My career path

(September 5th is also celebrated as teachers stay in India

The moment that shaped my career is firmly seared in my mind

What being a cardiologist means to me was by that moment defined

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I was a young doctor trying rather haphazardly to navigate

Life and career, not knowing what would end up being my fate

For short-term employment I was looking around

Little did I know it would change my life in a way profound

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I found a mentor in a cardiologist highly skilled

A healthy respect for heart disease in me he instilled

The moment that sealed my fate was the one where

Exceptional diagnostic and procedural skills he combined to provide care

To a patient struggling with heart failure who improved remarkably

And that encounter for my career path gave me clarity

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I immigrated to another country, and after many trials and tribulations

I was able to finally earn the designation

Of a cardiologist- an achievement that I owe

To the cardiologist who taught me much of what I now know