My journey into medicine started purely out of curiosity, being that I am from a family of Engineers, Physics and Math majors and Finance majors.  I did my Medical school training in India and came to the US soon after graduating from Medical School.  After Residency training in Internal Medicine, I moved to Bay Area CA in early 1999 and took my 1st job here at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration.  I must say my journey into Geriatrics started then in August of 1999.  I was practicing Geriatrics in the Menlo division of PAVA for 5 years before I did my fellowship training in Geriatrics.  My fellowship was at the Stanford-VA program.  Soon after my fellowship, I joined Santa Clara Valley Medical Center where I worked for almost 15 years.  The main focus of Geriatrics practice at SCVMC was primary care Geriatrics.  I did have a small practice in the skilled nursing setting as well.  Early in my career at SCVMC, I also did ward attending rotations.  And throughout my time there we had the great pleasure of mentoring IM residents in our Geriatrics clinics through their Geriatrics rotations.

I moved to PAMF in early 2020, just before the pandemic.  I have learned and grown a lot since joining the family I now have here at PAMF Geriatrics.  I enjoy the consultative clinic practice that I am a part of, and find great pleasure in being a member of the team of providers caring for our elderly and most vulnerable.  I also do skilled nursing practice and I draw a great deal of wonderful experience from that arena of my practice as well.

I have come to realize that I am an experiential person and I seek and enjoy one on one human interactions.  I draw from people's stories and their experiences and cherish relationships.  There are many other hats I wear as a person, and being a Geriatrician is a very important part of me.