About me
Shandiz Shahbazi, MD, is a highly-skilled, fellowship-trained female gastroenterologist. Dr. Shahbazi was nominated and inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, recognizing physicians who are exemplars of compassionate patient care and who serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine.
With a specialization in diagnosing and treating a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions, Dr. Shahbazi expertly addresses esophageal disorders, stomach and small bowel conditions, colonic disorders, and other diseases affecting the digestive system.
Through her interactions with patients and families, Dr. Shahbazi advocates for colon cancer screening and the importance it plays in early detection. Dr. Shahbazi performs precise screening colonoscopies for detecting colon cancer and flat polyps.
She has a particular interest in:
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Women’s Gastrointestinal Health
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Colon Cancer Screening
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr. Shahbazi earned her medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, followed by a highly sought-after Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowship at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and board-eligible in Gastroenterology.
Her professional affiliations include the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American Gastroenterological Association, reflecting her dedication to staying at the forefront of advancements in her field.
When not practicing medicine, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, cooking Mediterranean dishes, dancing, hot yoga and traveling to explore the world’s cultures and cuisines.
Clinical areas of focus
- Abdominal Distention
- Abnormal Bowel Movement
- Abnormal Stool
- Anal Fissure
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Colonoscopy
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Postprandial Diarrhea
- Rectal Pain
- Stomach Pain
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Bloating
- Abdominal Distention
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Amylase Blood Test
- Abnormal Bowel Movement
- Abnormal Liver Function Blood Test
- Abnormal Stool
- Achalasia
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Altered Bowel Habits
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Itching
- Anal Pain
- Anemia
- Anorexia
- Atrophic Gastritis Without Mention Of Hemorrhage
- Benign Neoplasm Of Colon
- Blood In Stool
- Bowel Dysmotility
- Bright Red Blood Per Rectum
- Candidiasis
- Celiac Disease
- Choking Sensation
- Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Clostridium Difficile
- Colitis
- Collagenous Colitis
- Colonic Inertia
- Colonic Polyps
- Colorectal Malignancy
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
- Diarrhea
- Digestive Disorders
- Diverticular Disease
- Diverticulitis
- Drug Induced Liver Injury
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Duodenitis
- Dysmotility
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Early Satiety
- Elevated Lipase
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Epigastric Pain
- Esophageal Motility Disorders
- Esophagitis
- Family History Of Colon Cancer
- Family History Of Colon Polyps
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Impaction
- Fecal Incontinence
- Flatulence
- Gastric Ulcer
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastroparesis
- Giardiasis
- Gluten Sensitivity
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Hematemesis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Lactose Intolerance
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
- Left Upper Quadrant Pain
- Lymphocytic Colitis
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Stomach
- Melena
- Microscopic Colitis
- Motility Disorders
- Nausea
- Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Obesity
- Pancreatitis
- Pelvic Pain
- Peptic Ulcer
- Personal History Of Colonic Polyps
- Polyps
- Positive Hemoccult Fecal Occult Blood Test
- Postprandial Diarrhea
- Pouchitis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Rectal Pain
- Right Lower Quadrant Pain
- Right Upper Quadrant Pain
- Stomach Cancer
- Stomach Cramps
- Stomach Disorders
- Stomach Pain
- Swallowing Problem
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Ulcerative Proctitis
- Vomiting
Procedures I perform
- Colon Polypectomy
- Colonoscopy
- Colorectal Screening
- Early Detection Of Cancer
- Endoscopy
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Screening
- Gastroscopy
- Ileoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center GME (2024)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2021)
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University (2018)
Awards
- National Institutes of Health Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Gold Humanism Honor Society American College of Gastroenterology Outstanding Presenter American College of Physicians Regional Presentation Award
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Manuscripts:
1. Allais BS, Beatson M, Wang H, Shahbazi S, Bijelic L, Jang S, Venna S. Five-Year Survival in Patients with Nodular and Superficial Spreading Melanomas in the US Population. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2021, April; 84 (4): 1015-1022.
2. Rosenberg, J.J., Higley, C., Shahbazi, S., Lewis, J.H. Selected Highlights and Controversies of Drug Induced Liver Injury from the Recent Literature. World Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy. 2020, Jul; 1(2): 1-16.
3. Goey, A., Peer, C., Sissung, T., Roth, J., Shahbazi, S., Nguyen, J., Annunziata, C.M., Houston, N., Kohn, E.C., Lee, J., Figg, W.D. Effects of 24-hour carboplatin pretreatment on olaparib clearance in women's cancers using noncompartmental and population pharmacokinetic analyses. Cancer Research. 2016, Jul; 76(14): 2043.
4. Shahbazi S, Peer CJ, Figg WD. Prolonged low intensity EPOCH-rituximab has improved toxicity in Burkitt lymphoma compared with standard short, high intensity therapy. Cancer Biology and Therapy. 2014.
5. Peer CJ, Rao M, Spencer SD, Shahbazi S, Steeg PS, Schrump DJ, Figg WD. A rapid ultra HPLC MS/MS method for the quantitation and pharmacokinetic analysis of 3-deazenplanocin A in mice. Journal Chromatography B. 2013.
6. Shahbazi S, Peer CJ, Polizzotto MN, Uldrick TS, Roth J, Wyvill KM, Aleman K, Zeldis JB, Yarchoan R, Figg WD. A sensitive and robust HPLC assay with fluorescence for the quantification of pomalidomide in human plasma for pharmacokinetic analyses. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 2014.
Peer Reviewed Abstracts:
1. Shahbazi S, Higley C, Vavilin I, Yan W, Shu A, Neupane, R, Sharma D, Stone B, Stevens A, Haddad N, Nadella S. Trends of gallstone associated acute pancreatitis within a large health management organization. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115: p S27, October 2020.
2. Shu A, Higley C, Nepane R, Sharma D, Stone B, Yan W, Stevens A, Shahbazi S, Vavilin I., Haddad N, Nadella S. Real-world practices of same-admission cholecystectomy in gallstone pancreatitis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115: p S20, October 2020.
3. Vavilin I, Higley C, Shahbazi S, Shu A, Yan W, Neupane R, Sharma D, Stone B, Stevens A, Haddad N, Nadella S. Factors associated with increased length of stay in acute pancreatitis: a review from a large healthcare system. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115: p S1621-1622, October 2020.
4. Yan W, Shahbazi S, Sharma D, Vavilin I, Stone B, Higley C, Shu A, Neupane R, Stevens A, Haddad N, Nadella S. Acute Pancreatitis requiring critical care: Patient characteristics, diagnostic patterns and outcomes from a large multi-state health system. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115: p S51, October 2020.
5. Yan W, Shahbazi S, Vavilin I, Higley C, Shu A, Neupane R, Sharma D, Stone B, Haddad N, Nadella S. Diagnostic trends and clinical course of non-gallstone-non-alcohol-associated acute pancreatitis within a large health system. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115: p S50-S51, October 2020.
6. Alsaadi D, Shahbazi S, Stone B, Yan W, Stevens A, Lewis J.H. Hypoxic Hepatitis is Underrecognized and Underdiagnosed in the ICU. Gastroenterology, Volume 158, Issue 6, S-1140- S1141, May 2020.
7. Alsaadi D, Stone B, Shahbazi S, Yan W, Stevens A, Lewis J.H. The Etiology of Elevated Aminotransferases in the ICU and their Effect on Mortality. Gastroenterology, Volume 158, Issue 6, S-1308, May 2020.
8. Saunders B, Shahbazi S, Wang H, Jang S, Venna S. Five-year survival in patients with nodular and superficial spreading melanomas in the US population. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Vol 74, Issue 5. Poster Abstracts, May 2016.
9. Shahbazi S, Saunders B, Wang H, Jang S, Venna S. (May 2016). Survival in desmoplastic melanoma patients with or without adjuvant radiation. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology. Vol 74, Issue 5. Poster Abstracts, May 2016.