Khatta Meetha OT Talk-Dr Pooja Mehta

Introducing to you all a very special and a multi talented guest  who is an empathetic human,an excellent professional and my favourite mentor.

Dr Pooja Mehta (OT)

Dr Pooja Mehta.
Assistant Professor (OT) at Nair hospital, Mumbai Central, Mumbai
Founder and Consultant Occupational Therapist of Anmol Child Development Clinic, Kandivali west, Mumbai.

M.O.Th Developmental Disabilities from Seth GS Medical College.
FAOT Neuro-developmental disorders
Pursuing MA Clinical Psychology
Areas of practice :

• Pediatric Occupational Therapy 
• Child & Adult Psycho social Occupational Therapy
• School based Occupational Therapy

So here's her short interview:

1)Who will you call a good Occupational therapist?

Occupational Therapist with excellent activity analysis, sound clinical reasoning, in depth theoretical knowledge, creative outlook and empathic nature.

2)How will you describe your journey in this field?
Enriching.

3) As an Academic professional what is your advise to younger OTs?
Read textbooks and research papers.And promote OT by doing and publishing your research work..

4)Enlist five problems that OT professionals face on a regular basis?
Professional unawareness among other doctors and common man.
Professional overlap with other professions..
In pvt practice, professional isolation..
In hospital practice, poor autonomy..
Due to less number of OTist graduating,  recruited and practicing, Quality of work hampered

5)Can you suggest some practical ideas to deal with them ?
Sunday free awareness camps, blogging, videos/social networking sites, digital media use, newspaper articles, OT talks for doctors and common man, quality research papers,documenting your clinic work etc.

Your highlights

My Professional strength : 9 yrs of clinical experience and regular habit of updating knowledge via reading textbooks, research papers and attending COTE & conferences..

I can.... Knock u clean bowled on cricket pitch

My Experience :OT prepares u to be spontaneous and pragmatic..

The depth of my views is same as your depth of understanding


Dr Pooja is also
Vedic Maths scholarship recipient

Black belt in Shotokan karate from Dev Shotokan Karate Do International, Mumbai.

Bachelor of classical dance (Bharat Natyam) (Reg no. 2357) from Art society Mumbai.

Visharad in Vedic Astrology (3 yrs course) from Vedic Jyotish Sansthan, Mumbai. 

Amongst all this she is an artist and sports woman,who has won various medals in cricket and carrom.


P.S:I extend my gratitude  to her for giving me time and motivating further with her kind words.
see you all next Saturday with another guest.


-SSW