I was born and raised in Iran. I immigrated to the U.S.A in 1982. As I started learning English, I very soon learned that I needed to find a job to be able to support myself. I started as a nurse aid while going to school to get my L.V.N, and then I continued to get my Registered Nursing degree. I started working as a Cardiac intensive care unit nurse. I soon noticed how much I enjoyed working in medical field, so I decided to continue my education and allied for medical school. I went to UCI medical school, and continued my residency and cardiology fellowship at UCI medical center. After my fellowship, I started working at Kaiser Permanente in Downey. I have been able to internalize and the cardiac device implantation (Internal cardiac defibrillator and biventricular ICD) and follow up at Downey Kaiser. I got the opportunity to get involved with Project Vietnam organization and started going on medical missions with my 14 year old daughter in 2013. We provided medical care to over 3,500 indigent people in remote villages of Vietnam during summertime at 105 degree weather with over 30% humidity. During these missions, I was able to identify patients with cardiac disease that could benefit from pacemaker and defibrillator placement that can save their lives. However, I found out that in Vietnam, if a patient cannot pay for these devices out of pocket, they will not get them. So in 2014 I started the cardiology surgical program and was able to identify these patients and implant these devices for them. The first year, I was only able to implant 13 devices due to political and logistic issues we have to deal with in Vietnam. However, our persistence paid off. This year, we were able to implant 24 pacemakers and defibrillators. We were also able to extend our services from South Vietnam to North Vietnam and now serve 4 hospitals. I am the medical director of summer camp for Project Vietnam currently. We do two medical missions to Vietnam, as part of Project Vietnam Foundation. All of us volunteer our time and pay for all our expenses ourselves. All funds raised by our organization are used for patient care only. We also act as mentors for the younger generation. PVNF takes 50-75 volunteer students every mission to Vietnam. Our physicians, pharmacists, and engineers act as mentors. We know we are getting older and need a new generation to take the torch from us and carry these humanitarian services to under privileged people. I am currently working as a Cardiologist for Kaiser Downey, and I am also the chair of Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee and chair of Drug Utilization Action Committee for our hospital. I enjoy hiking and spending time with my children and my husband. I love to travel and read. I am very lucky and fortunate to come across the right people, who helped me, mentored me and pointed me to the right direction, and I hope I can do the same for our young generation.