Importance Of Crystallizing Moment In Life

Crystallizing moments provide a context and foundation for the rest a person’s life. One second, their life is one way, the next, it’s completely different. When I was sick in high school, my mother was took me to our physician, who supported me throughout my illness with professional care and empathy. This was my first close contact with health professionals, and he thoroughly surprised me with his knowledge and kindness. In that crystallizing moment, I knew I wanted to be a doctor.Starting medical school at the largest and most well known Medical school in Iraq, the Faculty of Medicine, Anbar University, I was enamored while studying human physiology and pathology. From that point, my fondness for medicine grew exponentially. Upon graduation,

When my daughter Tamara was three years old, she spilled a pot of boiling water all over herself. She suffered from second degree burns that affected most of her upper body. I remember vividly the horror and pain that her mother and I went through for months witnessing our darling and the joy of our lives suffer. Aside from the support of our family and friends, what really helped us through this difficult experience was the amazing pediatrician, Dr.Muhaned Marah, and the staff at Al-Ain hospital in UAE. The work of Dr.Marah had a direct and instrumental impact, not only on my now happy six year old daughter, but on my entire family. This experience sparked my passion for pediatrics and made me focus on pediatrics to make sure that no child would ever have to suffer like my daughter

One case that stood out during a pediatric rotation in Houston was with a 2 year-old girl diagnosed as Henoch-Schonlein purpura who was brought in by her mother. The mother become frantic and panicking, I empathized with her plight as a parent, reassuring her so that she was emotionally take care of. This case epitomized my approach to pediatrics, as I cared for the parent 's and patient’s emotional state while working with my team to reach a diagnosis as fast as possible

Most recently, my immense passion for research especially in the field of immunology inspired me to seize an opportunity to work in Dr. Dat Tran’s research lab at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. I am currently studying the role of regulatory T-cells in immune suppression and disorders, such as graft vs. host disease. The experience has greatly affirmed my interest in this fascinating field and has added substantially to my experience and