Dr. Preeti Kathail
Experience: | 31 years |
Education: | Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College |
Academic degree: | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) |
Area of specialization: | I am working as a physician and also trained as a diabetologist, which means most of my day revolve around dealing with both general medical issues and long term sugar related problems. Being in internal medicine keeps me exposed to a wide range of conditions — fever, hypertension, chest pain, kidney complaints — all kinds of things show up, and I actually like that mix cause it keeps you on your toes. But diabetology is a field I spend extra focus on, since uncontrolled diabetes can quietly damage nerves, eyes, kidneys or even lead to diabetic foot if not managed early.
I try not to just adjust medicines blindly, rather I look at patient’s routine, diet habits, sleep, stress, all those small but important detail that can make or break control. Some days are challenging when ppl come late with complications, other times it’s satisfying when you see sugar levels finally stabilising and patients feel lighter. I’m not claiming perfection, I still learn with each case, but the aim is always to bring care that is clear, practical and doesn’t confuse the patient. |
Achievements: | I am practicing for almost 30 years now as a physician and diabetologist, and honestly that number still surprise me when I say it out loud. Over these decades I have seen thousands of patients with all kinds of medical problems, from routine fevers to long standing uncontrolled diabetes that needed close follow up. Working this long gave me chance to watch how treatments change, how guidelines keep shifting, but also how basics of listening to patient never go away. Managing diabetes specially became a big part of my work — sugar control, complications, foot care, kidney impact — I learnt to handle them step by step. |
I am 30 years old now and sometimes I feel like that number already carry a lot behind it. I finished my medical training step by step, learning the basics first and then slowly getting deeper into patient care. Those early years were full of trial, long postings, and days when you hardly know if you are moving in the right direction or not. But every ward round, every late call at night kinda built me into the doctor I am still becoming. Being at this stage in my career gives me a strange mix of confidence and also this constant reminder that medicine is huge, you never stop catching up. I’ve worked in different setups, managed patients with chronic conditions and also acute emergencies. The balance between theory from books and the raw reality of sick ppl in front of you is something I had to learn the harder way. Sometimes you go by guidelines, other times you trust instincts that only come after facing the same problem 20 times. I try to keep my practice grounded, meaning not just focusing on lab values or reports but also listening to what the patient is saying — or even what they are not saying. At 30, I feel I still got a lot to walk ahead, but at the same time I already carry experiences that shaped how I look at diabetes, heart disease, infections, or renal cases. My approach is not about rushing but more like connecting the small dots, finding what went missing in their routine, why meds not working, why symptoms keep coming back. Some days I feel exhausted, yes. Other days I see recovery that makes all the fatigue lighter. I don’t want to paint a perfect picture, cause medicine isn’t that way. It’s messy, demanding, sometimes unfair... but still it gives meaning. And for me, at 30 years, this is only the beginning of a longer road.
