Dr. Smitha Saldanha

Smitha is a diabetes educator with 14 years of clinical experience, primarily in paediatrics where she has managed type 1 diabetes across different age groups in children. She also has one year of experience in adult medicine, including management of diabetes complications such as diabetic foot wounds. She works at Mediclinic as a diabetes link nurse and acting diabetes educator, and has received formal training from the diabetes team at RDUH under the UK's National Health Service.

Smitha specializes in helping patients manage their blood sugar through continuous glucose monitoring systems (including Freestyle, Dexcom G6), insulin pump therapy (Omnipod and Medtronic), and lifestyle changes for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. She is certified in insulin pump training and uses the Sudoscan device to test for diabetic nerve damage. Her work includes patient and family education on carbohydrate counting, insulin adjustment, GLP medications, and preventing low blood sugar episodes.

Smitha is a good fit if you need structured diabetes education, help choosing the right glucose monitoring system, insulin pump training, or support managing type 1 or type 2 diabetes in children or adults.