Tilak Shah, MD, leads the multidisciplinary Pancreas Center at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital as Medical Director and staff specialist in the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, a division of the Ellen Leifer Shulman & Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center. The Pancreas Center is a regional referral center for medical and surgical care for complex pancreatic and hepatobiliary conditions.

Before joining Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital, Dr. Shah was an Associate Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Health Science Center, as well as Director of Endoscopy and Interventional Endoscopy at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System. He also served as Associate GI Fellowship Program Director at VCU and was a member of the Development and Therapeutics section at VCU Massey Cancer Center.

While working for the Veterans Affairs Health System, Dr. Shah established the first pancreas cyst ablation program, the first third space endoscopy program, and one of the first endobariatric programs in the United States. His clinical and research interests include pancreatic disorders, endoscopic approaches to diagnose and treat esophageal neoplasia, including advanced imaging, artificial intelligence, endoscopic resection and cryotherapy.