Rupal Shah

Dr. Rupal Shah is a Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine. She serves as an attending physician in the Lung Transplant Program and Interstitial Lung Disease Program, specializing in advanced lung disease management pre- and post-transplant. As Medical Director for Adult Patient Experience at UCSF Health, she focuses on patient care optimization and communication.

• Education: Wayne State University (MD, 2005), NYP-Columbia University (Internal Medicine, 2008), University of Pennsylvania (Pulmonary & Critical Care, 2012; MSCE in Clinical Epidemiology, 2013)
• Awards: V. Courtney Broaddus Award (2025), UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award (2021-2022), Michael S. Stulbarg Teaching Award (2020)

Her research spans Lung Transplantation, Primary Graft Dysfunction, and Interstitial Lung Disease, with recent work examining:

• Small airway transcriptional changes in acute allograft dysfunction
• Frailty assessment tools for transplant candidates
• Immune mechanisms in graft rejection
• Post-transplant mental health outcomes

Publications highlight collaborations with multidisciplinary teams across institutions. Scientific awards recognize her contributions to:

• Lung transplant outcome improvement
• Frailty research
• Teaching excellence

She also develops ambulatory training curricula for pulmonary fellows and investigates environmental impacts on lung disease progression.