It may not have been perfect but it was holistic and gave a glimpse of hope for what I believed to be incurable and irreversible. I found a path for most of patients to follow. I put my heart and soul into my patient care. Still my love for science and the patient contact was enough to keep me going. Along with many of my colleagues, I accepted this as “normal.” This was the system structure and although I sensed there was something lacking, I did not feel it was within my reach to rectify it.
Limited by the 10 minute appointment constraints within the NHS, I felt myself hitting a brick wall with the system constantly, doing my patients a disservice and almost never getting to the root of the problem. At the time, of course, I did not realise that my holistic approach had an entity of its own. “Looking back, I now realise that I had been practicing functional medicine for many years prior to my training as a functional medicine practitioner.
She continues to work part-time in the extremely busy NHS Urgent Care Centre in West Middlesex Hospital in West London.ĭr Gupta is a member of The Royal College of General Practitioners, General Medical Council and Institute of Functional Medicine. She continued her training as a General Practitioner and has worked within the NHS for 12 years. Suman Gupta is a UK trained medical doctor and qualified from Aberdeen University in 2004. She uses thorough testing to understand the individual’s biochemical complexity together with 21st century genetic tests to form a comprehensive individualized treatment plan for patients.ĭr. Evidence based medicine is at the heart of Dr Gupta’s practice. Getting to the route of the problem is imperative, and masking symptoms without treating the cause only prolongs and worsens the complexity of chronic disease. She continues to use this approach to manage chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, cardiovascular risks and disease, depression as well as optimizing women’s health and fertility and children’s health. With a special interest and having certified in diabetes care, she has successfully managed and reversed diabetes in several of her patients by applying a holistic approach and adopting a healthier lifestyle. Gupta has always applied a holistic approach to treating her patients, combining functional medicine with a conventional approach for many years to prevent and reverse chronic disease. She sees patients from all over the world.Īs a registered and trained General Practitioner, Dr. Gupta has trained with the Institute of Functional medicine (AFMCP) and works alongside global leading Functional Medicine doctors. Her experience has strengthened her competence and skills in offering a combined conventional and functional medicine approach to health. Suman Gupta is an NHS General Practitioner with over 15 years’ experience in the NHS.
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