Dr Pooja Shah is a consultant in pain management and anaesthesia, with a practice covering acute pain, chronic pain and cancer pain. Her specialist interests include neuropathic pain, interventional procedures for chronic and cancer pain, and the management of joint pain.

Dr Shah completed her anaesthetic training at Barts and the London School of Anaesthesia. She then undertook an advanced pain fellowship at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore and University College London Hospital.

She works at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust, where she leads the acute pain service. Her NHS work also includes managing chronic pain and working closely with the palliative care team.

Alongside her clinical practice, Dr Shah is the Faculty Tutor for Pain Medicine at her trust. She is also the social media editor for BJA Education, a journal providing continuing professional development within the British Journal of Anaesthesia family.