“Being a son to a single mother, I believe I understood early on in life that hard work alone could take me places. With whatever time I spent with doctors, I think a seed planted itself inside me to pursue medicine. I was one of the school toppers at my school and I entered medicine right away. Shortly after my MBBS, I went ahead and applied to pursue MD and I got in with a single attempt. My hard work saw me through each and every stage of my life and everything paid off when I started to work as an oncologist at my current hospital. Cancer treatments are far different from other forms of medicine because it’s a typically long process and there is an constant follow up that needs to be done for our patients. My life has been so rewarding for me till date and the only message that I wish to convey is that hard work and dedication always pays off.”