About Dr. Shah
Dr. Rizwan Shah is currently the Medical
Director of the Child Abuse Program at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des
Moines, Iowa. Dr. Shah came to Iowa from her native Pakistan in 1968, and
began practicing in pediatrics. In 1981, she became among the first in
the nation to recognize the link between parental crack cocaine abuse and
abused children.
Dr. Shah has taught widely on the linkage
between child abuse and drug abuse and was one of a group of physicians to
receive the Award of Merit from the Iowa Medical Society, in 1999, for
helping to facilitate the establishment of children's health programs in
Iowa. Shah teaches child abuse training programs both in Iowa and
nationally, as well as clinical teaching in medical schools and hospitals.
She has served as President of the Iowa Chapter of the American Academy of
Pediatrics and Co-Chair of the Iowa Medical Society's Public Health
Committee.
Dr. Shah is
passionate concerning her philosophy in treating children harmed by drug
abuse: “I try to leave the child with the message that you can rise above
the abuse and neglect and be somebody."
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