Dr. Shailee S. Shah, MD

This doctor destroyed my family and left my husband with permanent brain damage, so that he no longer has the 22-plus year specialty career he worked tirelessly to build. AVOID Dr. Shailee Shah at Northwestern AT ALL COSTS. Dr. Shah showed zero ability to think beyond a basic checklist or connect clinical data points. I had to order and pay for critical out-of-state labs and tests (money we don't have) to identify the root cause of my husband’s illness. She dismissed my questions arrogantly, insulted my concerns when I pushed her to reconsider, and repeatedly refused the specific test that ultimately revealed the source of his condition. She also refused to provide a simple financial hardship letter required by Mayo Clinic, blocking us from seeking better care despite knowing our dire situation. Dr. Shah was fully informed of our financial crisis, our family at risk of losing our home due to my husband’s sudden illness. She misdiagnosed him, under-treated him, and when she learned… we were consulting legal counsel, she abruptly pulled his treatment in an apparent attempt to force him back under her care and cover her negligence. Her ego drove every decision. Her incompetence clouded every solution. Northwestern’s system enabled this. The neurology department manager, Caitlyn, confirmed that patient care takes a back seat: doctors have total control (“It’s their license, their say”), even without objective evidence that treatment is unnecessary. Being trapped in the Northwestern network allowed Dr. Shah’s errors to persist across multiple providers. Over eight hospital stays and ten months, the aligned neurologists doubled down on her misdiagnosis. My husband deteriorated into catatonia, seizures, and coma. Only a targeted infusion finally woke him. If I had followed their collective advice, he would likely be dead or far more damage than he is, caused under Dr. Shah and Dr. Santwani’s care. This was preventable incompetence compounded by institutional protection of negligent doctors. Spare yourself and your loved ones: DO NOT TRUST Dr. Shah with care. Your quality of life depends on it.