Dr Shabaaz Mughal

Dr Shabaaz Mughal is a vastly experienced consultant sport and medicine physician in London. His focuses include, but are not limited to, sports and exercise medicine; musculoskeletal medicine; diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound; rehabilitation medicine; nutrition and healthy lifestyle advice; othrobiologics and regenerative medicine; and joint, muscle, tendon, and ligament pain or injury. 

Dr Mughal's expertise has developed over many years in a speciality career starting at Queen Mary University of London in 2000. After receiving his MBBS, Dr Mughal achieved two postgraduate certificates before progressing to do his Masters, graduating in 2006. Further advancing his specialisation, he completed specialist training becoming a consultant in 2011 and went on to attain an additional post graduate qualification in musculoskeletal ultrasound. 

Since his education and training, Dr Mughal has spent his years gaining experience in a variety of roles in his field, continuously improving and working hard to provide the best care for his patients. He has accumulated 14 years of experience in elite sports medicine, beginning in 2007 as a team physician with The Football Association. In 2008, Dr Mughal started working with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, initially as an academy doctor for two years. He subsequently progressed to club doctor and eventually the head of the medical and sports sciencedepartment, spending 12 years in total there.

Dr Mughal has won multiple awards and received international recognition for the on-field cardiopulmonary resuscitation of an opposition player, Fabrice Mumba who had suffered a cardiac arrest, whilst playing for Bolton against Tottenham. He has also done significant voluntary work. Examples of his donated time have been to the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships as chief medical officer, voluntary medical officer for England Athletics, and volunteer on the medical team for the London Marathon and Triathlon.

Through his training and years in the speciality, Dr Mughal approaches his work in a holistic manner to ensure that his patients receive the same standards of care as that of elite athletes. No matter the level a patient practices sport or any physical activity, his belief is that they should be able to return to the same level or even exceed it. He is currently using his highly-trained skills in the management of all musculoskeletal and sports injuries, also providing point of contact diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound examination at private clinics at the Harley Street Specialist Hospital and BMI The London Independent Hospital.