About Jay
Dr Jay Shah is a cardiologist with over 15 years in clinical practice and healthcare leadership.
He trained at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, did his Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and completed a cardiovascular fellowship at Washington University in St Louis.
He started his career in Portland, Oregon, where he founded a cardiology practice and grew it into a programme with more than 100 physicians and 600 staff. In 2019 he moved to the Mayo Clinic to help build an international centre for complex thoracic aortic diseases, and the same year joined Aktiia as Chief Medical Officer.
His focus at Aktiia was on getting accurate, low-burden blood pressure monitoring to as many patients as possible. Outside work he runs, cycles, reads, and spends time with his family.
Publications
Research
- J. Shah et al. (2022). Guidance for the interpretation of continual cuffless blood pressure data for the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Frontiers in Medical Technology, 4, 899143.
- J. Shah et al. (2023). Aktiia cuffless blood pressure monitor yields equivalent daytime blood pressure measurements compared to a 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitor. Hypertension Research, 46, 1456-1461.