Dr Shah Mitesh

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.

• 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

• Special Recognition Award AY2024/2025 at NUS Medicine Appreciation for Clinical Educators (“NUSMedACE”), October 2025 

• COVID-19 Resilience Medal, 2023 

• Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence NUS, 2022

• 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

• 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)

• Factors affecting patient enablement in an Asian setting: a mixed methods study. Jason Meng Huey Chan, Andrew Hao Sen Fang, Mitesh Shah. Singapore Med J 2019, 1–41 https://doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2019125 Published ahead of print: 8 October 2019 
• Can a Brief Online Interdisciplinary Program Enhance the Understanding of Musculoskeletal Pain amongst Primary Care Staff? A Prospective Study. Khim Siong Ng, Bandy Qiuling Goh, Woh Peng Tang, Angela Wing Yan Lee, Samantha Lee, Kim Hwee Koh, Mitesh Shah. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2022, Vol. 0(0) 1–8, DOI:10.1177/20101058221077792, journals.sagepub.com/home/psh 
• 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