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Being a physician offers me opportunities to work with people one-on-one to solve their problems. It is an honor to be let into people's lives and to share their concerns. The ultimate challenge in helping patients is to make the diagnosis and come up with a treatment plan appropriate to the patient's goals and constraints while simultaneously building a strong rapport of trust and respect between the patient and physician. This rapport is paramount because the best healing requires a good physician-patient relationship.

Internal medicine thrills me because it covers everything medical except childhood and the pregnancy issues of a pregnant woman. If a patient has a problem, there is a good chance I will know something about it. Thus, internal medicine affords me many opportunities to help people with their medical problems.

It's also enjoyable because it involves gathering data from a variety of sources and making sense out of them: the patient's observations, the physical exam, laboratory tests, radiographic imaging, and various procedures. I like pulling the data together into something that is useful to the patient.

Although originally I started out as a research scientist in chemistry, I switched to medicine so that I could work with people on their individual problems and see the benefits of our work directly in people's lives.

Awards

I received the "Grace Under Fire" award from the emergency department in my residency training for "Two years of outstanding service combining quality medical care with humor, compassion and professionalism."

I was nominated for the Housestaff Teaching Award at my residency program.

Professional Interests and Affiliations

• F.A.C.P., Fellow in the American College of Physicians

My Credentials

Medical school	Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Residency	Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

I received my Ph.D. in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology.

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