Dr Shaikh is an experienced Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon and a highly regarded medico-legal expert with over two decades of clinical practice and extensive expert witness experience. He provides clear, evidence based reports across personal injury, clinical negligence and serious/catastrophic injury cases, drawing on his deep understanding of musculoskeletal trauma and injury mechanisms.
Dr Shaikh is the leading whiplash injury expert in the UK. He holds the distinction of being the only expert to have undergone advanced training in Whiplash Injury Biomechanics, honed over three years in the US under the tutelage of renowned expert Dr Arthur Croft. He is MedCo accredited, making him readily available for medico-legal reports in road traffic accident claims.
His expertise extends beyond low-velocity impacts, encompassing the full spectrum of complex whiplash injuries. Dr Shaikh provides invaluable support to law firms seeking to establish or strengthen their clinical negligence departments. He undertakes medical screening of their caseload and provides management framework to run clinical negligence cases effectively.
Since 2001 he has written over 25,000 personal injury reports and an annual caseload of approximately 1000, Dr Shaikh possesses a wealth of practical knowledge, with instructions received in approximately equal proportions from claimant and defendant solicitors, reflecting his reputation for balanced, independent and analytically robust opinion. He is MedCo-accredited, Bond Solon trained.
Known for his clarity, independence, and meticulous approach, Dr Shaikh is widely trusted by legal professionals for his ability to translate complex medical and biomechanical concepts into clear, court-ready opinions.
Dr Shaikh can opine on cases related to:
Road traffic collision (RTC) Related Whiplash:
Soft tissue injury cases:
Orthopaedic trauma cases:
Clinical negligence cases:
Dr Shaikh’s report turnaround time is 5-10 working days.
Dr Shaikh has extensive clinical experience across the full breadth of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, with particular expertise in soft-tissue injuries, fracture management and whiplash-associated disorders. His practice spans acute trauma care, elective orthopaedics and specialised musculoskeletal assessment, enabling him to manage both complex surgical cases and subtle soft-tissue presentations with equal precision.
His professional journey started in India, were he qualified as a medical doctor and later on as an Orthopaedic Surgeon. He worked in various hospitals across Australia for several years before he moved to the UK.
Dr Shaikh’s medical career in the NHS began in the town of Northampton, England. Whilst he immensely enjoyed working in the NHS, in 2005 set up his independent medico-legal practice providing expert opinion as a medico-legal expert to the accident victims, legal professions & Courts of Justice in the UK.
He has a keen interest in Healthcare Entrepreneurship, strategic planning and marketing as well as design thinking – he is a passionate mentor to a non-profit healthcare organisation serving underprivileged women of India and a strategic advisor to a telehealth start-up. He is an aspiring Non-Executive Director (NED) and is a member of the professional body of Non-Executives NEDonBoard in the UK and professionally trained in Corporate Governance and ethics.
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