This led to several hospitalizations in the ensuing years. My passion for medicine grew and I began to feel that medicine was my calling. I started out in junior high volunteering at the hospital, and during my college and later years, I cared for people with both physical and intellectual disabilities. I later completed my studies as a Physician Assistant at the Sophie Davis Biomedical Education Program in NYC, and for 15 years practiced in various specialties like Behavioral Health including inpatient and outpatient substance abuse and rehabilitation, Radiology, inpatient and outpatient Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Physical Medicine, Immigration Medicine, and Pain Management. During this time, I also completed certification studies in Natural Health and Wellness (Lifestyle Medicine) and this has been of tremendous benefit to me, my family and my patients.

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