Doctor Shah was a consultant at The Somerway Clinic who Nick Tilsley was referred to in May 2016 when he grew concerned that symptoms of mood swings and headaches he had suffered following a serious vehicle crash in August 2013 had started to reoccur. In particular, he was worried that he lashed out in an uncontrollable temper causing harm to those around him and, having already lost Leanne Battersby as a wife for this very reason, he stressed that the same would happen to his forthcoming marriage to Carla Connor.
Without telling his fiancée about the consultation, he met Doctor Shah in his office who had read the GP notes but asked him to describe his symptoms in his own words. Nick told him he had not been sleeping, had suffered bad headaches and become irritable with people for no reason, lashing out when provoked. His mood was low and he wondered if this was due to the insomnia. Doctor Shah recommended booking him in for an MRI scan during the week, and Nick gave an apt demonstration of his problem when he demanded that any such scan be brought forward. Doctor Shah assured him that any condition wouldn't deteriorate badly in the meantime, and he would deal with the matter urgently when the results came through. Nick asked for assurances that he would stop lashing out at people but the doctor told him that given the injuries that he had previously suffered, he could give no guarantees.
In the meantime, Nick's concerns about Carla grew to the point where he felt that the wedding couldn't go ahead, and he called the event of, though without giving her a reason why. She found out about the consultation from a concerned David Platt and turned up at the clinic when Nick was due to receive the results, assuring him of her commitment to him. The two went into Doctor Shah's office in high spirits at their reconciliation where they were told that there was nothing on the scan and no demonstration of the worsening of his condition. Hearing about the stress of the upcoming wedding and their planned move to Devon, the doctor advised him to avoid any situations which would exacerbate that stress, assuring him that the scan had given him nothing but good news.
- The character was credited as "Consultant" but named in dialogue in Episode 8901 (11th May 2016).