Dr Sonal Mahalwar: After becoming a doctor, I developed compassion and empathy by being a part of my patient's journey
Dr Sonal Mahalwar
Dr Sonal Mahalwar is a renowned Indian radiologist who has some shining credentials in her repertoire and currently she is associated with a reputed hospital, Medanta Hospital Gurgaon. Over her years of education and practice, Sonal has gathered more and more knowledge that she now just wants to apply in improving the condition of people, especially women, in the society.
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Currently Sonal is pursuing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from IIIT, Delhi and there she is planning to start a project for helping early breast cancer detection. “By making this artificial intelligence software, I want to give it free of cost to different radiology companies so that we can provide patients access to early detection of the disease and prevent its metastasising in different parts of the body, protecting them in very early stages,” she shares.
Ask Sonal how has being in the medical field fuelled her desire to help people and she replies, “When I wanted to become a doctor, the basic idea behind it was to eventually be in a respectable position in the society as it was how the profession was built-up in my childhood. After becoming a doctor, I developed compassion and empathy by seeing patients, helping them recover and being a part of their journey. This feeling multiplied with time as I entered my post-graduate years and worked in tertiary care centre, treating cancer patients in Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai. For me, my patients were always my priority in life and this notion became stronger by the end of completion of my masters in medicine.”
Apart from building resources for early breast cancer detection, Sonal also wants to increase the awareness on the PAP smear examination after the age of 21 years, which is done to rule out the cervical cancer. “Also, awareness for the HPV vaccine (Human Papillomavirus) at the right age is important to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, so I want to do that as well,” she concludes.
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