Shagun Bhatia Shah
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCI&RC)
Biography
Dr. Shagun Bhatia Shah is a motivated and dedicated anaesthesiologist with eighteen years of experience in anaesthesia and over 60 publications in various international peer reviewed journals. Her interest in oncoanaesthesia drove her to practice as a consultant at RGCI&RC. Her specific interests include recent advances in anaesthesia like USG-guided nerve blocks,difficult airway and anaesthesia for robotic surgery. She is certified in TOE (Transoesophageal echocardiography) use and utilizes it for managing cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac oncosurgery. She has successfully conducted clinical trials like “Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter guided noninvasive ICP measurement in patients undergoing robotic surgery in steep Trendelenberg position”and “TOE for intraoperative goal directed fluid therapy in cardiac patients undergoing non cardiac oncosurgery” among others and is a core member in framing CRS –HIPEC consensus guidelines 2019. She is ready to walk that extra mile with post- operative and terminally ill cancer patients to alleviate their pain and suffering