Top  Questions  asked  to  Cardiologists….  

More  About  Me  

 How  did  you  become  a  cardiologist?  

• I gravitated towards what seemed to me as the easiest organ to understand while still in school - the heart - It functions like a series of pipes where pressure differences between chambers determines where blood flows, while valves will ensure blood flows in only one direction.”

You’re  constantly  surrounded  by  sick  people;  how  do  you  manage?    

• I go for ward rounds because I cannot live with the knowledge that someone suffered harm while I was in a position to help.

• I must see all patients under my care everyday and sometimes twice a day if the situation warrants just so that I know that we are on track to getting better and out of hospital.

• When I have a very sick patient who is not responding to treatment, I cannot stop thinking about their condition and investigation myself as to what I could be missing.

What’s  your  Life’s  Goal?    • I hope to establish cardiology services that are not limited to the elite and the moneyed and

hopefully introduce new ways of doing the same old things that will make heart care affordable to more people.

• Cardiac disease is almost at epidemic proportions and many people are suffering for lack of affordable quality cardiology care.

Most  doctors  these  days  do  it  commercially.    What  drives  you    • When I meet my maker, I will say, "I did the best I could." • I always remember the parable of the 10 talents. • I keep reminding myself that I am the worker with the ten talents and 10 more are expected of me. • I try to live 2 days at a time.