I feel that medicine is not just treating the patient or their illness, it's more like healing them and their families with your presence and empathy. I think listening with sympathy produces a big portion of the care I like to give my patients. I come from a family of physicians with my mom being an OB-GYN and my dad an internist. Since my early childhood days, I would hear patients appreciating and blessing my parents for helping them in their most needful times. It was very encouraging and inspiring to hear those words, which were very influential on my decision to pursue a career in medicine.