“My decision to become a physician was greatly influenced and inspired by my close interaction with my parents and grandparents, who had careers of selfless service and ministry to the public and the disadvantaged. With this background, the ability to help patients overcome their medical problems and make them feel better has always appealed to me, even at a young age.
“Today, after nearly two decades as a practicing GI specialist, this is still my objective . . . and its own reward. During that time I’ve also learned that gastroenterology — and medicine in general — is as much an art as a science. It requires listening, being sensitive to each individual’s needs and always giving the compassion and focus each person deserves.”
Board-Certified: Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
Fellow: American College of Physicians, American College of Gastroenterology, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American Gastroenterological Association
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center & Bronx Veterans Affairs Hospital, New York, NY
Residency: Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
MD: Christian Medical College & Brown Memorial Hospital, Panjab University, India
Member: American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American Medical Association, Texas Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Harris County Medical Society
Clinical Assistant Professor: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Leadership Positions:
- Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial Southeast Hospital,
Houston, TX (1999) - Chairman, Endoscopy Committee, Outcomes Committee for Gastrointestinal
Bleeding, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Houston, TX (1997, 1998,
2000, 2001, 2002) - Executive Committee, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Houston, TX
(1997-2002) - Critical Care Committee, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Houston, TX
(1997-2002) - Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Memorial Hermann Southeast
Hospital, Houston, TX (1997-2002)
Honors & Awards: Houston Top Doctors (2008, 2009, 2010); Patients Choice Award
(2009); Physician of the Year, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital (2002);
Intern of the Year (1987)
Hospital Privileges:
- Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Houston, TX
- Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, Clear Lake, TX
- Methodist St. John Hospital, Nassau Bay, TX
- Bayshore Medical Center, Pasadena, TX
- Patients Medical Center, Pasadena, TX
- Kindred Healthcare–Bay Area, Pasadena, TX
- Triumph Clear Lake Hospital, Clear Lake, TX
- Bay Area Regional Medical Center, Webster, TX
