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Adj Asst Prof Shah Mukesh Kumar Chimanlal

MBBS (Malaya), MMed (Anaes) (Spore), FAMS (Spore)

Senior Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Women's Anaesthesia

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Women's Anaesthesia KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Academic Appointments

Adjunct Asst Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

Profile

Education

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

Research Interests

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.