Candidate for
Council Member; City of Cypress

MEDICAL DOCTOR, EXPERTISE IN GERIATRICS

A PROVEN LEADER

Occupation: Physician, with specialty in Internal Medicine & Geriatrics Practicing at Leisure World, Seal Beach since 1987

Medical Director, Leisure World Health Care Center, Seal Beach

Elected Chief of Staff, Los Alamitos Medical Center, 2004 & 2005

Medical Director, Odyssey Hospice

Medical Director, Care South Home Care

2 yr. Fellowship Training in Geriatrics, UCLA and VA Westwood Hospital, Los Angeles 3 yr. Residency Training in Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago

Served as Chairman, Cypress Senior Citizens Commission, 3 years; Member, 8 years

Advisory Board Member, Acacia Adult Day Care, Cypress

Former Volunteer Physician Advisor, Cypress Police Department, worked with former Police Chief John Hensley, 2001

BACKGROUND

1ST Generation American

Grew up in India
Immigrated to the United States 26 years ago

FAMILY

Married to Veena Narain 26 years. Veena graduated from USC with a Master's in Computer Science. Before staying home to raise our 2 children, she worked at Rockwell, Canoga Park training employees to use computer software.

Son, Sachin, age 22, graduated from UCLA as a Biology major and is now a 1st year medical student at Albany Medical College, New York.

Daughter, Seema, age 19, is a 2nd year student at UCLA studying Economics.

Strong believer in family values. When both children were young, I always made it a point to be home for a family dinner every night. I made time to attend every awards ceremony, sports event, or performance that my children had.