Simon Shaw
Consultant in rehabilitation medicine
Biography
Simon Shaw is a consultant in rehabilitation medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. He manages neurological disability including polio and post-polio syndrome and other neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy and spasticity from all causes.
He is also the lead clinician at the Bowley Close specialist rehabilitation centre, which includes:
- prosthetic services
- orthotic services
- specialist seating services
- augmentative and alternative communication services
He helps patients recover from injury and illness. He is also a disability specialist in:
- managing the long term effects of illness
- improving quality of life
- improving wider functioning
Education and training
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2020
- Fellowship of European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2017
- Specialist trainee pan-London training programme, 2013 to 2017
- Registered osteopath and Member of London College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2013
- Darzi Fellowship Programme in clinical leadership, London Deanery, 2010
- Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2007
- Diploma of child health, 2005
- Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2005
- Medicine and surgery (BM BCh), University of Oxford, 1997
- MA with Honours, University of Cambridge University, 1994
Research interests
- Prosthetics including congenital limb deficiency and upper limb prosthetics
- Post-polio syndrome and long COVID
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Children's rehabilitation
Awards
- Rising Star Award, Institute of Osteopathy, 2014
- Local Hero Award for promoting services to young people, London Borough of Bexley, 2009
- Smyth Scholarship for Medicine, University of Cambridge, 1992
Last updated: November 2022