Adj Asst Prof Mukesh Kumar Chimanlal Shah

Education and Training

• Specialist in Intensive Care Medicine, Specialist Accreditation Board, Singapore 2012
• Specialist in Anaesthesiology, Singapore, Specialist Accreditation Board, Singapore 1998
• FAMS (Anaesthesiology), Singapore, Academy of Medicine (Singapore) 1998
• MMed Anaesthesia (Singapore) 1991
• MD, FMGEMS (ECFMG) (USA) 1984
• MBBS University of Malaya 1983

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Senior Consultant, Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 1 May 2007 – Present
• Member, Medical Device Committee, KKH 2020 – Present
• Member, Smart Pump Committee, KKH 2016 – Present
• Member, Barcoding Committee, KKH 2004
• Member, MIS Training Committee, KKH 2000
• Member, Fire Committee, KKH 1998
• Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, KKH 1994-1997
• Member, Infectious Disease Committee, KKH 1991-1992, 1994-1997

Awards

• SingHealth Long Service Award (30 years) 2021
• KKH Long Service Award (30 years) 2021
• CEO Patient Safety Award 2019 Jan-Mar 2019
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver) 2017 Jan 2017
• Long Service Award (25 years) Nov 2015
• CEO recognition for winning best poster award at 17th ACA May 2011
• Best Poster Award, 17th ASEAN Congress, Manila Feb 2011
• Long Service Award (20 years) 2010
• Patient Safety Award Jun 2010
• Long Service Award (10 years) 2004
• HMDP Fellowship in Obstetric Analgesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard, Boston, USA Apr-Oct 1997
• Distinction in Physiology, 1st MBBS (Malaya) 1979

Publications

Referred Journals (International)

• Peripartum factors associated with sub-acute pain after childbirth: A prospective cohort study. HS Tan, CW Tan, R Sultana, M Shah, WL Leong, DD Sng, ATH Sia, BL Sng. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2020; 45:1017-8. (Letter; Published in Print)
• Massive Hemoptysis through Endotracheal Tube during Emergency Cesarean Delivery: Case Report and Literature Review. Ng VV, Shah MK, Oh TT, Ramanathan A, Suhitharan T. Anesth Analg Case Reports Sept 2017.
• The analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided modified rectus sheath block compared with wound infiltration in reduction of postoperative morphine consumption in women undergoing open hysterectomy or myomectomy: a randomised trial. M.K. Shah, S. Kulkarni, W. Fun. Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care Jul-Dec 2012/Vol 2/Issue 2
• A randomised trial of the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided transverses abdominis plane block after caesarean delivery under general anaesthesia. Tan T, Teoh WH, Woo DC, Ocampo CE, Shah MK, Sia ATH. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2012; 29(2):88-94.
• Can you compare the views of videolaryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope? Reply. Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Sia ATH. Anaesthesia 2011, 66(4):316-7.
• Comparison of three videolaryngoscopes: the Pentax Airway Scope, C-Mac, Glidescope vs the Macintosh laryngoscope for tracheal intubation. Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Sia ATH. Anaesthesia 2010; 65(11):1126-32.
• Randomised comparison of Pentax AirwayScope and Glidescope for tracheal intubation in patients with normal airway anatomy. W.H.L. Teoh, M.K. Shah, A.T.H. Sia.. Anaesthesia 2009; 64(10):1125-9.
• Immediate oral feeds after complicated caesarean deliveries: Safety and tolerability in the postpartum period. Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Mah CL Asean Journal of Anaesthesiology Mar 2009; Vol 10.
• Tracheal intubating conditions using propofol and remifentanil target-controlled infusions: a comparison of EC50 remifentanil for Glidescope and Macintosh laryngoscope. Ithnin F, Shah MK. European Journal of Anaesthesiology Mar 2009.
• Regional anaesthesia for caesarean section in an ankylosing spondylitis patient with twin pregnancy. B.L. Sng, M. K. Shah. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2008; 1-2.
• Early diet resumption after regional anaesthesia: safety & efficacy issues in the postpartum period. Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Mah CL Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine 2004; 29(5) Suppl 2:33.
• Comparison of sevoflurane/nitrous oxide anaesthesia with the conventional intravenous/inhalational technique using BIS monitoring. M. K. Shah, H.M. Tan, K. Wong. Anaesthesia 2000; 56(4):302-8.
• The effect of the addition of ropivacaine or bupivacaine upon pruritus induced by intrathecal fentanyl in labour. M.K. Shah, A.T.H. Sia, J.L. Chong. Anaesthesia 2000; 55(10): 1008-1013. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest March 2001, page 34.
• The effect of the addition of ropivacaine or bupivacaine upon pruritus induced by intrathecal fentanyl in labour. M.K. Shah, A.T.H. Sia, J.L. Chong. Anaesthesia 2000; 55(10): 1008-1013.

Referred Journals (Local)

• Emergency Caesarean Hysterectomy, a ten year retrospective review in KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. Shah MK. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2016; 47(1): 23-28.
• Anaesthesia for caesarean section in the morbidly obese parturients – a seven year retrospective audit. MK Shah, S Kulkarni, Z Yahaya. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2013; 44(1): 15-20.
• Peripartum cardiomyopathy – a case series. MK Shah, S Leo, C Ocampo, CF Yim, S Tagore. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2012; 43(1): 1-8.
• Safety and tolerability of early feeding after complicated caesarean delivery. Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Mah CL KK Hospital Review June 2008; 11(1):33-36.
• A randomised controlled trial on beneficial effects of early feeding post-caesarean delivery under regional anaesthesia. Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Mah CL. Singapore Med J 2007; 48(2):152-157.
• Broken needle complicating spinal anesthesia. W Teoh, MK Shah, GV Cheong. KK Hospital Review Vol 9 Issue 2, July 2006.
• Evaluation of surgical and anaesthesia response times for crash caesarean sections – an audit of a Singapore hospital. Y Lim, MK Shah, HM Tan. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34:606-10.
• Comparison of sevoflurane/nitrous oxide anaesthesia with the conventional intravenous/inhalational technique using BIS monitoring. MK Shah, HM Tan, K Wong. KK Hospital Review, Mar 2000.
• Recommendation of regional analgesia for labour by obstetricians in KKH. M. K. Shah. KK Hospital Review, Sept 1999.
• Recommendation of regional anaesthesia for caesarean section by obstetricians in KKH M. K. Shah.. KK Hospital Review, Mar 1999.
• Acute pain service, KKH, 1995 – a first year’s experience. M K Shah. SMJ Vol 38 Issue 9 Sept 1997.
• A case report of tracheal obstruction during oesophagoscopic removal of a foreign body. M. K. Shah, Y. K. Lim. SMJ Vol 38 Issue 3 March 1997.