Get to Know Dr Sneha

I qualified as a medical doctor in 2011 from Imperial College London and underwent my medical training in the West Midlands and London. After completing my speciality training, I qualified as a GP in 2017, and have worked in the NHS and currently in the private sector.

Growing up in a medical family, I was exposed to the lives of Doctors, Health and Disease from a very early age. I would constantly hear about hospital life and General Practice, the long complicated names of procedures and medications – I was fascinated by it all and eager to be a part of it one day.

During my training, I saw first hand, how incredible modern medicine truly is. The on-going discoveries saving countless lives, and those that have already eradicated many diseases. Common conditions which are easily treated today, could have been fatal in the not so distant past - something we often forget and take for granted. Continuing research demonstrates the many achievements and potential for further advancements, and live saving work.

Despite all this, I soon realised the focus of conventional Medicine (Allopathy) is primarily on disease - treating and managing conditions with medications, often after these have presented. Traditional medical teaching has limited emphasis on identifying the functional root causes of conditions, and the individual subtleties in variation of disease presentation.

The importance of nutrition & lifestyle, emotional & social wellness, as perpetuating factors, were not given their due recognition. Something which I always felt could not be considered as separate to health. 

In the last few years, there is very much an increased awareness and growing trend towards incorporating these aspects, in a personalised healthcare approach. Latest research is focusing on individual genetic variations and their effects on disease manifestation, and treatment efficacy. The emerging branches of Lifestyle Medicine and Integrative & Personalised Medicine reflect this new paradigm of health care.