For Sanjeet Subramanian, March 3, 2009 is a date that stands frozen in memory, one that culminated with his first diagnosis for Crohn’s disease — inflammation of the small and large intestines. His memory is vivid, recalling everything from specific dates and times to sequences of events. “My first symptoms were that I had absolutely
From an early age, Kavitha Chinnaiyan knew she wanted to be a physician. It was in her first year of medical school that she knew she wanted to pursue cardiology. For a doctor that practices Western medicine professionally but incorporates Eastern spiritual practice, perhaps it’s a fitting specialty — the heart is traditionally understood as
When Rajiv Satyal told his parents he wanted to be a comedian, he says “they freaked out.” But by day two, they’d come around to the idea. “My dad said, ‘Now that you’re doing this, go get on Jay Leno’s show.’” The Fairfield, Ohio native graduated from the University of Cincinnati and worked in marketing before pursuing
Joining the armed services was always on the radar of Staff Sgt. Anish Parmar, 36, but it became much more of a possibility when he saw a friend join the Army. Parmar says it was the turning point in his life: “I thought, if he could do it why can’t I?” Parmar had been living in
Even if you didn’t know Abhi, the way Pratik and Sangeen Shah talk about their late son can make you feel as though you did. He was intensely thoughtful and detail-oriented, traits that were as evident during shopping trips with his mother as they were when he cheered up friends and family members with jokes
For Sarah Johnson, founder of Fête & Finery (www.feteandfinery.com), a fashion, interior and event styling boutique, the path to a career in style was never direct. Her parents hoped she might go to medical school, and she began college on a pre-dentistry track before breaking down in tears one day and admitting to her parents
“I can hear their screams as they waited in the dark room,” says Berek Kaufman, as he describes his memories of the Holocaust to his sister. “And their screams when the gas was released.” Kaufmann is the main character in “They Scream in Silence,” an award-winning short film created by Ashray Dravidian and dedicated to
Leena Rao and her husband Suneel Gupta moved to Michigan from San Francisco when Suneel decided to run for a congressional seat in his hometown district in the recent midterm election cycle. Rao, a technology journalist with bylines in Marie Claire, Fortune and TechCrunch, wasted no time getting involved in her new community. She’s now
Like a lot of Indian-American kids, Sonal Patel wanted to be a doctor. So, as an undergraduate at Michigan State University, she started taking the usual pre-medical classes. But what started as steps down the typical career path ended up taking her far from it. As she completed psychology classes, she began to feel as