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Shiva Daram, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained otolaryngologist who sees pediatric patients ranging in age from infants to teenagers. He has expertise in ear infections, hearing loss, sleep apnea, sleep-disordered breathing, pediatric neck masses, pediatric thyroid disease, pediatric airway surgery, chronic sinus disease, vascular anomalies, speech and swallowing issues, and fetal-neonatal health. He’s also an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Daram values being a patient-focused provider and addressing pediatric patients’ needs and concerns directly. He strives to inform parents about the problems their child is having, how the problem developed, and all the potential treatment options available so they can make a treatment decision together. The extra time he takes to provide this kind of education puts his pediatric patients’ parents at ease and helps them trust him.

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Ruchi D. Shah, MD, is a fellowship-trained ophthalmologist, who has clinical interests in neovascular glaucoma and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery.Dr. Shah received her bachelor's degree in biological sciences and biology summa cum laude at the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed her medical degree in the College of Medicine at the same institution.She finished ophthalmology residency training at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., where she received the Outstanding OKAPS Score Award-Glaucoma and the Magis Star for outstanding patient service and care at Loyola Hospital. She went on to complete fellowship training in glaucoma at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.