Why I Chose Global Health
February 01, 2021 Field Work For Sunil Parikh global health work runs in the family. While growing up, he traveled with his parents to rural areas of India and China while his father, who was a cardiologist, tended to those communities with little access to health care. “Those trips had a big impact on forming my outlook of the world and my career,” says Parikh. “I was both impressed and saddened by what I saw at such a young age.” Through travel during his high school years to small villages and hospitals, mostly in Africa, Parikh saw the impact – or lack thereof – of medical car...