Dr. Kuriti with husband Vinay and daughter Maanvi.“ My strength and my motivation in one frame.”
Dr. Kuriti with husband Vinay and daughter Maanvi.“ Cannot wait to see the whole world with you both.”
Despite the demands of two physician careers, Dr. Kuriti and her husband are intentional about protecting the work-life balance they’ ve worked so hard for, making sure that at least one day on the weekend is specifically for family time.
Their daughter Maanvi( named after a unique blend of her parents’ names), now 9, is a competitive swimmer and an enthusiastic traveler. In fact, Dr. Kuriti joked that Maanvi has collected more passport stamps already than she had as an adult.
Travel, hiking and storytelling fill their downtime. But what Dr. Kuriti values most is something quieter.
“ I cherish my vacation time, because it is my downtime. I focus on reading and connecting with my daughter and husband,” she says.“ We spend time opening up with each other.”
Her professional goals remain grounded in the patient-physician relationship that first drew her to medicine.
“ My first goal as a clinical physician is to be someone that my patients can trust and rely on,” she said. She is equally clear about what she wants to avoid: complacency.“ I don’ t want to become overly confident and think,‘ I got this, piece of cake.’ I want to make sure that I remember that every patient is a new patient.”
She also hopes to expand community education around diabetes, particularly in more rural areas where knowledge gaps remain
significant.
“ You’ d be surprised, many of my patients from rural communities like Madisonville or Corbin, they don’ t know much about the common diseases that so many people deal with,” she said.“ I want to be able to reach those patients too.”
At home, the goals are simpler but no less meaningful: prioritize health, nurture family and support her daughter’ s dreams.
“ If we work on our health, that’ s our wealth for the next 40 years to come,” she said.
From a science classroom in India to endocrinology clinics in Kentucky, Dr. Kuriti’ s journey has been shaped by adaptability, partnership and persistence. But perhaps the most telling insight comes when she describes what would happen if she stepped away from medicine for too long.“ If I couldn’ t talk to patients and interact with them, something in my life would be missing,” she says.
For Dr. Kuriti, endocrinology isn’ t just about hormones or glucose levels. It’ s about one conversation at a time, across cultures, across challenges and across the quiet, everyday moments where trust takes root.
Kathryn Vance is the Communications Manager at the Greater Louisville Medical Society.
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