I was born in Mumbai, India, and immigrated to the U.S. after I finished medical school. I completed my residency in psychiatry and my fellowship in psychosomatic medicine in New York. As a child, I looked up to my dad, who is a family practitioner. I decided to specialize in psychiatry because I saw it as a field that was greatly stigmatized. I'm a firm believer that a healthy body needs a healthy mind, so I chose to further specialize in the field of consult-liaison psychiatry, which addresses the psychiatric comorbidities in the medically ill. I practiced in an academic setting at Icahn School of Medicine before deciding to move to the West Coast with my family. I've held several leadership roles along with direct patient care. My husband and I have been married for 10 years, and we're blessed with a 5-year-old son. I chose to join Kaiser Permanente because I was impressed with the organization and how quickly it was able to pivot to telehealth in the face of the pandemic.