ABOUT DOCTOR SHEFALI
Doctor Shefali qualified in Medicine in 2000. Since 2009, she’s been in private practice in Dubai as an Integrative Medical doctor and has become increasingly passionate about moving away from the current reactive healthcare model.
In 2022, Doctor Shefali Consultancy was born.
DOCTOR SHEF’S STORY
At the age of 4, Doctor Shefali moved to Sharjah, U.A.E where she did her entire schooling before moving back to the U.K. to attend Medical school in Manchester. She then went on to get her MSc. in Sports Medicine. Doctor Shefali has been involved in both individual and team sports like Squash and basketball for most of her life, representing school, University and at club level. Sports Medicine was therefore the speciality of choice for her master’s degree. This specialised training meant that she could work with all athletes, from professionals to the weekend warriors. During the next few years she also trained as a strength coach under the late Charles Poliquin where she was introduced to the concept of an athlete’s “outside appearance” and body composition being correlated with their “inside performance”. She became fascinated at manipulating and optimising body composition through nutritional strategies. This interest in the “process of disease” was followed by years of research into lifestyle medicine and her obtaining her degree in Nutritional Therapy.
With 13 years of clinical practice, managing patients with chronic diseases and herself becoming a mum to twin girls, her purpose has evolved into the more "proactive” approach with the hope for a better next generation. She wishes for more people to seek their “best self” and not just a recovery from their “sick self”.
“If the next generation is not better than us, we have failed.”
Even today, Doctor Shefali practises what she preaches. She’s a keen crossfitter and qualified for the Crossfit games quarterfinals in 2022 and 2023 by being in the top 10% of the world and India’s top female athlete in her age category.
DOCTOR SHEF’S BIO
After completing her MSc, Doctor Shefali worked as an Honorary Clinical physician in Sports Medicine and had the opportunity to be a part of the boxing medical team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, UK.
In 2007, she returned back to the Emirates. In addition to having a busy private practice, Doctor Shefali has held many prestigious appointments, working with many major corporate organisations, both private as well as government, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Future in 2020. During the same year, she was hired to consult and enhance the performance an all male team selected for the Government games. In 2018, she also looked after all the employees of The Executive Office in Dubai.
Other corporate engagements include The Prime Minister’s Office at the Government of Dubai, The Executive Council at the Government of Dubai, the HR department at Emirates NBD Bank and Nasco Koraoglan Insurance.
In 2017, Doctor Shefali was awarded “Top 50 Outstanding Women in Healthcare”, presented at the World Health and Wellness Congress and Awards in Mumbai. For the next 2 consecutive years, she was also awarded with “Top 100 Leaders in Healthcare” at the same congress. She is a keen educator, been a part of many panel discussions and a guest on several podcasts.
“No disease happens over night even if it may feel that way.”