Dr Shoba Iyer graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1997. She completed her basic physician training in 2002 at the Lyell McEwin Hospital. She moved to Sydney after this to complete her geriatrics training. She was based at Concord Hospital in Sydney. On returning to Adelaide, she worked from 2011 to 2014 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Shoba started working in private practice in 2013, and entered full-time private practice in 2014.

Shoba has over 10 years of experience in private practice in geriatrics and has worked in a number of medical centres. Her areas of interest include memory disorders in the elderly, treatment of dementia, delirium in the elderly, polypharmacy and rehabilitation in the elderly.