Shazia is an Associate Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology, at the University of Cape Town, and is the Head of Paediatric Otolaryngology services at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. After completing a 2-year Paediatric Otolaryngology fellowship at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, Canada, she returned to Cape Town and has since established the Paediatric Reconstructive Airway Surgery Team, a multidisciplinary group of sub-specialists committed to advancing paediatric airway management in sub Saharan Africa. Shazia is the program director of the first paediatric ENT fellowship in Sub Saharan Africa, now in its 6th year. She is also the chair of PENTAfrica (Paediatric ENT society in Africa), and the founder of C.A.P.E (Centre for Advanced Paediatric ENT). Shazia started RRPAfrica.org, a web-based advocacy project aimed at raising awareness for HPV vaccination programmes in Africa to prevent the next generation of juvenile respiratory papillomatosis. Shazia is a leading voice and advocate for ENT-related conditions affecting African children.