Biography of Dr. Seema Khaneja

Dr. Seema Khaneja’s earliest memories of medicine are of spending time with her great-grandfather in Northern India. He practiced Unani medicine, a traditional form of Indian herbal medicine – including pulse diagnosis, lifestyle modification, yoga and meditation.

Throughout her years of medical training, Dr. Khaneja searched for a way to practice medicine that captured the essence of her great-grandfather’s approach. He helped many people – not only because of his knowledge of herbs, but because he truly listened to them, which in time revealed the cause of their illness. He truly walked his talk, using the same therapies for his own health that he recommended for his patients.

Dr. Khaneja has studied many complementary approaches to health and healing, ranging from Ayurvedic medicine to Qi-gong therapy. She’s found that a combination of a healthy lifestyle, homeopathy and a practice of mindful awareness of the body and mind have helped her most in her own path of health and healing. This is what she shares with her patients.

Dr. Khaneja graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City in 1992 and completed her residency training in pediatrics at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (also in NYC) in 1996. She began practicing general pediatrics July 1996 and completed her board certification in pediatrics the same year. Dr. Khaneja was listed as one of the "Best Doctors" in General Pediatrics in New York Magazine's yearly issue of the Best Doctors in New York in 1998.

Since the spring of 2008, Dr. Khaneja has devoted herself to a consultant practice in homeopathy and mind/body medicine, working with individuals as well as offering group workshops. She is based in Rochester, NY and is a Clinical Instructor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Since spring 2009, she has also been seeing clients in her office in NYC.

She has also written several chapters on various medical topics for Attorney’s Textbook of Medicine (published by Lexis Nexis/Matthew Bender), including autism, battered child syndrome and psychological maltreatment of women and children. She has also reviewed and co-authored many other chapters on various medical topics including asthma, dermatitis, dyslexia, epiphyseal injuries and sleep disorders.

Dr. Khaneja has also worked with Hyland’s, Inc (a leading manufacturer of homeopathic medications), to author educational materials about homeopathy for lay and professional audiences. In addition, her articles on homeopathy have appeared in Homeopathy Today, Retail Clinician, and Drug Store News Pharmacy Practice.

Dr. Khaneja’s teaching experience includes:

• Teaching children’s and adult yoga classes in New York City and Rochester, N.Y. (February 2000 – May 2002; Fall 2003)
• Coordinating yoga classes for inner-city children with asthma (March – May 1999)
• Coordinating and teaching stress management seminars to physicians, nurses and staff members at Park Ridge Medical Center of Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. ( October – November 1999)

Her training in complementary medicine includes:

Homeopathy

• Dr. Khaneja is currently enrolled in a three-year postgraduate training in homeopathy through the Canadian Academy of Homeopathy with Dr. André Saine in Montreal, Canada.
• She has also completed coursework in homeopathy materia medica with Dr. Saine in 2006.
• Since January 2009, she has participated in monthly homeopathy webinars taught by Dr. Saine as a part of the International Hahnemannian Study Group.
• Training in homeopathy at the Summer School at the National Center for Homeopathy in 2001.

Mind/body medicine

• Clinical Training in mind/body medicine at Harvard Medical School with Dr. Herbert Benson and his colleagues in 1999.

Qigong

• Training in Qigong with Dr. Donald Londorf in Rochester, NY, in 2001.

Yoga

• Hatha yoga teacher certification from the Himalayan Institute Teachers Association in Honesdale, Penn., in 2002.

Hypnosis

• Training in clinical hypnosis in children with Dr. Larry Sugarman in Rochester, NY, in 2000.

Ayurvedic Medicine

• Coursework in Ayurvedic medicine from the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, in 1999.