General Psychiatry Personal Statement

The decision to become a doctor was an easy one for me. I consider myself to be quite fortunate to do something that I thoroughly enjoy and have a chance to relieve suffering of fellow human beings. After graduation with First class Honor from one of the Top Medical Schools of Thailand, I could not see myself settle to follow the typical path for us, the Thai medical doctors. There are so much out there that I had not experienced. I decided to pursue more advance training in the United States. The requirement for the international medical graduate to fulfill this aspiration demanded a lot of time and commitment to prove that, despite our language barriers, our medical knowledge is either as good or better to compensate for the shortcoming we have as the foreign international graduates, whom English is not our first language. As my dream to enter the training system in the US became possible, I entered the national match for General Psychiatry Residency Program. Fortunately, I was accepted into General Psychiatry Residency training at University of Hawaii, where I met my lifelong teacher and mentor, Dr. Iqbal Ahmed who has been instrumental in providing the needed tools and supports for me to succeed in my career. My last year of my General Psychiatry training as

To satisfy my Visa requirement, I spent 3 years providing outpatient psychiatric care to homeless patients, many of whom suffer chronic mental illness and substance abuse problems. That was my first opportunity to learn about how much Policy affecting the life of my patients and my ability to help them, whether they would have money to feed themselves, have a place to call their own, or get the helps and treatment they deserve. Fortunately back then, the resources available to them seem to be adequate as long as the patients were willing to do their parts, they would get the helps they