Family Life
Shah was born in Houston, Texas on July 12, 1972. He attended the DeBakey High School for Health Professions in Houston, Texas. For the first twenty-eight years of his life, he was known by his childhood name of Sunil. After medical school, he began using his legal name Siddharth. He is married to Nisha Gautam of New Delhi, India, who holds a Masters Degree in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics.
His mother, Hema Shah, was born in Gujarat, India and grew up in the metropolis of Ahmedabad. His father, Ashvin Shah (born in Gujarat, India) was raised in Bhavnagar, and is a structural engineer and son of prominent Gujarat artist Somalal C. Shah (1905–1994). Shah has one sibling, Dr. Koonj Shah, who is a fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
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