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What I absolutely love about my career is that I get a 1 on one. Sit down with patients every day and really get to see what makes them tick in terms of what their concerns are, what their fears have been, what I can do to leave them in a better place when they came through my doors. I would like to think ultimately, what are people going to remember about us? We’re not here anymore, right? Long after we’re gone, they’re going to forget how good of a lawyer you or how good of a physician, you were, oral surgeon. And remember that you truly loved and cared for those that were close to you. More so than the tool or the speed of every day when you went to work. As much as I, you know, deep down want to become the first Persian American point guard for the Boston Celtics, I realized by sort of eighth grade that was not happening. And realized that education was always going to, you know, prove to be what I need to sort of focus on. I want to find a career and a passion where I wouldn’t have to see my career as just a means to an end, that it would be something that I would generally love doing day in and day out. And my wife and I first met in Chapel hill, North Carolina, where she was going to undergrad at the University of North Carolina, and was about to start my first year of dental school there. And then our journey eventually brought us from North Carolina to Indiana, where we both had to go to grad school there for a few years, and then our eventual for westward journey, which turned out to be a little pit stop on our way to California. And I was fortunate enough to. Take over for a very well established oral surgeon within the community and. The rest is history, if you will. I hate the fact that a lot of us grew up dreading going to the doctor, that we think it’s going to be very expensive, whether we think it’s going to be painful or whether we think it’s going to involve a lot of waiting around or whether I think it’s going to be impersonal because I tell my patients and my team, no one gets excited about coming to see us, but what can we do to change those stereotypes? You know, from the initial phone call, let folks know what we’re going to do to tackle all those concerns they may have had. I want patients, when they hear Peak to know they’re going to go to practice. That’s going to give them the best care that you know today’s research and advancements can provide. But also, I want Peak to be associated with the idea of preeminent care within an environment where we’ll do everything we possibly can to address their concerns and be there for them long after the care has been delivered. I mean, I have always tried to approach my patients in the care that I provide as from the standpoint of, hey, what I want for myself. And my loved ones. But once you’re a parent, you know that that changes your perspective on everything. It’s definitely made me an even more caring doctor. And it’s definitely helped me appreciate. You know, there’s so much more to life. I would love my patients and my referrals in my community to remember the impact that I had, but that ultimately, the three people that I need to have the greatest impact on are the ones that I live under the same roof with. To remember that every single day.