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Udayan K. Shah, MD, MBA

Otolaryngology

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Other Offices

Get to Know Me

I have the privilege of serving in the Delaware Valley as our chief of Otolaryngology. I also serve our multi-state enterprise as our chief of Credentialing. On a national level, I have served as the President, Treasurer and Program Chair of the Society of Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children;  Chair of the Program, Audit and Finance Committees of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology;  and as Chair of the Medical Devices & Drugs Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.  

Why I Treat Children

I’m passionate about being able to help people every day – that’s what being a doctor means to me. There's nothing more satisfying than being able to make a difference in the life of a child.

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Otolaryngology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1998

Internship

  • Surgery - Boston Medical Center, 1993

Residency

  • Otolaryngology - Boston Medical Center, 1997

Medical/Dental School

  • MD - Boston University School of Medicine, 1992

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Otolaryngology/Otolaryngology

Awards & Recognition

  • 2016 Main Line Today Magazine, Top Doctors
  • 2015 Main Line Today Magazine, Top Doctors
  • 2014 Best Doctors in America
  • 2014 Main Line Today Magazine Top Doctors
  • 2013 Best Doctors in America
  • 2011 Best Doctors in America

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna PPO/EPO/POS
  • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
  • Amerihealth Caritas DE - PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALISTS ONLY
  • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
  • Carefirst MD Community Health Plan Mcaid
  • Carefirst MD Community Health Plan Mcaid
  • Cigna Lifesource Transplant
  • Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
  • Cigna/Great West PPO
  • Delaware First Health
  • Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
  • Devon Health Services
  • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
  • First Health PPO
  • First Health/Affordable PPO
  • Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
  • Global Medical Managment DE/PA
  • Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
  • Highmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Delaware Traditional
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware HMO PPO POS EPO
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Traditional
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delware HMO PPO POS EPO
  • Highmark Medicaid Health Options
  • Highmark PA CHIP & Commercial
  • Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield NJ HMO
  • Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ PPO
  • Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan HMO/PPO
  • Independence Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone HMO PPO
  • Insurance Administrators of America
  • INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
  • Interlink Transplant
  • Keystone First Medicaid HMO
  • Lifetrac Transplant
  • Maryland Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • National Transplant (Humana)
  • New Jersey Medicaid
  • Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO DE/PA
  • Pennsylvania Medicaid
  • Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
  • Preferred Healthcare PPO
  • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
  • Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
  • Star Healthcare Network
  • Three Rivers Provider Network
  • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services
  • United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
  • UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
  • UPMC Medicaid
  • Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid

  • Congenital Neck Masses
  • Hearing Loss
  • Otitis Media

Research Activities

I’ve done research, written numerous scientific papers, and edited a textbook on tonsillectomy techniques.

Medical Interests

  • History of medicine
  • Technological innovations in medicine

  • Marom, T., Pitaro, J., Shah, U. K., Torretta, S., Marchisio, P., Kumar, A. T., & Tamir, S. O. (2022). Otitis Media Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2021.749911

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  • Faucett, E. A., Wolter, N. E., Balakrishnan, K., Ishman, S. L., Mehta, D., Parikh, S., & Propst, E. J. (2021). Competency-Based Assessment Tool for Pediatric Esophagoscopy: International Modified Delphi Consensus. Laryngoscope, 131(5), 1168-1174. doi:10.1002/lary.29126

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  • Kolb, C. M., Shah, U., & Aaronson, N. L. (2020). Interstate variation within a five-state health system: Polysomnography prior to tonsillectomy in trisomy 21 patients. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 138. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110336

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  • Propst, E. J., Wolter, N. E., Ishman, S. L., Balakrishnan, K., Deonarain, A. R., Mehta, D., & Faucett, E. A. (2020). Competency-Based Assessment Tool for Pediatric Tracheotomy: International Modified Delphi Consensus. Laryngoscope, 130(11), 2700-2707. doi:10.1002/lary.28461

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  • Ni, J. S., Kohn, J., Shah, U. K., & Levi, J. R. (2020). Acute pediatric tracheitis: Distinguishing the disease by tracheostomy status. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 130. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109800

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  • Kolb, C. M., Tinley-Strong, D., Rangarajan, R., Uejima, T., & Shah, U. K. (2020). General anesthesia risk across pediatric surgical specialties: Low in otolaryngology. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 129. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109780

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  • Chan, K. H., Dinwiddie, J. K., Ahuja, G. S., Bennett, E. C., Brigger, M. T., Chi, D. H., & Schoem, S. R. (2020). Advanced practice providers and children's hospital-based pediatric otolarynology practices. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 129. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109770

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  • Trott, K. E., Briddell, J. W., Corao-Uribe, D., Powell, J., Seecof, O. M., Levy, C., & Shah, U. K. (2019). Dyskeratosis Congenita and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Report of a Case and Literature Review. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 41(6), 501-503. doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000001478

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  • Shah, U. K., Miller, E. G., & Levy, C. (2018). Palliation in pediatric otorhinolaryngology. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 113, 22-25. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.07.016

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  • Strang, A. R., Briddell, J. W., Barth, P. C., Shah, U. K., & Chidekel, A. (2018). Risk factor analysis for mortality among infants requiring tracheostomy. Pediatric Pulmonology, 53(8), 1115-1121. doi:10.1002/ppul.24064

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  • Levi, J. R., Topf, M. C., Mostovych, N. K., Yoo, E., Barth, P., & Shah, U. K. (2017). In response to stomal maturation does not increase the rate of tracheocutaneous fistulas. Laryngoscope, 127(9), E331. doi:10.1002/lary.26584

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  • Gerritsen, R., Corao, D., & Shah, U. K. (2017). Schwannoma of the nasal septum: Rare presentation and literature review. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, 17, 23-26. doi:10.1016/j.pedex.2017.06.001

  • D'Souza, J. N., Levi, J. R., Park, D., & Shah, U. K. (2016). Complications following pediatric tracheotomy. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 142(5), 484-488. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2016.0173

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  • Levi, J. R., Topf, M. C., Mostovych, N. K., Yoo, E., Barth, P. C., & Shah, U. K. (2016). Stomal maturation does not increase the rate of tracheocutaneous fistulas. Laryngoscope, 126(10), 2395-2398. doi:10.1002/lary.26225

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  • Mitchell, C. A., Kreiger, P., Goff, C., & Shah, U. K. (2015). Pediatric foreign body aspiration: A nidus for Aspergillus colonization. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 79(6), 938-940. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.04.001

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