Dr. Priti Shukla is practicing cosmetic and plastic surgery since 2001 in Hyderabad, (India). She is a qualified plastic surgeon (Board certified) with special interest in cosmetic surgery. Dr. Priti Shukla's has expertise in the field of breast enhancement, body contouring and non-surgical facial rejuvenation. Her repertoire of work also includes reconstructive surgeries after road accidents, burns and deformities, flaps, micro vascular surgeries and a variety of surgical repair procedures where the appearance of the outcome is important. She aims to provide word class cosmetic surgery to her patients in accredited hospital facilities. Her centre has a composite team of other medical specialties like other plastic surgeons and dermatologist to enable a more holistic approach to patient's cosmetic problems and concerns. Team work also enables her to take up more challenging cases, bring down operation time and costs, facilitate faster recovery and provide a patient with more than one perspective. People from rest of India, NRIs and foreign nationals also approach her in significant numbers. Her patients come from a wide variety of backgrounds- software/ Bpo professionals, models and actresses, students, entrepreneurs, homemakers, doctors.
» Professional Qualifications
• M.B.B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) from Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada
(A.P., India) in 1988- 1994.
• M.S. (Masters in surgery), from prestigious PGIMER (Chandigarh, India) in 1995-1998.
• M.Ch. (Plastic surgery) from Osmania Medical College (A.P., India) in 1999-2001.
• Fellowship in cosmetic surgery with "Hands on Training" in cosmetic surgery in USA under internationally renowned cosmetic surgeon Dr. Kulwant S. Bhangoo, MD. It was there that she polished her skills to give artistically fine and pleasing results, learnt latest techniques and trends in cosmetic plastic surgery and found her passion. Dr. Priti has built her skill base on a background of sound knowledge and academic excellence. She topped several exams at state and all India level and has been a university multi gold medallist throughout the student phase of her life. She continues to engage in academic activities and her research work has been published in international journals. She is often invited to give talks on cosmetic surgery at local medical meets. She engages with teaching activity as an asst. professor of surgery at Bhaskara Medical College, Hyderabad. She participates regularly in cosmetic plastic surgery workshops and conferences to keep abreast with latest in this rapidly evolving field. Memberships
• Indian Association of Plastic Surgeons (IAPS)
• Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (IAAPS)
• Plastic Surgeon’s Association of Andhra Pradesh (PSAAP)
• Indian Medical Association (I.M.A.)
» Professional Approach
Dr. Priti’s professional approach is directed towards:
• Patient education: Complex medical concepts are given to the patient in their own language. Dr. Priti speaks English, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu fluently and can understand many other Indian languages. She helps patient understand their options and make the best possible decision regarding their appearance, health, and quality.
• Counseling: Dr. Priti understands that a cosmetic surgery patient has several concerns like secrecy, cost, healing time and long term results. Expectations from a tummy tuck for women wearing saree/salwar are at times different from a model posing in skimpy clothes. She tailors her procedures to suit the patient’s needs, cost and timeframe, after discussing all the available options. If at any point of time she feels that the problem is beyond her professional capacity she refers the patient to another doctor. If she feels patient is not a good candidate for surgery or has unrealistic expectations, she points it out to them and suggests alternative non-surgical treatments and lifestyle changes.
• Support: Dr. Priti encourages the patients to visit her regularly after surgery to discuss any issues. If the patient is not fully satisfied after surgery and if it is possible to improve the results further by minor surgery she does it at nominal costs to cover the expenses alone, within a specified period of time. Patient satisfaction is her ultimate reward.
• Self improvement: New techniques are being added to cosmetic surgery on a constant basis and some old ones are being discarded. However everything latest has to withstand the test of time and scrutiny of medical research. Dr. Priti keeps abreast with the advances to give the best options to her patients. Apart from this she considers listening to her patients a great opportunity to learn.
