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What are your credentials and how many surgeries do you do?
Even though I've been performing ocular surgery for more than
10 years, patients often ask me about my age since I have
been blessed with a youthful appearance. Rest assured, I'm
fully trained and I perform dozens of surgeries per week, with
thousands of procedures perfomed in my career. I am in the
prime of my surgical career with hands that are dextrous and
rock-steady. I feel blessed since eye surgery is not only my
passion, but it's also my greatest talent.
My parents are originally from India (hence my unusual name),
but I'm a local who grew up in Santa Monica and was
valedictorian of my high school class. I then accepted a
scholarship to UCLA where I majored in Microbiology and
Molecular Genetics. Next, at the USC School of Medicine, I
earned my M.D. with Highest Distinction, graduated Summa
Cum Laude and was co-president of the Alpha Omega Alpha
medical honor society. This was followed by training in internal
medicine, and then my ophthalmology residency and eye
surgery training at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute (ranked as
one of the top 3 programs out of 120 nationwide).
Of course, I'm fully board-certified by the American Board of
Ophthalmology, having passed both the written and oral exams
in the same year (with a percentile score of 98 out of a
maximum of 99 for the cataract and lens sub-section). In
addition, I am distinguished as a Fellow of the American College
of Surgeons (as noted by the FACS initials after my name).
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