Dr. Shreya Upadhyay
Experience: | 1 year |
Education: | Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences |
Academic degree: | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) |
Area of specialization: | I am particularly drawn toward obstetrics & gynaecology... not just bcz it’s a vital field but bcz it’s real. Like you’re literally dealing with life—sometimes two lives at once. I’ve worked in both OPD and wards, managed loads of different clinical scenarios—pregnancy follow-ups, irregular cycles, infections, even high-risk stuff that kinda makes you pause n think twice before acting. It’s not all textbook—patients don’t read the textbook.
What interests me most is how wide the scope is—fertility issues, deliveries, hormonal stuff, menstrual problems, surgical cases, postpartum care—all packed into one branch. I learned early that listening properly matters more than just rushing into tests. Like sometimes, what a woman’s not saying is more important than what she is.
Working closely under senior gynaecologists helped me see how subtle signs can lead to major diagnosis or how timely decision during labour can change everything... I’m still learning tbh, but I know this is where I feel the most useful, even when it's tiring or unpredictable. |
Achievements: | I am someone who kinda liked digging deep into subjects, which maybe why i scored a distinction in pharmacology during MBBS—honestly didn’t expect that one. Apart from lectures n rounds, I got really into academic quizzes n those community health programs... not just for resume stuff but cz they made things real, like seeing ppl outside the wards. During my internship, I assisted a neurosurgeon during a butt hole surgery (yes, literally), and it taught me precision where u least expect it. |
I am someone who’s spent 4.5 years doing MBBS and then 1 full year of internship—feels like longer honestly—mostly under some really solid mentors. Like, senior docs at BHU who actually knew how to teach, not just rush through rounds. Learned a lot watching them—how they handled weird cases, how they didn’t panic when things got messy, how they talked to patients who were just... scared or confused or plain exhausted. That stuff stuck with me more than any textbook could. During MBBS, I guess I didn’t know exactly what kind of doc I’d become. But slowly, while sitting through endless ward hours and running on like 3 hrs of sleep during duty nights, I kinda started figuring it out. I was drawn toward the process—the thinking part. Like, why is the fever persisting, or why that ECG looks just slightly off. It’s not always dramatic. Most of it is just paying attention, asking the right qns, knowing what *not* to ignore. And during internship... man that’s where I really felt what actual hospital life means. I’ve handled emergencies in real-time, stood through 6-hour surgeries holding retractors without losing grip (or consciousness), managed pre-round prep, wrote notes that got corrected again and again till they were right. I didn’t mind though. Being wrong meant learning. Honestly, I'm still learning. MBBS doesn’t end with a degree—it starts something. Even now, when I look back, those 5.5 years feel like the foundation of how I talk to patients, how I double-check symptoms, how I choose investigations. Not saying I'm perfect (I mess up too... like minor dosage slips I caught in time, thankfully) but I’ve seen what good medicine looks like, and I try to stick close to that. If you’re wondering whether I care about cases that are “just mild” or “probably nothing”—I do. Because I've seen how things turn if you don't take them serious early on. Sometimes it’s the little things that matter more than flashy diagnoses.
