My name is Dr. Kayastha and
I'm a resident with Duke Health.
I chose medicine as my career
because I always thought
being healthy could be very empowering for
people.
And I wanted to be a part
of the community that helps
people empower themselves to be healthy.
I'm particularly interested in
patients that have a lot of
symptoms that are not
managed well because I think
that targeting those things can really
increase the quality of life for people.
So that's one of my interests,
but I love medicine as a whole.
In any visit between a clinician and
a patient, there
are certain things that the clinician
thinks is important to talk about and
certain things that the patient
thinks are important to talk about.
And I think both people should walk out of
the room feeling like they don't have any
questions left.
And so, one thing that I like to do
is at the beginning of the visit just
let my patient know what I think
is important to discuss today,
and also elicit what
they think is important.
And that way, hopefully,
we can cover everything.
I love just being able
to connect with people.
I think it's a privilege to be in this
role where people are trusting me with
information and
with their bodies and their lives.
And so I think that's a very special
connection you can make with the patient.
