Dr Shashikala Gaddi

Biography

Dr Shashikala is a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and is a practising Doctor based out of London.

Born and raised in the hinterland of India, she regularly watched her grandfather offering treatment to villagers who were bitten by snakes or other ailments with herbs and roots grown in their backyard. She was fascinated by this world of natural products and herbs and this also laid a path for her career in medicine. Her grandfather and father offered unstinted support and ensured that she received the best education in ayurveda.

She graduated from Bangalore-based Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, considered one of top universities in India for medical education and specialised in internal medicine. After degree, she was trained under Dr Ganesh Kumar, a senior and well-known ayurveda physician from Bangalore, for over a year. Her work with Dr Kumar offered a practical experience and also trained her for different treatments and frameworks of age-old traditional medicine. She also received training in panchakarma treatment at Dhanvantri Ayurveda College in Bangalore.

She is a certified member of Complementary Therapists Association, UK’s leading professionals for therapists. She offers treatment to couples with infertility issues and women related matters such as menstruation and menopause matters, which have become a major problem with changing socio-economic lifestyle in the UK. This apart, she can offer specialised treatment for skin disorders, kidney ailments and indigestion.