Dr. Namrata Nigam: A Radiologist with Two Decades of Experience

When discussing accurate diagnosis with patients and doctors alike, one name leaps out of the conversation in North India’s Medical fraternity, Dr.Namrata Nigam. Dr. Nigam has over 21 years of medical experience including 16 as a radiology specialist, working throughout her career focusing on precision, evidence based practice, and education. Her work includes diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology; Dr. Nigam is amongst a small group of doctors that combine imaging and minimally invasive procedures Capsule Info.

Education and Early Career

Dr. Namrata Nigam began her medical path with an MBBS, and then went through an MD in Radio Diagnosis/Radiology, an area of medicine that needs an excellent analytical skill and attention to detail. In the past twenty years of development in radiology have rapid progress and as a radiologist she was educated in the rapidly growing and changing state-of-the-art technologies.

With her educational background, she had the authorization to have the depth and expertise to practice and teach in some of the best medical institutions.

Professional Experience

Over the years, Dr. Nigam has had several key positions that display her wealth of experience: 

• Ex-Radiologist, Guwahati Medical College, Assam 
• Ex-Radiologist, SGPGI, Lucknow 
• Ex-Assistant Professor, RML Hospital, New Delhi 
• Ex-Assistant Professor, Era Medical College 

These are only a few clear clinical experiences that illustrated not only Dr. Nigam's clinical excellence, but also her commitment to education. The students and junior doctors that she taught almost universally referred to her teaching style as 'clear, practical and patient-centred'.

Specialization

Dr. Namrata Nigam has completed training as both a Radiologist and Interventional Radiologist. This means she can:

Interpret advanced imaging scans, for example MRI, CT and ultrasound.

Perform interventional imaging procedures such as biopsies or drainage whilst using imaging guidance.

Begin radiological treatment plans, for example for patients seen in the oncology, gastroenterology and neurology departments.

Having trained in both fields, Dr. Nigam is able to give patients a not only accurate diagnosis, but where possible, is also able to offer minimally invasive treatment options.

Services and Patient Care

Radiology usually works in the background, but it has a central role in the diagnostic and treatment planning. Dr. Nigam provides value to her patients in her:

• Diagnostic Imaging (X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound)
• Interventional Radiology Procedures
• Image Guided Biopsies
• Vascular and Non-Vascular Interventions

Colleagues acknowledge Dr. Nigam's ability to break down elaborate imaging results to patients so they can have an idea of their diagnosis without compromising imaging terminology.

Approach to Medicine

Dr. Nigam's career reflects a balance both clinically and in the classroom. She advocates that evidence-based medicine needs to be applied with compassion. As she stated in a teaching session, "A good radiologist does not only read images but links these images with the human-beings whom these images represent." 

Her emphasis on continuing education and keeping-up with changes in technology leads Dr. Nigam's patients to receive the most up to date diagnostic and therapeutic options.

Why Patients Trust Her

• Experience: Over 20 years of experience in radiology.
• Specialist Experience: 16 years experience in advanced diagnostic and interventional radiology
• Teaching Experience: I have been an assistant professor level physician that has helped train doctors.
• Patient Focus: Through clear communication with patients and careful attention every step of the way.

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