Omer Shahab, M.D.

Omer Shahab, M.D. is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at VHC Health since 2022. Omer also holds the role of Medical Director at SonarMD, a value-based care coordination program for patients with inflammatory bowel disease and other digestive diseases since October 2022. Omer was previously Head of Clinical Affairs and Medical Advisor at Bold Health, a multidisciplinary GI care platform and medical advisor at Dieta Health. Between 2019-2022, they completed a Gastroenterology & Hepatology fellowship at VCU Health. Omer was also an Internal Medicine Resident Physician at Inova Health System from 2016-2019. Before that, they were a research assistant in Neuropharmacology at VCU Medical Center from 2010-2012. Omer Shahab, M.D. is a co-founder of the Business and Medicine Interest Group at Florida International University - Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine where they completed their medical education in 2016. Omer served as Treasurer (2012-2013) and Mayor (2013-2014) of Pasteur student community there. Omer was also a Medical Student during that period. Omer Shahab, M.D. served on the Innovation and Technology Committee at the American College of Gastroenterology in 2021. Omer was a member of the Medical Advisory Board at RxRevu, Inc. from 2014-2016.

Omer Shahab, M.D. earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cognitive Science and Psychology from the University of Virginia between 2007 and 2011. In 2012, they started attending Florida International University where they completed their Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Shahab has obtained various certifications including UX Design: 1 from LinkedIn in May 2021, American Board of Internal Medicine in September 2019, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Basic Life Support (BLS), although the months and years of obtaining the latter two certifications are not specified.