Meet the Founders of Aurum
The hearts and souls behind Aurum Assisted Living
Leadership
Aurum is a unique experience, carefully curated to ensure the best senior care in the country. Meet the founders who have undertaken the herculean task of offering international standards of senior care in India.
While our leadership team prefers working silently behind the scene, we have made an effort to bring the minds behind the concept to you. Not to boast of their achievements, but to assure you that you are in safe hands and in the care of medical experts who understand your needs.
"We believe that every older adult has the right to lead a fun and carefree life".
Dr Sameer Gupta, FACC FSCAI is a highly skilled and reputed Interventional Cardiologist. He is one of the handful of Interventional cardiologists in India who is board certified in 5 American specialties - Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology, Endovascular Intervention, Echocardiography and Internal Medicine.
During his years in the United States, Dr Gupta was exposed to the concept of Senior & Assisted Living for the first time. Some of his patients would be staying at such facilities permanently while others would be there temporarily after getting discharged from the hospital. The concept was alien to him and he often wondered why someone would not live at their own house?
This changed completely when he visited one of these facilities to see a patient. The senior residences were all encompassing with all the residents being happy, engaged, occupied and well taken care of. His patient told him - "I don’t have to worry about paying my bills, doing groceries or getting bothered with other chores. They take care of everything. I am off to my book club after we are done". The cheer in his patient’s voice stuck with him and after staying in the United States for almost 10 years he returned to India.
What he saw in India was completely different. Most older adults were either staying by themselves or even if they were staying with the families were starving for companionship, struggling with health issues, home nursing, medications, mobility issues etc. He thought about his 69-year-old patient with multiple illnesses in the US who was leading a carefree and fun life compared to similar adults in India. Why can't older adults in India lead a similar life?
Dr Gupta believes "every older adult has the right to a fun and carefree life".
Dr Gupta is a fellow with the American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and American College of Physicians. He is a high-volume operator and his area of expertise involves complex coronary procedures, structural heart and endovascular procedures. He is well published and routinely invited to speak at various national and international forums.
Sonia Lal Gupta MD is a highly qualified Board Certified Neurologist. After completing her MBBS from Government Medical College Patiala, she pursued Neurology at New York Medical College. She graduated in 2011 becoming one of the youngest neurologists in the world at the age of 27.
She specialized in Headache Medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa where she was awarded the “ Fellow of the year” award – an honor bestowed on only 2 previous fellows in the past 20 years of the fellowship. She further specialized in strokes and completed her fellowship in Vascular Neurology from New York Medical College.
She has worked as an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Loyola University in Chicago where she played a key role in training headache medicine fellows. She has been involved in clinical research and has presented at various International conferences and co-authored papers in International health journals.
She is board certified in four American Boards including Neurology, Vascular Neurology, Neurosonology and Headache Medicine.
She was awarded the “Neurologist of the year” award at the India Health and Wellness Summit held in New Delhi in December 2014 for her achievements and as an upcoming young achiever in the field of Neurology.
Dr Gupta is a leading senior cardiologist in Delhi/NCR for 39 plus years. He has been conferred with the multiple awards including the prestigious "Bharat Gaurav" and "Pride of the Nation". An astute clinician, Dr Gupta is known for his ethical advice and clean opinions across the medical fraternity as well as with his patients. A serial Enterprenuer Dr Gupta is the chairman of Umkal Hosptial in Gurgaon
When in dilemma regarding diagnosis or treatment, patients and their families from all across India, refer to him for second or third opinion Dr Gupta pioneered many tests in Cardiology. He introduced “Late Potential Analysis" that is useful in predicting heart attack in patients susceptible to sudden death. He also started the “Head Up Tilt Test” for identifying the common diagnosis for fainting.
Dr Gupta is Gold Medallist in Medicine from King Georges Medical College, Lucknow. He completed his DM in cardiology from GB Pant in 1978, being one of the first people in the county to receive the degree. Dr Gupta has special interest in improving the quality of life in all stages of patients with “Heart Failure”.
He has always adopted the latest and the best practices of cardiac treatment. He now leads a team of Specialists and Super specialists in upscale MP Heart clinic to create another milestone.