Dr Praveer N. Sooka is an experienced General Practitioner at Oxford Healthcare Retreat, where he provides comprehensive medical care to individuals staying at the retreat. With a special interest in executive burnout and mental health, his aim is to bring a holistic approach to an individual’s medical issues, addressing both physical and pyschological aspects of a person’s needs.
Having a broad background, spanning primary health care, ship medicine and rehabilitation, all the way to ICU care and anaesthesia, he understands that multiple aspects of a patient’s concerns need to be addressed in order to promote recovery and healing. He also believes that evidence-based medicine should be at the centre of the care provided, and that screening and preventative medicine needs to be applied as well. Core to his approach is the importance of treating co-occurring medical issues – such as chronic pain, metabolic disorders, or lifestyle disease – alongside mental health ensuring patients receive well-rounded, compassionate care.
Other than working at Oxford Healthcare Retreat, he runs his own Family Medicine practice in Illovo, where the focus is on family medicine, hypermobility spectrum disorders and mental health.