Dr. Dhriti Khandelwal
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Education: | SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital |
Academic degree: | Master of Surgery in Ayurveda |
Area of specialization: | I am mainly into treating ano-rectal issues like piles, fissures, fistula-in-ano, rectal polyps, prolapse n’ all that. yeah sometimes cancer cases too when caught early enough.. These are usually tough for patients to talk about but I try to keep things simple and calm during consults. I also manage gastro stuff—like GERD, bloating, achalasia, or those varicose veins in the esophagus. Some cases show up late, but with the right plan you can still turn things around.
Then there’s the mix of liver stuff, breast lumps, wounds that just don’t heal right, diabetic ulcers, you name it. I lean on both surgery and Ayurved depending on the case. And for folks dealing with daily pain—sciatica, osteoarthritis, nerve pinches—I do targeted therapies that kinda reset the body’s pain memory, if that makes sense.
Also do a bunch of skin cases—psoriasis, eczema, or even just weird flareups from diet or stress. I rely on diagnostics like labs or scans when needed, but treatments are more plant-based, plus food + routine corrections. Nutrition’s not separate—it’s part of the whole recovery in my approach. I don’t throw a dozen meds at people.. just try to get them feeling normal again, for real. |
Achievements: | I am someone who kinda keeps diving into research when I feel it’ll actually help people. I led a couple of projects under CCRAS, both of which got published — felt good seeing that work out. I also won Best Paper at an international conf. that was honestly unexpected but cool. Over the years I’ve presented at diff national, global seminars too. Oh and yeah I was runner-up at the 2019 state-level National Youth Parliament, and got an appreciation letter during internship for ICU duty.. meant a lot. |
I am someone who kinda walks the line between modern surgery and traditional Ayurved… which, yeah, can get tricky sometimes but also makes things really interesting. My focus is general surgery, like the regular stuff—hernias, gallbladders, appendix problems, breast lumps, liver issues, pancreatitis, and all those classic conditions people don’t wanna deal with till they really have to. I also end up treating a fair bit of GI cancers and complications around the rectum n’ anal canal. Not always pretty work but someone’s gotta do it right? What’s different in my approach maybe is that I try not to jump into cutting if I don’t have to. I lean toward conservative care whenever possible—like really pausing to ask: does this need surgery right now, or can we manage this in a way that avoids it altogether? When surgery is needed, I go for precise planning, clean technique, and solid post-op care. But then again, I don’t stop at that. I work a lot with chronic lifestyle problems—diabetes, BP, thyroid—all that stuff that creeps up slowly and quietly wrecks the body if you don’t catch it early. Ayurveda is the anchor of what I do, even when using modern tools. I use Panchakarma therapies pretty often, especially in post-op recovery and in people who come to me feeling stuck or exhausted by years of symptoms with no real improvement. And I do try to minimize medicine overload—many times people are just drowning in prescriptions. You clear the junk, the body kinda starts to heal itself. I was also lucky enough to do two research studies with CCRAS under the Ministry of AYUSH, and that really pushed me into thinking deeper about how to combine evidence-based thinking with age-old Ayurvedic logic. Research didn’t make me “smarter” per se, but it did help me see patterns clearer, and also respect the data side of things a lot more. At the end of it, my goal is long term balance. Not flashy transformations, but real recovery. You don’t need a dozen pills or huge life overhauls always. Sometimes small tweaks done consistently—that’s what makes the real shift. I’m here to help patients figure out what those tweaks look like for them, step by step, at their own pace.
