Meet Dr. Manan Shah

Today, we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Manan Shah. Manan was introduced to us by the brilliant and talented Jeffrey Riley.

Hi Manan, we’re so thrilled to have you sharing your story with us today. Maybe we can kick things off by having you introduce yourself to our readers? We’d love to have you go into your story and how you got to where you are today.
I still remember when my wife calmly turned to me and said, ‘we’re going to go the emergency room, and..uh, you’re not allowed to look in the mirror.’ Of course, I immediately did, and realized I was having a severe allergic reaction, and my eyes were bulging out of my face like cartoon character.

I used to have terrible cat allergies, but during my training to become a head and neck surgeon, I learned that allergies can be cured. This is called immunotherapy, and it’s a way of exposing your body to small doses of what you are allergic to, until you become desensitized. While historically, this was only possible through weekly shots in a doctors office, in my training at the University of Connecticut, I learned this could now be done through oral medications at home.

When I began practicing, I was surprised to learn that this therapy wasn’t widespread, and many patients were still only being offered weekly allergy shots. I began treating patients using this clinically proven method in my physical office, and saw incredible results. I also fixed my cat allergy (but I still dislike cats).

During the COVID-19 crisis, our practice had to change entirely due to stay-at-home orders. We learned how to see patients using telemedicine and found that patients loved the convenience. More importantly, we were still able to deliver the same incredible care. We learned that by partnering with local physicians around the country, we could offer patients home-immunotherapy in areas where they otherwise couldn’t access it. From this experience, we built Wyndly Health, a new kind of allergy practice that lets patient’s partner with physicians to undergo home immunotherapy for long lasting allergy relief.

Please tell us more about your brand, Wyndly
Wyndly Health is an online medical practice where patients can partner with expert physicians to fix their allergies. Our physicians listen to every patient’s specific needs, and create a customized treatment plan. Often this includes home-immunotherapy, a method of training your immune system to ignore your allergies. This lets patients live allergy free, without the need for pills and sprays. We are most proud of our focus on truly listening and connecting with patients. We know that better connections lead to better care. I know, from personal experience, that for people who are suffering from chronic allergies, getting relief is often exhausting, isolating, and filled with empty promises. The over the counter medications may alleviate your symptoms, but they don’t fix the source of your allergies. We go beyond the same old antihistamines and sprays, and provide clinically proven therapies so you can breathe better, sleep better, and live better. For me, that means I can visit a friend who has a cat, and for other patients it means they can finally enjoy a hike, or go mountain biking.

So, as we mentioned to our audience earlier, you were introduced to us by Jeffrey Riley and Noble Bison Productions and we really admire them and what they’ve built. For folks who might not be as familiar, can you tell them a bit about your experience with Noble Bison Productions.
I found Jeff when we were trying to tell our story for a video for our website. We were looking for a video production company that could truly convey our focus on patient experience, and reassure patients that while home-immunotherapy may be unfamiliar to them, it is a clinically proven therapy with proven outcomes.

After watching other company’s overproduced videos, I initially thought we needed something like a commercial. But I was wrong.

Jeff and Noble Bison helped us realize that the best video for us wasn’t something flashy, or gimmicky; what patients really wanted was a physician openly and honestly discussing our therapy, how our medical practice worked, and how it could help them with their lives.

Jeff worked with me to develop the concept of the video, and he was able to help me really pinpoint exactly what real patients would want to know. His style was to be authentic and honest. And because of their vision, we achieved a video that I felt was really genuine, and helped convey our obsession with providing patients with a better, more caring medical experience.

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