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Nathan Shaw, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine
  • Medical Director- Urgent Care, Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Medical Director- UI QuickCare, Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Integrative Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Resident in Family Medicine, Geneses Quad Cities Family Medicine Residency, Davenport, Iowa

Research Interests

  • Evaluated the autophagic response to heat stress in young and old rats by measuring biochemical markers of autophagy in homogenized liver samples. Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant, University of Iowa, Department of Integrative Physiology. Mentor: Kevin Kregel, PhD.
  • Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant.

Licenses & Certifications

  • State of Iowa Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
  • Family Medicine Board Certification, American Board of Family Medicine, Iowa
  • Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, Iowa
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, American Heart Association, Iowa
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association, Iowa,
  • National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, District of Columbia

Selected Publications

  • Shaw CA, Gordon JK, Ward C, Jackson L, Shaw N, Williams KN. The Iowa Coding Scheme for Elderspeak (ICodE): Development and Validation. Gerontologist. 2025 Mar 4:gnaf093. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnaf093. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40037813.
  • Solomon, S., Hockett Sherlock, S., Clore, G., Dukes, K. C., Ince, D., Percival, K. M., O’Shea, A. M. J., Shaw, N., Perencevich, E. N., & Livorsi, D. J. (2024). Adaptation and validation of an antibiotic prescribing, peer comparison metric for respiratory tract diagnoses in walk-in clinics: a mixed-methods analysis. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.436
  • Shaw, N., Veit, L., Walter, A., & Connett, M. (2023). Does the King-Devick test accurately diagnose sport-related concussions in adults? Evidence-Based Practice. https://doi.org/10.1097/ebp.0000000000001890
  • Livorsi, D. J., Clore, G., Ince, D., Percival, K. M., O’Shea, A., Shaw, N., Dukes, K., Sherlock, S. H., & Perencevich, E. (2023). 1205. Antibiotic-prescribing for all respiratory tract diagnoses across a network of walk-in clinics: clinician-level variation and correlation with other performance metrics. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(Supplement_2). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1045
  • Bloomer, S. A., Shaw, N. A., Kregel, K. C., & Zhang, H. J. (2006). Differential expression of heme oxygenase-1 in young and old rats after heat stress. The FASEB Journal, 20(5), A1270–A1270. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.20.5.A1270-b
  • Yuki, K., Bernard, A. M., & Shaw, N. A. (2024). Does long-term use of creatine for athletic performance have adverse effects in adult athletes? Evidence-Based Practice, 27(8), 22–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/ebp.0000000000002150
  • Shaw CA, Lee KR, Williams A, Shaw NA, Weeks D, Jackson L, Williams KN. Best practices for communication while wearing facemasks: A scoping review. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2023 Nov 8. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12939. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37937861