Education
Doctor of Medicine, U. Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India, 1973.
Doctor of Medicine, U. Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India, 1973.
Intern, V.S. General Hospital, Ahmedabad, India, 1973-1974; resident department surgery, St. Catherine's Hospital, Tralee, Ireland, 1974-1975; junior resident department anesthesiology, West-Wales (England) General Hospital, Carmathen, 1976-1977; senior resident department anesthesiology, North Middlesex Hospital, London, 1976-1977; resident in anesthesiology and pain management, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, 1977-1979; associate anesthesiologist, Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1979-1983; attending anesthesiologist, Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, Los Angeles, since 1983; attending anesthesiologist, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Indio, California, since 1984; medical director, S.W. Pain Control and Sports Therapy Center, Palm Desert, California, since 1986.
Member American Congress Rehabilitation Medicine, American Association for Study of Headaches, California Medical Association, Riverside County Medical Society, American Academy Pain Medicine, International Association for Study of Pain, American Pain Society, California Society Anesthesiologists, American Heart Association (board directors since 1980), American Society Regional Anesthesia, American Society Anesthesiologists, International Anesthesia Research Society.
M. Vishaka Shah; children: Shalini, Amy, Neal.