Dr. Dr. Shamini Panikkar

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Get to know Internist Dr. Shammi K. Panikkar, who serves patients in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine Dr. Panikkar is an internist currently practicing with Executive Health And Wellness Center. Executive Health and Wellness Center was established to reverse that trend and shift the focus to the personal attention patients deserve. There they offer internal and family medicine, emergency care coordination, testing and fast test results and state of the art diagnostics.

She moved to the US after her Medical School in Sri Lanka was bombed. Medical School in the US did not seem possible, as the financial burden was too much. She pursued nursing in the US, but was blessed to be be offered a 75% scholarship to St. George’s University School of Medicine.

Dr. Panikkar graduated with her medical degree from St. George’s University in 1993, giving her over two decades of experience in her field. After obtaining her medical degree, she completed his internship and residency with Hahnemann University Hospital and Allegheny University Hospital.

Dr. Panikkar is certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

To stay up to date in her field, she remains a professional member of the American Medical Association.

She has a real passion for internal medicine. The broad scope of issues she treats and being the first line for diagnosis keeps her day to day very interesting. She keeps her patient population low to ensure the best care for her patients. She will refer to alternative medicine when a viable option. If her patient requires hospice care, she will oversee her patients hospice.

Internal Medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Internists are skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes. They care for hospitalized and ambulatory patients and may play a major role in education and research.

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