Sunil Shah is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre. He is a past president of the British Society for Refractive Surgery and a council member for the British Contact Lens Association. He sits on the Refractive Working Party for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the British Standards Institute and is a specialist advisor for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority.
He is an honorary professor at the University of Ulster and a visiting professor at Aston University.
His interests include corneal (especially lamellar), refractive cataract and laser refractive surgery. His research interests include the effect of corneal rigidity on intraocular pressure measurement and the surgical management of presbyopia.