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Dr Shah Shah Mitesh

MBBS, M Med (Family Medicine), MCFP, Grad Dip FP Dermatology

Senior Consultant

Family Physician

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant SingHealth Polyclinics
Family Physician SingHealth Polyclinics
Head, Medical Manpower SingHealth Polyclinics
Advisor, Acute Care Workgroup SingHealth Polyclinics
Program Director, PRiME BCLS training center SingHealth Polyclinics

Academic Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor,Duke-NUS Medical School
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Profile

Dr. Shah Mitesh is a Family Physician, Senior Consultant working with SingHealth Polyclinics. He is also the Advisor to the Acute Care Workgroup and the Program Director for BCLS and AED programs at the SHP PRiME training center.

Dr. Shah received his medical degree from the National University Singapore School of Medicine in 1989. He received his specialist training in Family Medicine and graduated from the Master’s program in 1996. He received the Membership of College of Family Physicians, S’pore in 2003 and the Graduate Diploma in Family Practice Dermatology in 2011.

Dr. Shah has a special interest in Primary Care Dermatology and Minor Surgery. He spends a good portion of his time teaching Undergraduates, Medical Officers and Post-graduate students in Family Medicine. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor for Duke-NUS Medical School, as well as, Adjunct Assistant Professor for NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Education

• Graduate Diploma in Family Practice Dermatology (Grad Dip FP Derm) 2011

• Membership of College of Family Physicians, S’pore (MCFP) 2003

• Master of Medicine (Family Medicine) (MMed FM) 1996

• MBBS (S’pore) 1989

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

• Dean’s Special Recognition Award, NUS 2019
• Faculty Long Service Award, DukeNUS 2017
• Star Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2016
• Gold Award, Eastern Health Alliance Caring Awards 2015
• Outstanding Faculty Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) Awards 2014

Research Interests

Publications

• Process- and Outcome-Based Financial Incentives to Improve Self-Management and Glycemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes in Singapore: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 2021, DOI 10.1007/s40271-020-00491-y, https://www.nature.com/articles/10.1007/s40271-020-00491-y.pdf
• Evaluation Of A Hybrid Undergraduate Dermatology Training Workshop during Family Medicine Clerkship. Dr Shah Mitesh, Adj A/Prof Tan Ngiap Chuan, Ms Eileen Koh. The Singapore Family Physician, Vol 44(1) Jan-Mar 2018: 39-45
• Trial to Incentivise Adherence for Diabetes (TRIAD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Marcel Bilger, Mitesh Shah, Ngiap Chuan Tan, Kaye Louise Howard, Hui Yan Xu, Ecosse Luc Lamoureux and Eric Andrew Finkelstein. Bilger et al. Trials (2017) 18:551 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2288-6
• Evaluation of a training programme to induct medical students to deliver public health talks. Tan Ngiap Chuan, Mitesh Shah, Koh Yi Ling Eileen, Ang Seng Bin, Chan Han Hui, How Choon How, Tay EG, Hwang SW. Singapore Med J 2017; 58(1): 35-40

Research Trials

• A Novel Diabetic Macular Edema Screening Model using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Primary Care Setting in Singapore, in collaboration with Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)