Biography

Dr. Shamim graduated from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his residency in 1996 at West Suburban Medical Center in Chicago. He then went on to do a fellowship in Geriatrics at Loyola University. Dr. Shamim is board certified in Internal Medicine. He has privileges at Suburban, Shady Grove, and White Oak Hospital.

Prior to coming to the D.C. metro area, Dr. Shamim was practicing in Northern Neck Virginia. In 2002 he joined the practice of Riar and Altschuler in Silver Spring where he worked for two years. In 2004 he joined Capital Internal Medicine at Holy Cross Hospital, and briefly worked as a hospitalist before moving on. In 2006 he became Director of the Hospitalist Services at Washington Adventist Hospital, where he supervised 10 physicians and two PAs. While at Washington Adventist he received the R.I.S.E.S. award for his work. From 2004 to 2018 he also served as the Medical Director of two nursing homes in Montgomery County. His areas of expertise include internal medicine, primary care, hospital medicine, and geriatrics.