Dr Reena Kotecha Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

Employee health and wellbeing is the very foundation of a company’s overall success, growth and longevity. Dr Kotecha trains staff to embed resilience skills into their day to day lives. Practices are adapted from the areas of lifestyle based medicine, neuroscience, mindfulness, compassion, positive psychology and emotional intelligence training to allow staff to more effectively navigate their stressors, manage their teams and workload as well as collaborate and connect with others.

United Kingdom

'Mindful Medics; Healthcare starts with Self Care' is a mindfulness & compassion based emotional intelligence training programme designed, developed and delivered to healthcare professionals across the globe.Participant feedback: As you will remember from the first week, I have spent the last few years seriously considering whether I am in the right profession. I’ve been plagued by ‘imposter syndrome’ and negative thoughts about work. Despite being happy in my personal life, my doubts about work have had a tendency to dominate my leisure time, which has culminated in several crises of confidence, in which I have felt the only option was to find an escape, either by changing specialty or to leave medicine altogether. My morale has much improved following the course. I feel more positive about my career and the future. I am recognising parts of work that I enjoy, feel more settled in my specialty and have no plans to leave. This has had knock-on positive effects on my personal life too.Dr HCCourse participantDoctor in Genetics, National Health Service, UK

Being part of the International Advisory Board of Headspace Health from its inception in March 2021 until its pause in Dec 2022 has been a privilege. During that time the board set some ambitious objectives, including ending the stigma around mental health, informing those who don't practice meditation about it's benefits, as well as leading the charge around healthcare starting with self-care.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

In 2018 I was invited by researchers based at the University of Cambridge to be part of a Professional Stakeholder Advisory Group for a project reviewing mindfulness training programmes for mental health promotion. My contributions to the group stemmed from the unique combination of being a medical doctor and an experienced mindfulness teacher within the healthcare profession. My specific role as part of this group was to offer key insights and ask questions to the researchers to help shape their research protocol.The research led to two peer reviewed journal articles: Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in non-clinical settings: protocol of an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Full article link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35410936/Systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials assessing mindfulness-based programs for mental health promotionFull article link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00081-5

Reena is a medical physician trained at Imperial College London, UK where she specialised in neuroscience and mental well being research. She now applies her expertise to deliver individual and organisational effectiveness solutions in high performance work settings.Reena spent the early part of her career in the National Health Service (NHS) as a hospital doctor. She then expanded her practice to focus on evidence-based approaches that enhance productivity and resilience at work. She subsequently began working in corporate education and organisation consulting capacities, offering coaching and training on performance enhancing mental habits such Mindfulness Meditation.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dr Kotecha teaches mindfulness meditation and yogic breathing weekly in Cambridge, UK

London, United Kingdom

In this role I was responsible for assessing subjects prior to participation in clinical trials to determine their eligibility and safety according to the study protocols. This involved taking a detailed history from the patient, examining them, interpreting investigations eg: ECG, Spirometry, blood results, and explaining the study plan. I ensured all assessments and procedures were carried out according to protocol and ICH GCP (Good clinical practice) requirements.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

1) Assess patients, take a history and examine them. 2) Order appropriate investigations. 3) Use my clinical knowledge to diagnose the problem and decide on appropriate treatment keeping patient safety and preference in mind. 4) Liaise with health care professionals at Addenbrookes or Fulbourn Hospitals if I feel the patient needs inpatient treatment. Liaise with paramedics if the patient is to be transferredto hospital. 5) Liaise with district nurses or community care staff if I feel the patient can be treated within the community. 6) Visiting patients at home. 7) Carrying out telephone consultations. 8) Acting as a gatekeeper to secondary care. 9) Taking blood samples and analysing the results. 10) Listen to patient concerns, formulating a plan of action with the patient that they are happy with.11) Discuss prevention strategies eg Diet/exercise for weight loss. Understand barriers both physical and emotional to weight loss. Formulate a holistic healthcare management plan, empowering the patient to improve their health and wellbeing 12) Support patients eg in stopping smoking, lose weight, detox from alcohol or drugs 13) Patient education regarding their particular healthcare problem, explaining technical medical language in layman terms. 14) Administrative tasks eg - dictation of letters to hospital consultants, to patients, to external agencies. Also responsible for writing fit notes for patients employer and making a decision whether the patient is fit for work, or requires a phased return/amendments. Referal of patients via choose and book system. 15) Keeping up to date with latest NHS guidelines and presenting them in meetings. 16) Analysis of papers from medical journals.

Luton And Dunstable Hospital, Lister Hospital Stevenage,

1) Assess patients, take a history and examine them. Initiate emergency Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation if required which involves acute concentration and efficient team working under pressure. I have also lead previous resuscitation attempts. 2) Order appropriate investigations and analyse the results. 3)Use clinical knowledge to diagnose the problem and decide on appropriate treatment and initiate it keeping patient safety in mind. Reassess the patient after treatment has been initiated to make sure the patients condition is improving. 4) Liaise with other hospital teams and decide if the patient requires inpatient care. Alternatively liaise with external agencies, eg: nursing/residential homes. 5) See the patients and treat them within 4 hours to reach national targets. 6) Understanding local and national guidelines, eg: local antibiotic guidelines based on local antibiotic resistance results. 7) Present cases at team meetings. 8) Handover to other clinical teams or my own team at the end of each shift. 9) Write electronic discharge summaries informing the GP of the patients visit to A+E

London, United Kingdom

Undertook FY2 rotations in:Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) Chase Farm Hospital Care of Elderly, Chase Farm Hospital Accident and Emergency, Barnet Hospital Sept 2011 – Aug 2012: Selected to be within the first cohort of FY2 trainees to undertake the ’Learning Together Leading Together’ initiative as part of the London NHS Deanery; a pilot project which aimed to engage NHS junior doctors and management trainees and thus increase the understanding between clinical and non-clinical staff. I gained invaluable insight into the financial position of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals. Also as part of the LTLT initiative I carried out multiple questionnaires and set up 'focus groups' to gain insight into staff understanding and concerns regarding the impending closure of services within Chase Farm Hospital. This information was fed back to the Director of Communications within the Trust.

Lister Hospital Stevenage (Nhs)

Foundation Year 1 house jobs in Cardiology, General Surgery and Trauma and Orthopaedics

Bachelor Of Medicine, Bachelor Of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.), Bsc Neuroscience And Mental Health, 1St Class (Hons)

Diploma, Diploma In Ayurveda Therapies And Ayurveda Diet And Lifestyle Consultation