Biography
Dr Tejshri Shah qualified from Leeds Medical School in 1994 and trained in paediatrics in Yorkshire and London, including specialist training at Great Ormond Street Hospital and St Mary's Hospital in London.
Tejshri has worked internationally for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in crisis-affected countries and led a specialised medical unit in London. From 2015-16 she was child health team lead for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Sierra Leone.
Tejshri joined Evelina London in 2017 and, alongside her clinical work, she is a non-executive chair for Médecins Sans Frontières and part of the organisation's highest governance.
- 1994: MBChB – University of Leeds
- 1996: Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- 1998: Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- 2005: MSc Public health in developing countries – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- 2016: Paediatric infectious disease and immunology, GRID training completed
- children's infectious disease and immunology
- congenital infection