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Niti Shahi joins San Francisco’s UCSF Health leadership academy
Shahi has special expertise in treating complex abdominal wall hernias, gastroesophageal reflux, achalasia, hiatal hernias and paraesophageal hernias.
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Staff Reporter - Fri, 21, Aug 2026
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NITI SHAHI / UCSF
Indian-origin doctor Niti Shahi has been selected for UCSF Health’s Network Leadership Academy, joining a distinguished cohort tapped to help strengthen collaboration and shape what comes next across the network.
Shahi, who specializes in general and minimally invasive surgery, foregut surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction at UCSF Health, was chosen from a strong field of applicants.
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Shahi will join a cohort of physicians from across the UCSF Health network for an immersive leadership experience centered on collaboration, connection and advancing the future of care. UCSF’s Department of Surgery congratulated Shahi on Aug. 20.
Shahi has special expertise in treating complex abdominal wall hernias, gastroesophageal reflux, achalasia, hiatal hernias and paraesophageal hernias. She provides compassionate, patient-centered care and aims to empower patients with knowledge about their conditions so they can collaboratively choose treatment strategies that best support their long-term health and goals.
She emphasizes thoughtful surgical planning and close partnerships with referring clinicians to optimize outcomes. Shahi is experienced in open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, allowing her to offer the full spectrum of surgical options tailored to each patient’s needs. She deeply values the trust that patients and their families place in her and strives to care for them with the same attention and dedication that she would offer her own family.
Shahi’s research focuses on minimally invasive and robotic surgery to reduce pain, accelerate recovery and improve patient outcomes.
Surgical expertise meets an expanding leadership horizon@UCSFSurgery’s Dr. Niti Shahi, has been selected for the 2026 @ucsfhealth's Network Leadership Academy, joining a distinguished cohort tapped to help strengthen collaboration & shape what comes next across the network pic.twitter.com/CYivtGbP0Y
— UCSF Surgery (@UCSFSurgery) August 19, 2026
Shahi earned her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. She completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine. During her residency, she also completed a two-year research fellowship at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, where she focused on surgical outcomes, device innovation and machine learning.
After her residency, she completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery with a focus on bariatric (weight-loss) surgery and open abdominal wall reconstruction at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in advanced foregut and abdominal wall reconstruction at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
Shahi has been recognized for excellence in medicine as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She is also a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the American Hernia Society.
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