Reflections with Dr. Sumedha Khanna I shifted from the care from one-on-one to one like a physician does, you know, taking care of one person at a time from Clinical side to the preventive side and that was so much more satisfying than just doing...

Solo Ageing(Part 2)By Sumedha Mona Khanna In the March issue of the AFSM newsletter, I defined the meaning of solo ageing and identified five challenges of Solo Ageing. In that article, I addressed two of these: Financial Management and Security...

Learning to Lead by Sumedha Khanna Four hundred years ago, stone sculptors in the village of Tinjan, in the Istrian district of what is now Yugoslavia, hewed a granite table several metres in diameter, its surface carefully carved with floral...

A Noticeable global demographic trend of our times is a rapid increase in the population aged 60 and over. People are living longer and remaining healthier and active in their later years. The extended life span also comes with a higher likelihood...

In December, I turned 80 and started what I call the Fourth Journey of my life. I notice the change in me – as I listen to my deeper self, the question that keeps repeating itself is, “What matters most to me at this phase of my life?” There is a...

Integral Health and Healing CHALLENGES OF INTEGRAL MEDICINE Sumedha Khanna A Personal Quest I graduated in clinical medicine in India. Even though India is a land of rich tradition of indigenous medicine, throughout my medical education not a word...

When Dr. Sumedha Khanna, an OB GYN physician, was still practicing medicine, she valued having a conversation with her patients and getting to know them. When she retired, she was lucky enough to find a physician who would do the same for her. Her...

Sumedha Mona Khanna Dr Sumedha Mona Khanna began her career at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in 1968, as an advisor in maternal health and population dynamics in Trinidad and Tobago, where she served for two years.   WHO’s first...