As a teenager, I was contemplating on what I should do with my life. When I read Jesus' parable of Good Samaritan in the Gospel of Luke, I decided to spend my life in the service of people who are in need. Soon I realized that one area where I am needed most is health care. I am blessed with parents who encouraged me to study medicine and I enrolled in medical school in 1994. Now, it is 2009, so I spent a number of years learning medical skills and still learning new things on a daily basis.

         Another blessing I got in my medical education, is to join Altoona Family Physicians to do my residency in Family Medicine. Every attending physician in this residency enriched my life with their personality, congeniality, wisdom, and teaching.  I am indebted to them for taking extra time to teach me valuable skills I needed in taking care of the patients. I have been enjoying good, professional work experience with other residents in the program, who enthrall me on a daily basis with their varied personalities. AFP Residency, I feel wholeheartedly, has trained me in every area of expertise one is required to be trained in to become a family physician.

          Born in India, and now living in the United States, I had the privilege of seeing the best of both hemispheres. Upon my graduation, I am looking forward to spend my life practicing family medicine and engaging in the service of the local community.

         For medical students aspiring to start their residency, I wholeheartedly recommend Altoona Family Physicians. In every thing I observed at AFP, I only found the staff to be very professional, respectful, accommodative, helpful and compassionate.