Dr. Summit Shah, with his exceedingly jovial personality and an immediately evident passion for medicine, is known for providing his patients with a truly exceptional level of medical care each and every time they walk into the offices of Premier Allergy in Columbus, Ohio. As I observed during the course of our recent interview, Dr. Shah appeared to light up each time he had the opportunity to discuss the positive influence his work has enabled him to have on patients throughout the city of Columbus as well as the surrounding area.
Patients in and around the Columbus region of Ohio know Dr. Shah as a passionate allergy doctor as well as a devoted family man. As a graduate of Ohio State University, the doctor is also known as one of the Buckeyes’ most ardent and enthusiastic supporters. A portion of our interview appears below, and the transcript has been lightly edited for the sake of concision as well as clarity.
Dr. Summit Shah
1. How do you stay productive while balancing all of your professional responsibilities with Premier Allergy?
Our primary objective is to always provide our patients with the best possible care, so we look at productivity only in terms of the quality of care each patient receives. Since my responsibilities are so inexorably linked to the level of patient care we provide, it is not all that difficult to balance my professional responsibilities. Of course, I am only able to provide such a level of quality care to our patients because of the efforts and assistance offered by the exceptional professionals we have on staff at Premier Allergy.
2. What qualities or characteristics are most predictive for future success in the medical profession?
I’m hesitant to list any specific qualities or characteristics most likely to predict a successful career as a medical professional, mostly because there are so many different qualities and characteristics that instill an overriding desire to help others in the way medical professionals help patients.
3. Do you believe the issues Premier Allergy hopes to address are properly understood?
No, not entirely. It is one of the reasons that we work so diligently to educate our patients and their families about the many different ways we can be affected by allergies, particularly since so many patients have endured chronic issues for years before considering the possibility that the issues they have been dealing with are the product of some kind of allergy.
4. What do you find most rewarding about your professional responsibilities?
Every doctor feels a sense of unending gratitude that the medical profession makes it possible to provide so many people with much-needed care and assistance, and I certainly feel that the opportunity to help others is undeniably rewarding. The gratitude I feel for having this kind of opportunity is why, in addition to Premier Allergy, I continue to practice at several other hospitals in the Columbus, Ohio, area.
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