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Dr Shouvik Saha

Consultant Radiologist BSc, MBBS, FRCR
Claimants and DefendantsCriminal CasesDesktop Reports12+ Patients

Medico-Legal Experience

Dr Saha is a Consultant Radiologist with subspecialty expertise in Musculoskeletal Radiology. He provides specialist imaging services for arthritis, spinal disorders, and sports injuries and holds the position of Trust Lead for Spinal and Rheumatological Imaging within his NHS practice.

Dr Saha has completed the Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate, having undertaken advanced training in both excellence in report writing and excellence in courtroom skills. This formal training underpins his commitment to delivering clear, objective, and legally robust expert reports.

He is regularly instructed by both Claimant and Defendant solicitors in clinical negligence and personal injury cases. Dr Saha is experienced in providing expert opinion on causation, condition and prognosis, breach of duty and liability.

Dr Saha has extensive experience in cases associated with:

  • CT scan
  • MRI scan
  • Musculoskeletal:
    – ultrasound

    – injections
    – injury
    – radiology
  • Spinal injections
  • Thoracic meningocele
  • Ophthalmology
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Lupus
  • Thyroid eye disease
  • Occult giant cell arteritis (GCA)
  • Uveitis
  • Oral and Maxillofacial
  • Imaging of the shoulder
  • Aseptic lymphocyte-dominat vasculitis lesion (ALVAL)
  • Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
  • Epigastric pain
  • X-Ray
  • MRI in orthopaedics
  • Ultrasound guiding injections
  • Ultrasound suprascapular nerve
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Rheumatology
  • Dyspnoea
  • Pseudoaneurysm
  • Posterior interosseous neuropathy (PIN)
  • Impalpable parotid oncocytoma
  • Skeletal radiology
  • Paediatric chest radiographs
  • Dacryocystorhinostomy surgery outcomes
  • MSK hand and wrist injury
  • Cytology
  • Soft tissue injury
  • Sports injuries

Dr Saha’s report turnaround is 4 – 6 weeks.

Clinical Experience

Dr Saha is a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, where he has been serving since 2014. He specialises in advanced imaging techniques for diagnosing and treating a variety of musculoskeletal disorders, including conditions affecting the joints, muscles, tendons, nerves and spine.

Dr Saha graduated with distinction from Guy’s, King’s & St. Thomas’ School of Medicine in 2006 and prior to that gained a First Class Honours degree in Radiological sciences from King’s College London.

Dr Saha completed subspecialty fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Radiology at McGill University Health Centre in Canada. His training was further enriched by visiting fellowships at internationally renowned centres including the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, and Jikei University Hospital in Tokyo.

In his NHS role, Dr Saha serves as the Trust Lead for Spinal Imaging and Rheumatological Imaging, where he plays a key role in service development and the integration of advanced imaging techniques into clinical pathways. His practice focuses on high-resolution MRI and CT imaging for the assessment of complex musculoskeletal conditions, including inflammatory arthritis, degenerative spine disease, and soft tissue injuries.

Publications

  • Ndlovu S, Gaur B, Sureshkumar A, Saha S, Sidhu R. Isolated lateral thoracic meningocele. Cureus. Nov 5 2024. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.73041
  • Lawley A, Saha S, Manfredonia F. Posterior Interosseous Neuropathy: The diagnostic benefits of a multimodal approach to investigation. Clinical Case Reports March 2016. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.544
  • Saha S, EM Graham. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the management of inflammatory eye disease. In: Zierhut M (2015) Intraocular Inflammation, 1st edition. Springer Berlin Heidelburg.
  • Desai A, Saha S, Sharma N, Huckerby L, Houghton R. The short and medium-term effectiveness of CT-guided selective cervical nerve root injection for pain and disability. Skeletal Radiology DOI 10.1007/s00256-014-1843-4
  • Saha, S., Burke, C., Desai, A., Vijayanathan, S., & Gnanasegaran, G. (2013). SPECT-CT: Applications in musculoskeletal radiology. The British Journal of Radiology, 86(1031)
  • Mandegaran R, Saha S, Desai A. Chronic localised lumbar pain in a 24 year old male. BMJ 2013;346:f2817
  • Duggan, P. J., Burke, C. J., Saha, S., Moonim, M., George, M., Desai, A., & Houghton, R. (2013). Current literature and imaging techniques of aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vasculitis-associated lesions (ALVAL). Clinical radiology, 68(11), 1089-1096
  • Burke C, Shah D, Saha S and Houghton R. Spondylolisthesis: A pictorial review. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 73;12; 11th December, 2012. PP 691-695
  • Ultrasound guided wire localisation to aid surgical biopsy of impalpable parotid oncocytoma. Woodhouse NR, Williams MD, Saha S, Howlett DC. International Journal Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. 2010 Nov 20. PMID: 21095102
  • Ultrasound guided core biopsy, fine needle aspiration cytology and surgical excision biopsy in the diagnosis of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck: An eleven year experience. Saha S, Woodhouse NR, Gok G, Ramesar K, Moody A, Howlett DC. European Journal of Radiology. 2010 Nov 17. PMID: 21093189
  • A rare cause of a parotid mass: spontaneous pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery. Woodhouse NR, Gok G, Saha S, Howlett DC. International Journal Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. 2010 Jul 6. PMID: 20615665
  • Saha S, Basu N, Howlett DC. A 58 year old man with epigastric pain and mass. British Medical Journal. 2010;340:c1908 Published 21 April 2010, doi:10.1136/bmj.c1908
  • Nanavaty MA, Spalton DJ, Boyce J, Saha S, Marshall J. Wavefront aberrations, depth of focus, and contrast sensitivity with aspheric and spherical intraocular lenses: Fellow-eye study. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2009;35(4):663-671
  • Husain R, Graham EM, Thomas D, Saha S, Plant G, Stanford M. Ocular Ischaemic Syndrome secondary to Occult Giant Cell Arteritis. Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2008;32(6):295-298
  • Germain S, Saha S, Gilbert J, Husain R, Nelson-Piercy C, Stanford M, Carroll P. Severe sight-threatening thyroid eye disease presenting de novo in a euthyroid pregnant woman. Endocrine Abstracts 2008;15:393
  • Saha S, EM Graham. Masquerade Syndromes – A question of awareness. In: Pleyer U, Forrester JV (2008) Uveitis and immunological disorders, 3rd edition. Springer Berlin Heidelburg.
  • Nicholson AG, Anderson E, Saha S, Indrajith M, Conrey B, Hughes J. Progressive dyspnoea, pleural effusions and lytic bone lesions. Thorax 2008;63(6):492,554
  • Saha S, Powell J, Tharakaram S. Terbinafine therapy and SCLE. The General Practitioner. 12th October, 2007
  • Saha S, IMG policy is not racist. BMA news. June 3, 2006

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