Dr. Shahid is a licensed Internist, in practice for over 25 years.  Like all primary care physicians, he has served much of the mental health need created by a long-standing shortage of mental health practitioners.  He has years of experience in medical management of common mental health illnesses, including depression, dysthymia, anxiety, panic, type 2 Bipolar Disorder, insomnia, ADHD, and alcohol and substance abuse.

    He was born in Boston and has lived in East Tennessee since 2007 with his wife Paula, two sons and a daughter.