Dr Farhan Shahid

Dr Farhan Shahid is a Consultant in Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine (SEM), and a Fellow of the Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine (FFSEM). He has a breadth of experience in managing musculoskeletal conditions, sports injuries, and exercise-related medical issues.

Farhan completed his Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) Higher Specialist training in the London Deanery, at leading institutions including the Imperial College, University College London Hospitals and Barts NHS Trusts, following training in General Practice in Warwickshire.

Farhan is a Club Doctor for Brentford Football Club, managing professional elite footballers. He also works for the Football Association (FA) as a team doctor for England Men’s Pathway development squads. He has treated athletes from various disciplines of elite sport, previously working at the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), EIS multisport clinics managing Team GB athletes and at the National NHS Dance Injury Clinic treating professional dancers.

Farhan is the President of the Sport & Exercise Medicine section at the iconic Royal Society of Medicine, where he leads the council in organising world-class SEM conferences. He enjoys educational delivery and has lectured at the UCL and Barts MSc in Sports Medicine programmes.

Farhan is passionate about providing a patient-focused holistic approach to musculoskeletal care. He aims to deliver a one-stop service involving an accurate diagnosis and non-surgical management of musculoskeletal, sports and exercise-related conditions for all age groups from children to veteran exercisers and athletes.

Procedures and Treatments offered:

• Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
• Ultrasound-Guided Corticosteroid Injections 
• Ultrasound-Guided Hyaluronic Acid (viscosupplementation) Injections 
• Ultrasound-Guided Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections 
• Ultrasound-Guided High Volume Injections/hydrodissection 
• Ultrasound-Guided Shoulder Hydrodistension Injections for frozen shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis) 
• Ultrasound-Guided Barbotage for calcific tendons