Meet Dr. Erin Shaw
Dr. Shaw has joined the PGA Chiropractic Health Center team as a family physician. She provides an array of medical services, which will enable our practice to offer comprehensive health care to our patients.
A Fascination With the Human Body
“I’ve always been a little bit of a science nerd and loved biology, physiology and anatomy.” When she was a high school senior, Dr. Shaw did a co-op rotation, shadowing a plastic surgeon. As a result of the experience, she fell in love with medicine and knew that was the path she wanted to follow. “It just made sense to me.”
Education & Experience
Hailing from New Brunswick, Canada, Dr. Shaw went to medical school at the University of Toronto and graduated in 2010. She did her family residency back home through Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, completing it in 2012.
Dr. Shaw is also a Certified Health Coach and received training through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She plans to get certified in lifestyle medicine.
Before joining our team, Dr. Shaw practiced in family medicine in Canada, mainly working as a locum physician (someone who fills in for doctors on vacation, maternity leave, etc.). She also worked at an outpatient primary care practice in the United States until late 2018. Dr. Shaw then transitioned to working in urgent care. She still works in urgent care along with serving at our practice.
Services Provided
Dr. Shaw offers the following at our Palm Beach Gardens practice:
- Physicals
- Joint injections (including steroids and viscosupplementation or hyaluronic acid)
- Physical therapy and/or pre-assessment for PT
- Sports injury care
- Musculoskeletal assessments
- Nutrition coaching
- Weight loss management/counselling
- Obesity management
- BOTOX® injections
Outside the Office
When she’s not working, Dr. Shaw enjoys spending time with her husband, who’s from Florida, and their baby. They love the beach life, and Dr. Shaw particularly enjoys doing standup paddleboarding (SUP); she also cycles and does Pilates.