Growing up in Toronto in Canada, Shivam completed his BSc Honours in Neuroscience & Psychology at the University of Toronto. Thereafter doing research on brain tumours at the University of Calgary before moving to Australia.
He then completed his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Wollongong. He has specialist interests in neurology, oncology, and procedural/skin cancer medicine.
Shivam loves to experiment with cooking, snorkelling and traveling in his spare time. He also speaks Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati and Urdu.