Pharmacology Personal Statement

“An amateur practices until he gets it right; a professional practices until he can’t get it wrong.” by Kenneth van Barthold is a quote that I have come to appreciate in my life. I am not a perfect individual but I know with practice comes efficiency, accuracy and confidence. I learnt this lesson the hard way when I found myself struggling in my pharmacology class. Pharmacology required hours of studying, repetition, re-edition, along with mnemonics and jingles for memorizing drug classes and individual properties. Despite struggling, I began to love pharmacology because it explained how the human body works through physiology, and various ways pharmacology helped to reverse damaging effects of drugs. Learning how drugs interacted in different ways to provide effective

treatment was exciting. I specifically enjoyed the lecture on auto-immune drugs because medications help the human body cope with a war it was waging on itself. The class that peaked my interest was the lecture on thyroid pathology and pharmacology. As a person who has been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, I feel that the future of healthcare should share its focus on pharmacology to formulate better drugs and provide treatment and therapy to individuals on a broad and affordable scale. My well-versed knowledge of drugs, pharmacotherapy, with physiology, anatomy and pathology provide an advantage towards my goals in becoming an accomplished pharmacist.
Despite my love for pharmacology, three years ago, I found myself in an over-seas medical program which required a more rigorous up-hill battle than its American counterparts to establish myself as a licensed physician. It was one fall evening after studying and practicing questions for a mock test that I found myself absolutely disheartened. I took a step back and flipped my notebook to a clean sheet of paper. I wrote down positive and negative effects of my life choices and established a five and 10-year trajectory for my career and life goals. After a hard look at the facts, I took a long moment to be true to myself. I sat down with a handful of people whom I have always trusted to have genuine intentions and discussed the decision to withdraw from medical school. It was no easy task. It took me, and my supporters, time to accommodate to the sudden U-turn in my career. I worked to get my priorities in order — first; I had to go back to school and finish my pending undergraduate degree. Secondly, I had to find an avenue where I could use my knowledge of medicine. In finding my next move, I made a few wrong turns which included classes for Quality Assurance for a software contractor. I wrote case scenarios and performed manual and automated trial runs for major websites for companies such as Southwest Airlines and Twitter. Due to my lack of interest in the technology field, I did not last long enough to receive mention for my work. As Gandhi eloquently states, “Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”

After struggling to keep myself engaged as a software contractor my family, particularly my mom, encouraged me to return to a science-related field.

Coincidentally, my cousin approached me one night after attending a medical conference and asked me to embark on an entrepreneurial journey to start a mobile urgent care with him. After finishing my undergraduate classes, I immersed myself into bringing the urgent care company to a stable foundation where it can profit and grow. The goal is to provide care throughout Texas and grow both nationally and worldwide. As part of a small startup company, I wear many hats, one of which includes keeping inventory and stock of pharmaceuticals. My background in medicine granted me a niche with medications, as I train Medical Assistants daily on how to administer drugs with proper names, categories and dosages of medications while keeping in mind adverse and allergic reactions. Seeing a company that I helped build from the ground up flourish is another positive source of validation of my place in the medical field. Earning my pharmacy degree will fuel my passion and drive to help provide a comprehensive medical experience to as many individuals as

possible.

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