Dr Nasir Shah

Dr Nasir A. Shah is a renal physician and Conjoint Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences at UNSW Sydney. He is a nephrology Staff Specialist at Prince of Wales Hospital and The Sutherland Hospital, a Research Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health, and a regional scientific lead at Emerald Clinical Trials.

Dr Shah’s research spans clinical studies, clinical trials, and discovery science. Each stream informs the others. The goal is better care for people with kidney disease.

At Prince of Wales Hospital, he leads clinical research in kidney disease. This work is shaped by day-to-day patient care. He looks after people with chronic kidney disease across all stages. He also manages dialysis care, including haemodialysis.

At The George Institute, he works on clinical trials in chronic kidney disease. He supports study set-up, follow-up, and data reporting. He works closely with investigators and trial teams across multiple sites.

At UNSW, his discovery research links kidney disease, blood vessel health, and heart disease. He studies dialysis fistulas and the effects of high blood flow. He focuses on how flow changes the cells lining blood vessels. To study this, he builds patient-specific vessel models using 3D printing. The models reflect real vessel shapes and blood flow patterns from patients.

This work blends engineering with medicine. Dr Shah collaborates with physicians, surgeons, engineers, and laboratory scientists. Together, they connect patient anatomy to lab models. They use this to study mechanisms and treatment response. His research training is supported by competitive scholarships and project funding.

At UNSW, Dr Shah teaches and mentors students. He has supervised students in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. He welcomes student projects in kidney disease, vascular biology, and health engineering. He also welcomes collaborators in dialysis access and cardiovascular risk.