Dr Alekar specialist physician and intensivist employed since June 2021 as Head of Clinical Unit as well as joint head of the Medical Acute Care Unit (MACU) in the Department of Medicine at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Gauteng Province. After completion of his Internal Medicine specialisation in 2006, he worked as a consultant in the Department of Medicine and the Main ICU of Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, where he completed his fellowship in critical care. Shabbir was in charge of the in-house academic programme for the ICU, including training on CRRT for doctors and nurses. He then worked as Head of ICU at Sebokeng Hospital, gaining extensive experience in acute and critical care medicine at a regional hospital level, before transferring to the Internal Medicine department at CH Baragwanath.