Dr. Nusrat Barkat Shah

Dr. Nusrat Barkat Shah sees patients in obstetrics and gynecology at Dar Al Kamal Hospital in Sharjah, where she has worked since June 2026. She graduated in medicine (MBBS) from Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi in 2017, trained in obstetrics and gynaecology at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and Dow University of Health Sciences, and gained the FCPS in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan in 2025. She has also passed MRCOG Part 1 and Part 2 of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the UK.

Her experience covers both the UAE and Pakistan. She worked as a general practitioner at IBN-E-ZAMAN Hospital in Karachi and at Shajrah Specialist Medical Center in Sharjah, and as a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology at IBN-E-ZAMAN Hospital before joining Dar Al Kamal Hospital.

In pregnancy care she manages high-risk pregnancies, normal and assisted vaginal deliveries and obstetric emergencies such as heavy bleeding, eclampsia and ectopic pregnancy, assists at caesarean sections, performs basic obstetric and pelvic ultrasound and interprets fetal heart monitoring (CTG). In gynecology she sees women with abnormal bleeding, pelvic infection, endometriosis and ovarian cysts, evaluates difficulty conceiving, assesses breast problems, and performs cervical screening (Pap smear and liquid-based cytology), colposcopy and endometrial (pipelle) biopsy. She also advises on contraception and fits IUDs and contraceptive implants.

Her research includes a dissertation on subclinical hypothyroidism and high blood pressure in pregnancy, and she is a co-author of a national guideline on aspirin use in pregnancy in Pakistan. She has taught medical students and midwives. She speaks English, Urdu, Pashto and Hindi.