PRESCRIPTION FOR HOPE

GEETA BANSAL, M.D., once dreamt of a career that combined neurology and psychiatry care. It was impossible for her at that time to treat the mind and brain separately so in 2016, she found a way to do both—establishing A Ray of Hope: Great Lakes Institute of Neurology and Psychiatry. Three years later, Dr. Bansal was joined by SEANRA KALIL, P.A.-C, to help organize the business’s expansion. Currently, the A Ray of Hope team includes 10 medical providers, in addition to four psychologists and six therapists. They look forward to opening a second office in Wisconsin soon.

Who is your role model and why? Dr. Bansal: Dr. Bal Krishan Bansal, my father, a neurologist and psychiatrist, taught me that kindness, compassion, and working hard and diligently, without a reward in mind, is the only road to inner satisfaction and joy.

Kalil: Dr. Gertrude Novak, who showed me that age is no barrier. In 1953, she was one of the few female physicians working at Cook County Hospital in pathology. Then in her 50s, she entered a family practice residency and enthusiastically taught into her early 80s.

How would you describe your medical practice? Our team at A Ray of Hope is creative, caring, and well-informed.

What does the idea of power mean to you? Viewing life as an endless realm of possibilities.

What advice would you give to future Power Women? Understand that even those who appear to have nothing in common with you have something important to share.

How do you describe your approach to medicine? Though there is such a wide variety of conditions we treat, in each case we see the patient as a unique individual.

For more information, visit bansalneuro.com.