Dr. Molakala Pavan Kumar Reddy
Experience: | 12 years |
Education: | Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences |
Academic degree: | MD (Doctor of Medicine) |
Area of specialization: | I am mainly seeing cardiac and diabetic patients—those two keep me on my toes tbh—but yeah, a large part of my practice covers general internal medicine too. Most ppl don’t walk in saying “I have diabetes,” they just feel low energy or keep getting up at night or feel weird chest heaviness and don’t know why. That’s where my job really starts—figuring out what’s *actually* going on. I deal with hypertension, cholesterol issues, irregular sugar levels, palpitations, breathlessness, and also those in-between symptoms that fall under “physician cases” but don’t have a clear label yet.
Cardiac cases aren’t always the dramatic ones like MI or arrests... many times it’s just a slight ECG change or vague chest tightness and we gotta decide quickly—is it serious or not. I like balancing the fast decisions with long-term follow-up. For diabetics too, I don’t just write insulin or metformin and move on—I ask about meals, sleep, mood swings, even stress. Coz sugar doesn’t rise in isolation. It’s connected to everything.
Basically, I see a lot of lifestyle-linked and chronic medical conditions. And I like keeping things simple n honest while treating them. |
Achievements: | I am grateful to have received the Mother Teresa Covid Warrior Award during those crazy, exhausting months when none of us were really sure what tomorrow looked like. That time really tested not just skill but just raw commitment. I was also named Best Medicine Consultant in my unit—felt nice, though tbh I think the whole team deserved it. The Pride of India award kinda caught me off guard... didn’t expect that one but yeah, it reminded me why I chose this path in first place. |
I am currently working as Consultant Incharge & HOD of Emergency Medicine at Apollo Hospitals, and yeah—it’s exactly as hectic as it sounds. Every shift is like a mix of controlled chaos and calm-in-the-storm mode. You don’t really get much time to overthink things here, coz people walk in needing help *right now*—accidents, cardiac arrest, sudden collapse, poisoning, seizure—you name it. It’s my job to lead the team, make split-second decisions, and still keep things from falling apart when 3 emergencies hit at once. I did my graduation from Europe—studied medicine in an environment that really pushed clinical thinking over rote stuff. It shaped a lot of how I approach patients now. Like, protocols matter, but sometimes instincts count too—those early signs you catch only if you're really *watching*. And in emergency medicine, you can't afford to miss the small stuff. One minute you’re stabilising a trauma patient, next you're running ACLS on someone who's just coded. You have to stay sharp but also teach others to stay sharp too, coz it’s not just about reacting, it's about readiness. Managing the ER isn’t just about medical cases though—there’s coordination with multiple departments, handling patient flow, dealing with attendants who are panicking... and honestly, half the job is just staying human in all of that. I'm deeply involved in clinical audits, quality checks, and also mentoring junior docs when I can—though yeah, sometimes I wish I had more time for that part. If I had to sum it up, I’d say emergency medicine doesn’t give you much breathing space, but it teaches you how *every second counts*. And that mindset? It kinda follows you everywhere. Whether it’s a crash call or just someone with a gut feeling that something’s “not right,” I take all of it seriously. Coz in my world, even a 5-min delay can change everything.
