Akshay Shah
Data Scientist at Hearsay Social
- Location
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Industry
- Computer Software
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Akshay Shah's Overview
- Current
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- Data Scientist at Hearsay Social
- Past
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- Fellow at HealthTap
- Co-Founder at Lagniappe Projects of New Orleans
- MCAT Instructor at Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
- Teaching Intern at Amistad Academy
- Education
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- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Yale University
- Choate Rosemary Hall
- Recommendations
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2 people have recommended Akshay
- Connections
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150 connections
- Websites
Akshay Shah's Summary
Articulate, driven MD with experience in data science, biomedical informatics, teaching, and non-profit entrepreneurship. Excellent communication skills, comfortable with technical and non-technical audiences.
Specialties
Data cleaning, analysis, and visualization; medicine; curriculum design and classroom instruction.
Akshay Shah's Experience
Data Scientist
Hearsay Social
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry
2011 – Present (1 year) San Francisco, CA
Turn data into actionable insights that drive Hearsay's corporate growth and our customers' social media success.
Fellow
HealthTap
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry
July 2011 – November 2011 (5 months) Palo Alto, CA
Over 3 months prior to launch of public beta, tripled size of unpaid physician network to 5,500 and doubled engagement.
MCAT Instructor
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WPO; Education Management industry
May 2006 – November 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Taught classes and tutored individual students in biology, chemistry, physics, and verbal skills.
Teaching Intern
Amistad Academy
Nonprofit; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry
July 2000 – September 2004 (4 years 3 months)
Taught several subjects and wrote curriculum at a new inner-city charter school. School named one of US Dept. of Education's top 7 K-8 charter schools in 2007.
Akshay Shah's Skills
Akshay Shah's Education
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
MD, Medicine
2005 – 2011
Awarded full four-year scholarship for "demonstrated leadership and scholarship." Diploma in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement from Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Yale University
BS, Molecular Biology
2001 – 2005
Awarded the National Merit and Robert C. Byrd Scholarships for academic achievement, and the Bates Summer Fellowship for research into traditional Indian medicine.
Choate Rosemary Hall
HS Diploma
1996 – 2000
Akshay Shah's Additional Information
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- Interests:
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Transcontinental cyclist, backpacking over Yukon glaciers, amateur pizza chef, and font designer.
- Groups and Associations:
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American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, and National Wilderness Medical Society.
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