma Research Foundation Workshop on Treatment Selection and Sequencing in CLL or SLL. Blood Adv. (Read full publication)
    4. Ermann DA, Vardell VA, Shah H, Fitzgerald L, Tao R, Gaffney DK, Stephens DM, Hu B (2023). Survival Outcomes of Limited-Stage Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated With Radiation Therapy. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk, 24(2), 94-104.e6. (Read full publication)
    5. Desai SH, Spinner MA, Evens AM, Sykorova A, Bachanova V, Goyal G, Kahl B, Dorritie K, Azzi J, Kenkre VP, Chang C, Michalka J, Ansell SM, Fusco B, Sumransub N, Hatic H, Saba R, Ibrahim U, Harris EI, Shah H, Wagner-Johnston N, Arai S, Nowakowski GS, Mocikova H, Jagadeesh D, Blum KA, Diefenbach C, Iyengar S, Rappazzo KC, Baidoun F, Choi Y, Prochazka V, Advani RH, Micallef I (2023). Overall survival of patients with cHL who progress after autologous stem cell transplant: results in the novel agent era. Blood Adv, 7(23), 7295-7303. (Read full publication)
    6. Goyal G, Lau KW, Wang X, Davidoff AJ, Huntington SF, Jamy O, Calip G, Shah H, Stephens DM, Miksad R, Parikh RB, Takvorian S, Neparidze N, Seymour EK (2023). The COVID-19 Pandemic and In-Person Visit Rate Disruptions Among Patients With Hematologic Neoplasms in the US in 2020 to 2021. JAMA Netw Open, 6(6), e2316642. (Read full publication)
    7. Wagner CB, Boucher K, Nedved A, Micallef IN, Desai S, Hatic H, Goyal G, Zacholski E, Fegley A, Sigmund AM, Bond DA, Samuels C, Kamdar MK, Ba Aqeel S, Torka P, MacDougall K, Borogovac A, Rajeeve S, Sundaram S, Fedak K, Modi D, Travers E, Ayyappan S, Chilakamarri N, Brem EA, Ermann DA, Fitzgerald LA, Hu B, Stephens DM, Shah H (2023). Effect of cumulative dose of brentuximab vedotin maintenance in relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplant: an analysis of realworld outcomes. Haematologica, 108(11), 3025-3032. (Read full publication)
    8. Chavez JC, Foss FM, William BM, Brammer JE, Smith SM, Prica A, Zain JM, Tuscano JM, Shah H, Mehta-Shah N, Ramakrishnan Geethakumari PR, Wang BX, Zantinge S, Wang L, Zhang L, Boutrin A, Zhao W, Cheng L, Standifer N, Hewitt L, Enowtambong E, Shao W, Sharma S, Carlesso G, Moscow JA, Siu LL (2023). Targeting the Inducible T-cell Costimulator (ICOS) in patients with Relapsed/Refractory T-Follicular Helper Phenotype Peripheral T-Cell and Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. Clin Cancer Res. (Read full publication)
    9. Parsons MW, Rock C, Chipman JJ, Shah HR, Hu B, Stephens DM, Tao R, Tward JD, Gaffney DK (2022). Secondary malignancies in non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors: 40 years of follow-up assessed by treatment modality. Cancer Med, 12(3), 2624-2636. (Read full publication)
    10. Desai SH, Spinner MA, David K, Bachanova V, Goyal G, Kahl B, Dorritie K, Azzi J, Kenkre VP, Arai S, Chang C, Fusco B, Sumransub N, Hatic H, Saba R, Ibrahim U, Harris EI, Shah H, Murphy J, Ansell S, Jagadish D, Orellana-Noia V, Diefenbach C, Iyenger S, Rappazzo KC, Mishra R, Choi Y, Nowakowski GS, Advani RH, Micallef IN (2023). Checkpoint inhibitor-based salvage regimens prior to autologous stem cell transplant improve event-free survival in relapsed/refractory classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Am J Hematol. (Read full publication)
    11. Fenlon JB, Hutten RJ, Johnson SB, Hu B, Shah H, Stephens DM, Maity A, Gaffney DK, Tao R (2022). Evaluating patterns of care for early-stage low-grade follicular lymphoma in the rituximab era. Leuk Lymphoma, 64(2), 1-8. (Read full publication)
    12. Shah H, Jang H, Kim S, Halwani AS (2022). A comprehensive SEER registry analysis of elderly patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma based on treatment era and race. Br J Haematol, 200(5), 579-586. (Read full publication)
    13. Rock CB, Chipman JJ, Parsons MW, Weil CR, Hutten RJ, Tao R, Tward JD, Shah HR, Hu B, Stephens DM, Gaffney DK (2022). Second Primary Malignancies in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Survivors with 40 Years of Follow Up: Influence of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol, 7(6), 101035. (Read full publication)
    14. Stephens DM, Huang Y, Ruppert AS, Walker JS, Canfield D, Cempre CB, Fu Q, Baker S, Hu B, Shah H, Vadeboncoeur R, Rogers KA, Bhat S, Jaglowski SM, Lockman H, Lapalombella R, Byrd JC, Woyach JA (2022). Selinexor combined with ibrutinib demonstrates tolerability and safety in advanced B-cell malignancies: A phase I study. Clin Cancer Res, 28(15), 3242-3247. (Read full publication)
    15. Shah H, Jang H, Singh P, Kosti J, Kin A, Alavi A, Ratanatharathorn V, Ayash L, Uberti J, Ramchandren R, Kim S, Deol A (2021). Improved post-ASCT survival of relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma patients in the era of novel agents. Leuk Lymphoma, 63(4), 813-820. (Read full publication)
    16. Shah HR, Stephens DM (2021). Is there a role for anti-CD20 antibodies in CLL? Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program, 2021(1), 68-75. (Read full publication)
    17. Orellana-Noia VM, Reed D, McCook AA, Sen JM, Barlow CM, Malecek MK, Watkins MP, Kahl BS, Spinner MA, Advani R, Voorhees TJ, Snow A, Grover NS, Ayers AA, Romancik J, Liu Y, Huntington SF, Chavez JC, Saeed H, Lazaryan A, Raghunathan V, Spurgeon SE, Ollila TA, Del Prete C, Olszewski A, Ayers EC, Landsburg DJ, Echalier B, Lee J, Kamdar M, Caimi PF, Fu T, Liu J, David KA, Alharthy H, Law JY, Karmali R, Shah HR, Stephens DM, Major A, Rojek AE, Smith SM, Yellala A, Kallam A, Nakhoda S, Khan N, Sohail MA, Hill BT, Barrett-Campbell O, Lansigan F, Switchenko JM, Cohen JB, Portell CA (2021). Single-route CNS prophylaxis for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas: real-world outcomes from 21 US academic institutions. Blood, 139, 413-423. (Read full publication)
    18. Shah H, Stephens D, Seymour J, Maddocks K (2021). Incorporating Novel Targeted and Immunotherapeutic Agents in Treatment of B-Cell Lymphomas. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book, 41, 1-18. (Read full publication)
    19. Vaishampayan U, Shah H, Asad MF, Shi D, Dickow B, Suisham S, Domina J, Cher ML, Samantray J, Aoun HD (2020). Adrenal Metastases as Sanctuary Sites in Advanced Renal Cancer. J Kidney Cancer VHL, 7(4), 1-7. (Read full publication)
    20. Shah H, Kim S, Singh P, Alavi A, Ratanatharathorn V, Ayash L, Uberti J, Deol A (2019). Clinical outcomes of multiple myeloma patients who undergo autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant with G-CSF or G-CSF and plerixafor mobilized grafts. Am J Hematol, 95(2), 198-204. (Read full publication)
    21. Shah H, Vaishampayan U (2018). Therapy of Advanced Prostate Cancer: Targeting the Androgen Receptor Axis in Earlier Lines of Treatment. Target Oncol, 13(6), 679-689. (Read full publication)
    22. Shah H, Bradford C, Sayar H (2015). Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Presenting with Severe Marrow Fibrosis. Case Rep Hematol, 2015, 826894. (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Salem AE, Shah HR, Covington MF, Koppula BR, Fine GC, Wiggins RH, Hoffman JM, Morton KA (2022). PET-CT in Clinical Adult Oncology: I. Hematologic Malignancies. [Review]. Cancers (Basel), 14(23). (Read full publication)

    Case Report

    1. Shah H, McPherson K, Mansour A, Ramirez-Santrich C, Nassiri M, Shahda S (2016). Neuroendocrine Differentiation of a Primary BRAF Mutant Colon Cancer in a Patient With a History of Hairy Cell Leukemia. Clin Colorectal Cancer, 15(4), e235-e239. (Read full publication)

    Letter

    1. Vardell VA, Ermann DA, Fitzgerald L, Shah H, Hu B, Stephens DM (2024). T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia: Epidemiology and survival trends in the era of novel treatments. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Hematol, 99(3), 494-496. (Read full publication)
    2. Epperla N, Feng L, Shah NN, Fitzgerald L, Shah H, Stephens DM, Lee CJ, Ollila T, Shouse G, Danilov AV, David KA, Torka P, Hashmi H, Hess B, Barta SK, Romancik JT, Cohen JB, Annunzio K, Kittai AS, Reneau J, Zurko J, Nizamuddin IA, Winter JN, Gordon LI, Ma S, Patel R, Nastoupil L, Ahmed S, Karmali R (2023). Outcomes of patients with secondary central nervous system lymphoma following CAR T-cell therapy: a multicenter cohort study. [Letter to the editor]. J Hematol Oncol, 16(1), 111. (Read full publication)
    3. Vardell VA, Ermann DA, Fitzgerald LA, Shah HR, Hu B, Stephens DM (2023). Influence of racial and ethnic identity on overall survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Hematol, 98(7), E172-E174. (Read full publication)
    4. Shah H, Kim S, Klimecki S, Charlson K, Uberti J, Schiffer CA, Fiala MA, Seymour E (2022). Racial disparities in time to hematopoietic cell transplant among patients with hematologic malignancies at a large urban academic center. [Letter to the editor]. Bone Marrow Transplant, 57, 1213-1215. (Read full publication)