Clinic before they merged with Sutter in 2014. “Looking at the health care system, we wanted to focus on patient care and not be bogged down by the administrative part of things. At the time, Sutter had a huge primary care basis but they didn’t have cardiology,” he said of the growing cardiology group. “There is a lot of instant gratification in the profession. It’s a collaborative effort in medicine, that I like. You are keeping primary physicians in the loops and patients in the loop.” He is committed to helping educate the next generation of medical professionals and as such, mentors physician assistants from the University of the Pacific. He is also continually researching and learning about leading technological advances in his field to provide transformative care for his patients, traveling to Germany with his fellow doctors for a week to learn about catheter based aortic valve replacement so he could perform the procedure here in the Valley. He makes time to drive his 11-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son to school in the morning since evenings can run late for the busy cardiologist. “I enjoy going to Tahoe and Bear Valley to snowboard with my son and my daughter likes to write, so I try and encourage her,” he said,
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of the two children he is raising with his wife Aparna whom he has known since their youth. He is humbled to be named “Young Physician of the Year,” and feels like his career is still a work in progress. Ever the caring physician, he has some words of advice for those patients who are symptom free after a trip to the emergency room. “Don’t forget us,” he said. “I want to see you once a year, to remind you of a few things.”
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