About
Dr. Soneja graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College with her MBBS in 2002. Following this, additional postgraduate family medicine training was provided by the Guthrie Clinic in Pennsylvania, USA. She subsequently completed her study in obesity medicine and obtained American Board of Obesity Medicine certification (ABOM). She has a diploma in diabetes and endocrinology from the UK and received training in diabetes management from the USA. She was a consultant in diabetes and obesity medicine at University Hospitals in Cleveland, USA, before this.
Dr. Soneja has extensive experience handling lifestyle-related illnesses like diabetes and obesity. Her areas of expertise are preventive medicine and childhood obesity. For her patients looking to manage their weight as well as diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, thyroid disorders, PCOS, etc., she believes in offering holistic care. She has a lot of experience handling complex diabetes, including cases where insulin pumps are required. She oversees extensive patient weight management initiatives. She also sees patients for ongoing medical care both before and after bariatric surgery.
Both for her junior doctors and her patients, Dr. Soneja has been an active teacher. She holds both an MSc and a Post Graduate Diploma in Obesity Medicine from the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom. She offers them routine Diabetes Self Management Education sessions. She has published numerous papers in prestigious international publications and worked as a clinical research fellow at Birmingham Hospital in the UK. Additionally, she has spoken at the American Diabetes Association and the American Society of Bariatric Physicians on her study on diabetes and obesity.
Treatments:
- Functional exercises
- Gestational Diabetes Management
- Hypertension Treatment
- Electrocardiography (ECG)
- Diabetes Renal Failure
- Diet Counseling
- Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
- Obesity Treatment
- Insulin Treatment
- Diabetes in Children
- Diabetes Management
- Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
- insulin Pump
- Bariatric Nutrition
- Obesity and other Lifestyle Disease Modifications
Education
- M.B.B.S. - Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, India, Feb 2002
- Diploma in Gynaecology & Obstetrics – Lady Hardinge Medical College.
- Board Certified in Family Medicine from American Board of Family Medicine – Guthrie Clinic, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA
- American Board of Obesity Medicine (A.B.O.M) Certified Diplomate
- Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes from Glamorgan University, UK, recognized by the International Diabetes Federation
- Postgraduate Diploma in Endocrinology from Glamorgan University, UK.
Experience
Senior Consultant, Department of Endocrinology – Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Saket
Consultant Diabetes and Obesity Medicine at Jaypee Hospital, Noida.
Consultant Obesity Medicine and Family Medicine – University Hospitals, Cleveland, USA.
Awards
Awards & Recognitions:
- Stanley Conklin Research Award - 1st Prize For Best Original Research Paper, On Treatment Preference For Management Of Diabetes In Outpatient Setting – Primary Care Physicians VS. Endocrinologists - 2012
- Stanley Conklin Research Award, Guthrie Clinic - 3rd Prize For Best Original Research Paper, On Screening For Blood Lead Levels In Children: Compliance Of Medical Professionals With The AAP And CDC Guidelines - 2011
- Lynn Smaha Resident Research Competition – 3rd Prize At Guthrie Annual Cardiovascular & Diabetes Symposium, On Screening For Blood Lead Levels In Children: Compliance Of Medical Professionals With The AAP And CDC Guidelines - 2011
Memberships
- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- American Society of Bariatric Physicians
- Indian Medical Association (IMA)
- Delhi Medical Association (DMA)