Dr. Rajvi Bheda
Experience: | 4 years |
Education: | Seth G. S. Medical college and KEM hospital |
Academic degree: | MD (Doctor of Medicine) |
Area of specialization: | I am an MD in dermatology and honestly the skin tells stories ppl don’t always notice. Whether it's acne that just won’t go away or these weird fungal things that come up outta nowhere—every case feels different once you sit with it. My focus is pretty broad I guess, I work with chronic conditions like eczema, psoriasis, vitiligo, plus the usual cosmetic stuff that patients care about but don’t always wanna talk openly about. Sometimes a rash is just a rash, but sometimes it’s the first sign of an autoimmune thing or like some underlying hormonal shift. You learn to dig, slowly.
In OPDs I usually try to keep it super open. No rushing. Skin issues impact how ppl feel about themselves—seen it enough times to know that just treating symptoms ain’t enough. I keep up with newer treatment options, topical formulations, peels, lasers, but also stick to basics when that’s what works. And yeah, dermatology is as much about pattern recognition as it is about listening properly... most of the time, patients know something’s off before you do, they just don’t know how to name it. |
Achievements: | I am someone who kinda gets drawn into things once I start digging deeper, and I guess that’s how my work ended up being recognized at both national n international conferences. Got best award paper once—still feels weird saying that—and done poster presentations that honestly took forever to put together but were worth it in the end. I usually choose topics that feel relevant or just stick in my head too long, mostly around clinical dermatology stuff or cases that don’t go by the textbook, you knw? |
I am someone who did my 3-year psychiatry residency at Seth G. S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai—and honestly, that phase kind of shaped everything that came after. The place is intense. Like, really intense. You’re thrown right into the deep end with high patient load, emergencies that don't wait, and endless learning that goes way beyond textbooks. It wasn't just about clinical exposure (which yeah, was massive), but also learning how to really *see* people behind the diagnosis. I learnt how diverse mental health can look depending on who's walking in—whether it's someone with psychosis who hasn't slept in days or a college student in full-blown anxiety spirals or a caregiver breaking down in front of you cause they don’t know what to do anymore. KEM gave me a weird mix of chaos and clarity, like there were days I felt like I was completely lost in rounds, and then something would click mid-case and it’d make sense. Supervisors were tough but fair. The peers—some became friends, some just left a mark with how they handled things differently from me. Over time I started noticing the small stuff… like how a patient’s silence might mean more than their speech or how body language gives away stuff notes don’t. Somewhere along that line, I realised how much I care about doing this work in a way that doesn’t just follow protocol but also respects lived realities. My work is informed by scientific training, sure, but also by the messier parts of residency that don't make it into CVs—confusion, long nights, things going wrong, then slowly right. Now whether I’m offering psychotherapy, crisis intervention, or long-term care, all of it’s influenced by those years. KEM wasn't just training—it was a kind of mirror too, showing me where I stand, what I didn’t know, and weirdly, what I’m still figuring out even now. That experience keeps me grounded in real world psychiatry, not just theory.
